1956 Lehigh Engineers football | |
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Middle Three champion | |
Conference | Middle Three Conference |
Record | 7–2 (2–0 Middle Three) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Alex Maslowsky |
Home stadium | Taylor Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lehigh $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lafayette | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1956 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 1956 NCAA College Division football season. Lehigh won the Middle Three Conference championship.
In their 11th year under head coach Bill Leckonby, the Engineers compiled a 7–2 record and defeated both Middle Three Conference opponents.[1] Alex Maslowsky was the team captain.[2]
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 22 | Gettysburg* | W 26–7 | 5,000 | [3] | |||
September 29 | Delaware* |
| L 7–33 | 3,500 | [4] | ||
October 6 | at Bucknell* | W 25–6 | 5,000 | [5] | |||
October 13 | at VMI* |
| W 27–20 | 4,500 | [6] | ||
October 20 | Virginia* |
| L 12–24 | 9,000 | [7] | ||
October 27 | Rutgers |
| W 27–13 | 5,000 | [8] | ||
November 3 | at Temple* | W 21–0 | 6,200 | [9] | |||
November 10 | Albright* |
| W 34–14 | 4,500 | [10] | ||
November 17 | at Lafayette | W 27–10 | 19,000 | [11] | |||
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