Lehigh at Pennsylvania
Monday, October 14, 1895 Share
Pennsylvania beat Lehigh 54–0. It was their 16th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 14–2.
FinalHigh 58°F, low 43°F
In the newspapers

New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 15, 1895, page 3
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PENNSYLVANIA FAIRLY OUTDOES ITSELF LEHIGH DEFEATED By SCORE OF % TO “a TOUCHDOWN IN TWENTY eEcoNDs. IEHIGH DEFEATED BY SCORE OF – TO “a TOUCHDOWN IN TWENTY GEcoNDs PHILADELPHIA Oct 1.-THE University OF Penn svIvania football team fairly outdid Itself to-day The Iehigh team, the strongest OF the state COL leees came down from Bethlehem and prepared 10 lower the Ouakers pride by holding the req anu hlue score below 90 and perhaps tallying httie itseIf II took not quite thirty seconds. however N knock n hole in these calculations. On the nrst Kickoff Brooke returned the ball we’ll past mid field Woodruff awaited its descent In Fitzgerald arms and as the ball slid quickly out again ne dropped upon f. and 1t was Pennsylvania Minus ran around left end for twenty-yard gam alo Colbert on the following play took the other sie’ He went far out and getting quickly around ‘he end cut diagonaIly across the field. evadlng every tackle and scoring the first touchdown after twenty seconds play. ., ooross tho Nine times the leather was carried across III, u,a 1t cleared the goal bar between tne posts M a once II was carried across ard tunoieu an 80 e cured by Lehgh back F.fty-four was rem sylvanias total score. against nothing ioi Ae’7” thirty points were made in the first half. 49,, PENNSYLVANIA played fast from start 70 iiio – The Interference formed strongly, particularly VI, end plays and runs OF twenty yards WEIR lIequens Dickson in particular. spry on such occasion and i’m no less than eight such runs the paIl wa carried by him Minds made several good runs and Colbert as well. ......,, made When the ball was kicked and caught ana ,sse1 back for a run every man succeSs.Ve.y interfered for the runner. and many long runs Were so made possible. williams was prominent IN TINS resnect while Brooke made run OF seventy-1ve yarus and a touchdown MS last attempt In deiehcs the Pennsylvania team put up strong game n feature Of Pennsylvanlas play Whicn was renaI NJ able in contrast 10 Lenlgn “oih was thr pay VI %ba nd on

Richmond dispatch, Richmond, Va., October 15, 1895, page 6
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LEHIGH LAID LOW. Pennsylvania University Football Team Downs IL. PHILADELPHIA PA. October 1.-THE University Of Pennsylvania’s football team fairly outdid itself to-day. The Lee high team the strongest OF the State co lege elevens, came down from Bethlchem, and prepared TO lower the Quaker pride by holding the Red-and-Blue score be.ow twenty. and perhaps tallying lit tie Itself 1t took not quite thirty Sc conGs. however. 10 knock hole in those calculations, Colbert scoring the first touchdown after twenty seconds play. Nine times the leather was carried across the Lehieh line and touched down and as many times it cleared the goal-bar between the post. while once it was car red across and fumbled and secured a Lehigh back. F.lty-fOur was Pennsyivanas total score, against nothing Tor Lehigh. Thirty points were made in the first half. Pennsylvania played fast from start to finish. The attendance was 1850.
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)
Pennsylvania 92% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Lehigh–Pennsylvania gamePennsylvania leads 45–12 in 57 meetings, counting the 41 since this game.
| 2026 | Lehigh 20, Pennsylvania 7 | |
| 2025 | Lehigh 44, Pennsylvania 30 | |
| 2021 | Pennsylvania 20, Lehigh 0 | |
| 2018 | Pennsylvania 30, Lehigh 10 | |
| 2017 | Pennsylvania 65, Lehigh 47 | |
| 2016 | Lehigh 49, Pennsylvania 28 |
Around this game
Lehigh
- Next gamevs. PrincetonOct. 23, 1895
- SeasonLehigh in 1895
- ProgramLehigh history and records
Pennsylvania
- Next gamevs. CarlisleOct. 16, 1895
- SeasonPennsylvania in 1895
- ProgramPennsylvania history and records

