1957 Lehigh Engineers football team

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1957 Lehigh Engineers football
Middle Three champion
Lambert Cup
Conference Middle Three Conference
Record8–1 (2–0 Middle Three)
Head coach
Captains
  • Dan Nolan
  • Pete Williams
Home stadium Taylor Stadium
Seasons
←  1956
1958  →
1957 Middle Three Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Lehigh $ 2 –0 –08 –1 –0
Rutgers 1 –1 –05 –4 –0
Lafayette 0 –2 –04 –4 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1957 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 1957 college football season. Lehigh won the Middle Three Conference championship and the inaugural small-college Lambert Cup.

In their 12th year under head coach Bill Leckonby, the Engineers compiled an 8–1 record, defeating both of their conference opponents. [1] Dan Nolan and Pete Williams were the team captains. [2]

In December, the Engineers were the first-ever recipients of the Lambert Cup, an award for the season's best small-college football team in the East. Lehigh was honored alongside Navy, which won the large-college Lambert Trophy; both were lauded as proof that a university could field a competitive football team without compromising its academic standards. [3]

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28 at Delaware *
W 19–14 7,140 [4]
October 5 at Western Reserve *
W 27–6 2,000 [5]
October 12 Gettysburg *
W 20–7 12,000 [6]
October 19 at Rutgers
W 13–7 16,000 [7]
October 26 at Columbia *
W 40–6 12,000 [8]
November 2 Bucknell *
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 27–0 5,000 [9]
November 9 VMI *
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
L 7–12 13,500 [10]
November 16 at Buffalo *
W 27–7 8,500 [11]
November 23 Lafayette
W 26–13 17,000 [12]
  • *Non-conference game

[13]

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References

  1. ↑ "Year-by-Year Results". Lehigh Football Record Book (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 22. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Lehigh Football Captains". Lehigh Football Record Book (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 12. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  3. ↑ Trimble, Joe (December 9, 1957). "Big Navy, L'il Lehigh Win Lambert Awards". Sunday News . New York, N.Y. p. 68 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Aubrey, Coulter (September 29, 1957). "Lehigh Wins, 19-14, with 3:14 Left". Sunday Call-Chronicle . Allentown, Pa. p. 45 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Lehigh Coasts in 27-6 Victory". Sunday Call-Chronicle . Allentown, Pa. October 6, 1957. p. 41 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Nolan Aerials Too Much for Bullets Who Suffer 20-7 Reverse at Lehigh". The Gettysburg Times . Gettysburg, Pa. October 13, 1957. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Kelly, Tom (October 20, 1957). "Engineers Hammer Rutgers 'Soft Spots,' 13-7". Sunday Call-Chronicle . Allentown, Pa. p. 37 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ McGowen, Roscoe (October 27, 1957). "Lehigh Trounces Columbia, 40 to 6". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. ↑ Aubrey, Coulter (November 3, 1957). "Lehigh Rips Bisons, 27-0, Despite Penalties". Sunday Call-Chronicle . Allentown, Pa. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ Karmosky, Charles (November 10, 1957). "Keydets Topple Lehigh from Unbeatens, 12-7". Daily Press . Newport News, Va. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Engineers Win, 27-7, in Bruiser". Sunday Call-Chronicle . Allentown, Pa. November 18, 1957. p. 43 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ Dell, John (November 24, 1957). "Lehigh Tames Lafayette; Nolan Sets 2 Marks". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (Lehigh)". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved August 16, 2024.
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