Muhlenberg at Lehigh

Saturday, November 15, 1919

Lehigh beat Muhlenberg 33–⁠7. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Lehigh led the series 9–⁠0.

AwayMuhlenberg0–⁠3 in 1919
7
HomeLehigh6–⁠3 in 1919
33

FinalHigh 46°F, low 32°F

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: Lehigh Finds Muhlenberg Easy Victim by Big Score

    New-York tribune, November 16, 1919, page 22

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    Lehigh Finds Muhlenberg Easy Victim by Big Score BETHLEHEM. Pa, Nov. 15-Lehieh IN defeating Muhlenberg to-day, 3s TO Z did not find the Allentonians an easv opponent. Every inch of the wav was found hard by Lehigh, and as the pame progressed the visitors seemed to grow stronger and presented defense that held the Brown and WHIT r. ‘noe nne touchdown in the third period and none one in the fourth. Lehi gh. had ‘fo,,r fonr chances to score in the fourth ner;od rHuI once Harrington travelled over N” goal line only to have the ball ca1laa back on a penalty and placed hevnnd reach of score Then a~ain for Gmu ward pass grounded over the goal ~ and another time Lehigl was held ‘fnr for do%nS; S;mh s,,,1t. Just as the game was ending pass. and was in far wav to ~ scara “ara when the whistle blew. oeofe The lineup:

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Lehigh 81% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Lehigh leads 12–⁠2 in 14 meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
1925Muhlenberg 9, Lehigh 7
1923Lehigh 13, Muhlenberg 3
1922Lehigh 26, Muhlenberg 7
1921Muhlenberg 14, Lehigh 13
1920Lehigh 56, Muhlenberg 0
1919Lehigh 33, Muhlenberg 7

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