The 1953 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 1953 college football season. Lehigh placed last in the Middle Three Conference.
| 1953 Lehigh Engineers football | |
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| Conference | Middle Three Conference |
| Record | 4–5 (0–1 Middle Three) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Thomas Gunn |
| Home stadium | Taylor Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers $ | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In their sixth year under head coach Bill Leckonby, the Engineers compiled a 4–5 record.[1] They lost their sole conference game, against Lafayette; for the second straight year, Lehigh did not meet its other conference rival, Rutgers. Thomas Gunn was the team captain.[2]
Lehigh played its home games at Taylor Stadium on the university's main campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 26 | at Columbia* | L 7–14 | 10,000 | [3] | |||
| October 3 | at Delaware* | L 13–26 | 4,100 | [4] | |||
| October 10 | Buffalo* | W 27–0 | 7,000 | [5] | |||
| October 17 | at Gettysburg* |
| L 7–22 | 5,000 | [6] | ||
| October 23 | at Boston University* | L 12–52 | 8,000 | [7] | |||
| October 31 | Bucknell* |
| W 20–6 | [1] | |||
| November 7 | Muhlenberg* |
| W 13–0 | 4,500 | [8] | ||
| November 14 | Carnegie Tech* |
| W 26–13 | 7,500 | [9] | ||
| November 21 | Lafayette |
| L 0–46 | 14,000 | [10] | ||
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