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  The news & observer. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, North Carolina, October 8, 1899, page 1 (results column)

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  OTHER GAMES YESTERDAY. The University of Georgia football team played it’s first game yesterday, defeating the Clemson, (S. CO College eleven by score of 10 to 0. Princeton, ); Naval Cadets, 0. University of Cincinnati, 81; Maine University, 0. Lafayette, 16; Swathmore, 6. Pennsylvania State College, 6; West Point, 0. Lehigh 10: Rutgers, o. Yale. %: Bates, o. Harvard, 20; Wesleyan. 0. Columbia, 21: Union, o. University of Chicago, ); University of Iowa, 5. University of Illinois, 3; Knox Col lege, o. Cornell. -: Williams, o. University of Wisconsin, Sc: Beloit, Q. University of Pennsylvania, 6; Brown.

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  The morning news, Savannah, Ga., October 8, 1899, page 6 (results column)

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  Football ResuIts. Princeton. 5; Naval Cadets, o. University of Cincinnati, 81; Maine Uni versity, Q. Lafayette. 16; Swatmore, 6. Pennsylvania State College, g. West Point. o. Lehigh, 10; Rutgers, 0. Yale, Is; Bates. 0. Harvard, 20; Wesleyan. 0. Columbia, 81; Union 0. University of Chicago, 5; University of Iowa, University of Illinois, 5; Knox College, 0. Cornell, u; Williams, 0. University of Wisconsin. 36; Beloit, 0. University of Pennsylvania, g. Brown, G.

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.

Lehigh leads 27–⁠24 in 51 meetings, counting the 41 since this game.