1945 Lehigh Engineers football team

The 1945 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 1945 college football season. In its third and final season under head coach Leo Prendergast, the team compiled a 2–4 record, and lost both games against its Middle Three Conference rivals.^[1] Lehigh played home games at Taylor Stadium in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 20	Muhlenberg*	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 6–0	9,000	^[2]
October 27	Connecticut*	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	L 6–33	5,000	^[3]
November 3	at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 0–25	5,500	^[4]
November 10	at NYU*	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	L 0–19	4,000	^[5]
November 17	at Drexel*	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	W 14–9		^[1]
November 24	Lafayette	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)	L 0–7	8,000	^[6]
*Non-conference game

^ ^a ^b "Lehigh Football Record Book: Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 21. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
^ "Lehigh Tops Muhlenberg". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 21, 1945. p. S5.
^ "Connecticut Tops Lehigh". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 28, 1945. p. S3.
^ "Rutgers Triumphs over Lehigh, 25-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 4, 1945. p. S3.
^ McGowen, Roscoe (November 11, 1945). "N.Y.U. Turns Back Lehigh Squad, 19-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Baumgartner, Stan (November 25, 1945). "Lehigh Bows to Lafayette". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Lafayette Scores First Victory, 7-0". The Scrantonian. Scranton, Pa. November 25, 1945. sect. IV, p. 1.

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