1940 Lehigh Engineers football team

1940 Middle Three Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 19 Lafayette $	2	–	0	–	0	9	–	0	–	0
Rutgers	1	–	1	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Lehigh	0	–	2	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 1940 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach Glen Harmeson, the team compiled a 2–7 record, and lost both games against its Middle Three Conference rivals.^[1] Lehigh played home games at Taylor Stadium in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Lehigh was ranked at No. 399 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	at Virginia*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	L 32–0	10,000	^[3]
October 5	at Case*	Van Horn Field Cleveland, OH	L 6–25		^[1]
October 12	Rutgers	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	L 0–34	5,000	^[4]
October 19	Penn State*	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	L 0–34	3,000	^[5]
October 26	Hampden–Sydney*	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 12–7	5,000	^[6]
November 2	Haverford*	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	L 7–18	2,000	^[7]
November 9	Muhlenberg*	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	L 6–20	6,000	^[8]
November 16	Lowell Textile*	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 40–7		^[1]
November 23	at Lafayette	Fisher Field Easton, PA (rivalry)	L 0–46	15,000	^[9]
*Non-conference game

^ ^a ^b ^c "Lehigh Football Record Book: Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 21. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Virginia's Power Routs Lehigh, 32-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. September 29, 1940. p. S6.
^ "Rutgers Triumphs over Lehigh, 34-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 13, 1940. p. S3.
^ "Penn State Power Tops Lehigh, 34-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 20, 1940. p. S3.
^ "Lehigh Sets Back Hampden-Sydney". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 27, 1940. p. S2.
^ "Haverford Victor over Lehigh, 18-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 3, 1940. p. S2.
^ "Muhlenberg in Front". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 10, 1940. p. S3.
^ Childs, Kingsley (November 24, 1940). "Lafayette Finishes Second Perfect Season in Four Years by Routing Lehigh". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S2.