1957 Lehigh Engineers football team

1957 Lehigh Engineers football
Middle Three champion
Lambert Cup
ConferenceMiddle Three Conference
Record8–1 (2–0 Middle Three)
Head coach
Captains
  • Dan Nolan
  • Pete Williams
Home stadiumTaylor Stadium
Seasons
← 1956
1958 →
1957 Middle Three Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Lehigh $ 2 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Rutgers 1 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Lafayette 0 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1957 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 1957 college football season. Lehigh won the Middle Three Conference championship and the inaugural small-college Lambert Cup.

In their 12th year under head coach Bill Leckonby, the Engineers compiled an 8–1 record, defeating both of their conference opponents.[1] Dan Nolan and Pete Williams were the team captains.[2]

In December, the Engineers were the first-ever recipients of the Lambert Cup, an award for the season's best small-college football team in the East. Lehigh was honored alongside Navy, which won the large-college Lambert Trophy; both were lauded as proof that a university could field a competitive football team without compromising its academic standards.[3]

Lehigh played its home games at Taylor Stadium on the university campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

  1. ^ "Year-by-Year Results". Lehigh Football Record Book (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 22. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. ^ "Lehigh Football Captains". Lehigh Football Record Book (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 12. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  3. ^ Trimble, Joe (December 9, 1957). "Big Navy, L'il Lehigh Win Lambert Awards". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 68 – via Newspapers.com.