1968 Lehigh Engineers football team

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1968 Lehigh Engineers football
Conference Middle Atlantic Conference
DivisionUniversity Division
Record3–7 (2–2 MAC)
Head coach
Captains
  • Rick Laubach
  • John Miller
Home stadium Taylor Stadium
Seasons
  1967
1969  
1968 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
University Division
Delaware x 5 0 07 3 0
Bucknell 3 2 05 5 0
Lehigh 2 2 03 7 0
Lafayette 2 2 07 3 0
Temple 2 2 04 6 0
Hofstra 1 3 05 5 0
Gettysburg 1 4 01 8 0
West Chester * 0 1 05 3 0
Northern College Division
Albright x 7 0 08 1 0
No. T–19 Wilkes x 6 0 08 0 0
Delaware Valley 5 2 06 2 0
Juniata 4 2 07 2 0
Upsala 3 4 04 4 0
Moravian 3 6 03 6 0
Susquehanna 1 5 02 6 1
Lycoming 1 7 01 7 0
Wagner * 3 1 03 6 0
Southern College Division
Franklin & Marshall x 6 1 06 2 0
Johns Hopkins x 6 1 07 2 0
Muhlenberg 6 3 06 3 0
Western Maryland 3 3 05 4 0
Lebanon Valley 4 4 04 4 0
Ursinus 3 5 03 5 0
Pennsylvania Military 2 5 02 7 0
Haverford 1 6 01 6 0
Swarthmore 1 6 01 7 0
Dickinson 1 7 01 7 0
Drexel * 3 1 04 4 0
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games
Rankings from AP small college poll

The 1968 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 1968 NCAA College Division football season. Lehigh tied for second in the Middle Atlantic Conference, University Division, and placed second in the Middle Three Conference.

In their fourth year under head coach Fred Dunlap, the Engineers compiled a 3–7 record. [1] Rick Laubach and John Miller were the team captains. [2]

Despite their overall losing record, Lehigh finished the year at .500 in conference play. The Engineers' 2–2 record against MAC University Division foes tied Lafayette and Temple for third place in the eight-team circuit. They went 1–1 against Middle Three rivals, beating Lafayette but losing to Rutgers.

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21 Drexel *W 59–21 8,000–8,500 [3]
September 28 at The Citadel *L 12–28 15,400–15,450 [4]
October 5 Wittenberg *
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
L 14–37 9,500 [5]
October 12 Rutgers
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
L 26–29 9,300 [6]
October 19 at Penn *L 0–34 8,916 [7]
October 26 at Gettysburg
W 34–14 4,647 [8]
November 2 at Colgate *L 11–27 8,500 [9]
November 9 Delaware
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)
L 13–37 9,000 [10]
November 16 Bucknell
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
L 27–31 7,500 [11]
November 23 at Lafayette W 21–6 16,000 [12]
  • *Non-conference game

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