Dickinson at Lehigh
Wednesday, October 20, 1897 Share
Lehigh beat Dickinson 5–0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Lehigh led the series 4–0.
Final
In the newspapers

The Scranton tribune, Scranton, Pa., October 21, 1897, page 2
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FOOT BALL GAMES PLAYED YESTERDAY Big Eleyens Failed to Make Any Big Scores. YALE WAS THREATENED BY BROWN The Latter Furnished the surprise of the senson and the Blues Won by Only Four Points--Lehigh Made but Five Points Against Dickinson and state College Held Pcnnsy Down to Twenty four. There were two pronounced surprises in yesterdays college foot ball games. Brown made holes in the line of the brawny blue of Yale and the latter won by only four points. 1t was goal from the field that Lehigh won from Dickinson. State college was able to make frequent gains by plunginE against Pennsylvania line. The red and blue won on end plays.
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 52% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Dickinson–Lehigh gameLehigh leads 6–3–2 in 11 meetings, counting the seven since this game.
| 1907 | Lehigh 6, Dickinson 6 | |
| 1906 | Dickinson 0, Lehigh 0 | |
| 1905 | Dickinson 18, Lehigh 0 | |
| 1904 | Dickinson 6, Lehigh 0 | |
| 1903 | Lehigh 17, Dickinson 0 | |
| 1902 | Dickinson 11, Lehigh 0 |
Around this game
Dickinson
- Next gamevs. VillanovaOct. 23, 1897
- SeasonDickinson in 1897
- ProgramDickinson history and records
Lehigh
- Next gameat BucknellOct. 23, 1897
- SeasonLehigh in 1897
- ProgramLehigh history and records
