Lehigh at Virginia
Saturday, September 28, 1940 Share
Virginia beat Lehigh 32–0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Lehigh led the series 3–2.
FinalHigh 69°F, low 41°FAttendance 10,000
In the newspapers

The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, September 29, 1940, page 1
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Virginia Outclasses Lehigh To Win, 32To0 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. Sept. 28.-CP-The University of Virgin las promising football squad played under wraps before 5000 spectators here today in downing an outclassed .Lehigh team, so to O.. With Yale coming up next week and such teams as Tennessee and North Carolina also on deck, Virginia’s veteran coach Frank Merrya kept the lid down on his customary hidden ball tricks and had substitutes streaming out from the bench. Virginia’s initial tally came after two minutes of the second period when Leroy Newsletter, triplethreat fullback, lateralled to Bill Dudley who scampered behind nice blocking 81 yards to a touchdown. Dudley’s placement was wide.
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)
Virginia 92% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Lehigh–Virginia gameVirginia leads 6–3 in nine meetings, counting the four since this game.
| 1976 | Virginia 21, Lehigh 20 | |
| 1956 | Virginia 24, Lehigh 12 | |
| 1954 | Virginia 27, Lehigh 21 | |
| 1941 | Virginia 34, Lehigh 0 | |
| 1940 | Virginia 32, Lehigh 0 | |
| 1909 | Lehigh 11, Virginia 7 |
Around this game
Lehigh
- Next gamevs. Penn StateOct. 19, 1940
- SeasonLehigh in 1940
- ProgramLehigh history and records
Virginia
- Next gameat YaleOct. 5, 1940
- SeasonVirginia in 1940
- ProgramVirginia history and records

