1948 Lehigh Engineers football | |
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Conference | Middle Three Conference |
Record | 5–4 (0–2 Middle Three) |
Head coach |
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Captain | DeForrest Bast |
Home stadium | Taylor Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lafayette | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lehigh | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1948 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1948 college football season. Lehigh finished last in the Middle Three Conference.
In their third year under head coach Bill Leckonby, the Engineers compiled a 5–4 record,[1] 0–2 against conference opponents. DeForrest Bast was the team captain.[2]
Lehigh was ranked at No. 145 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[3]
Lehigh played its home games at Taylor Stadium on the university's main campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 25 | at Franklin & Marshall* | L 12–13 | 7,500 | [4] | |||
October 2 | at Case Tech* | W 26–18 | 1,200 | [5] | |||
October 9 | Drexel* | W 45–0 | 5,000 | [6] | |||
October 16 | Gettysburg* |
| W 14–13 | 8,000 | [7] | ||
October 23 | Rutgers |
| L 6–20 | 8,000 | [8] | ||
October 30 | NYU* |
| L 20–21 | 9,000 | [9] | ||
November 6 | Muhlenberg* |
| W 35–20 | 10,000 | [10] | ||
November 13 | Carnegie Tech* |
| W 20–0 | 7,500 | [11] | ||
November 20 | at Lafayette | L 13–23 | 21,000 | [12] | |||
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