1944 Lehigh Engineers football team

American college football season

The 1944 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 1944 college football season. In its second season under head coach Leo Prendergast, the team compiled an 0–6 record, including four losses against Middle Three Conference rivals. Lehigh played home games at Taylor Stadium in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
October 21	Lafayette	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)	L 0–44	500
October 28	Drexel*	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	L 6–13
November 4	Rutgers	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	L 6–19	2,200
November 11	at West Virginia*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	L 0–71
November 18	at Lafayette	Fisher Field Easton, PA (rivalry)	L 0–64	10,000
November 25	at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 6–15	3,000
*Non-conference game

^ "Lehigh Football Record Book: Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 21. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
"Lafayette Routs Lehigh by 44 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 22, 1944. p. S2.
Whitfield, Jim (November 5, 1944). "Rutgers Downs Lehigh Eleven at Bethlehem". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
"Lehigh smothered by W. Virginia, 71–0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 12, 1944. Retrieved July 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
"Lafayette Routs Lehigh by 64 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 19, 1944. p. S3.
"Rutgers Triumphs over Lehigh, 15-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 26, 1944. p. S2.

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