Lehigh at Princeton
Saturday, October 8, 1927 Share
Princeton beat Lehigh 42–0. It was their 30th meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 28–0–2.
FinalHigh 74°F, low 55°F, 0.43 in. of rain
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 9, 1927, page 1
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PRINCETON SMOTHERS LEHIGH ELEVEN, 42.0 BY the Associated Press PRINCETON. October S.-Prince. tons revamped backfield today dis played a powerful drive against LIE. high and rolled up AZ points while the Pennsylvania eleven was unable to score. The Roper team used nothing but straight foot ball The Lehigh team was unable to stop the line smashes directed against it. with Wittmer and Norman carving the brunt of the work. LAWYER, left end for the Tigers. blocked a Lchigh punt in the third period and ran Is yards to a touch down. The Lehigh team could make little Roadway against the Princeton line and made but 3 first downs as com. pared to the Tigers 81.
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)
Princeton 93% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Lehigh–Princeton gamePrinceton leads 40–10–2 in 52 meetings, counting the 22 since this game.
| 2024 | Lehigh 35, Princeton 20 | |
| 2022 | Princeton 29, Lehigh 17 | |
| 2021 | Princeton 32, Lehigh 0 | |
| 2018 | Princeton 66, Lehigh 7 | |
| 2016 | Lehigh 42, Princeton 28 | |
| 2015 | Princeton 52, Lehigh 26 |
Around this game
Lehigh
- Next gamevs. LafayetteNov. 19, 1927
- SeasonLehigh in 1927
- ProgramLehigh history and records
Princeton
- Next gamevs. Washington and LeeOct. 15, 1927
- SeasonPrinceton in 1927
- ProgramPrinceton history and records

