Rutgers at Lehigh

Saturday, October 9, 1920

Lehigh beat Rutgers 9–⁠0. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Lehigh led the series 15–⁠2.

AwayRutgers2–⁠7 in 1920
0
HomeLehigh5–⁠2–⁠2 in 1920
9

FinalHigh 84°F, low 43°FAttendance 10,000

In the newspapers

  • The South Bend news-times's story: Football Results

    South Bend news-times, South Bend, Ind., October 10, 1920, page 1 (results column)

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    Football Results Pittsburg “a: West Virginia Is. Wisconsin p; Michigan Aggies “. Lafayette Z Navy u. Chicago. 20; Purdue o. Michigan 60; Case o. Army % Middlebury, Ohio. o. University OF Detroit 21 Marietta Il Notre Dame Al; western Normal 0. Lehigh 9; Rutgers 0. Gettysburg IS: West Maryland 0. Dickinson 10; IT. Johns 0. Colgate Z: Allegheny Z. Carnegie Tech p: Westminster 0. Muhlenburg IA: Albright Is. Washington and Jefferson So; Kalamazoo 0. washington college o; St Mary’s 10. Pennsylvania Military college Is; Villa Nova 8. Lebanon IA: Susquehanna 0. HaverfOrd g; Stevens 10. Delaware IA; George Washington Richmond 10. Catholic University Z. Indiana “a: Mississippi 0. Kentucky State 81; Maryville 0. University of Pennsylvania 81; SWarthmore college .. Depauw SO: Pennsylvania 0. Columbia IA; New York University Z. Northwestern II: Minnesota 0. Butler So; Hanover 7. Harvard 21: Valparaiso 0. Yale 21: North Carolina O. Missouri a.: St. Louis o. Colorado Aggies 0; Nebraska :. Drury 0; Washington University So. Illinois Al: Drake 0. Iowa 90: Cornell o. Iowa state 2S; Grinnell 0. Des Moines 20; Creighton 0. Wyoming 10; University OF Den yer Z. Kendall college 20; Oklahoma Aggies II. Union 0; williams Be-. Crsinus As: Bucknel o. Earlham So; Wilmington 0. Georgetown L. 27; North Carolima State o. Rose Poly IA: Union Christian O. Culver 40; Chicago Tech. Z. Ohio L. 0; L. Of Cincinnati 5.

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)

Rutgers 63% to win. Lehigh won as Elo’s underdog.

Lehigh leads 27–⁠24 in 51 meetings, counting the 34 since this game.

Recent meetings
1977Rutgers 20, Lehigh 0
1976Rutgers 28, Lehigh 21
1975Lehigh 34, Rutgers 20
1974Rutgers 37, Lehigh 16
1973Rutgers 31, Lehigh 13
1972Rutgers 41, Lehigh 13

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