1954 Lehigh Engineers football team

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1954 Lehigh Engineers football
Middle Three co-champion
Conference Middle Three Conference
Record2–5–2 (1–1 Middle Three)
Head coach
CaptainHarry Stotz
Home stadium Taylor Stadium
Seasons
  1953
1955  
1954 Middle Three Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Lehigh + 1 1 04 5 0
Rutgers + 1 1 03 6 0
Lafayette + 1 1 02 5 2
  • + Conference co-champions

The 1954 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 1954 college football season. Lehigh tied for the Middle Three Conference championship.

In their ninth year under head coach Bill Leckonby, the Engineers compiled a 2–5–2 record. [1] In the Middle Three Conference, all three teams finished with 1–1 records. Harry Stotz was the team captain. [2]

Lehigh played its home games at Taylor Stadium on the university's main campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25 at Virginia *L 21–27 12,000 [3]
October 2 Delaware *L 0–21 6,500 [4]
October 9 at Bucknell *L 46–48 4,500 [5]
October 16 Gettysburg *
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 20–6 8,599 [6]
October 23 Rutgers
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 33–13 7,500 [7]
October 30 Brown *
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
L 6–34 6,500 [8]
November 6 Muhlenberg *
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
T 20–20 8,500 [9]
November 13 at Carnegie Tech *T 13–13 5,000 [10]
November 22 at Lafayette L 0–46 17,000 [11]
  • *Non-conference game

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