The 1952 Lehigh Engineers football team was an
American football team that represented
Lehigh University during the
1952 college football season
The 1952 college football season ended with the unbeaten Michigan State Spartans (9–0) and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (12–0) each claiming a national championship from different polls. Michigan State finished first according to two of the "w ...
. Lehigh tied for the
Middle Three Conference championship. In their third year under head coach
Bill Leckonby
William Bader Leckonby (September 16, 1917 – October 22, 2007) was an American football player, coach of football and golf, and college athletics administrator. He played college football at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York and fr ...
, the Engineers compiled a 5–4 record.
Lehigh only played one of its Middle Three opponents, beating
Lafayette; co-champion
Rutgers also beat Lafayette but did not face Lehigh, giving them identical 1–0 conference records. Bill Kitsos was the team captain. Lehigh played home games at
Taylor Stadium on the university's main campus in
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Schedule
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