Penn State at Lehigh

Saturday, October 19, 1940

Penn State beat Lehigh 34–⁠0. It was their 21st meeting; after it, Penn State led the series 14–⁠6–⁠1.

AwayPenn State6–⁠1–⁠1 in 1940
34
HomeLehigh1–⁠2 in 1940
0

FinalHigh 49°F, low 32°FAttendance 3,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: Hi|NY5.iIJ Scores

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 21, 1940, page 5 (results column)

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    Hi|NY5.iIJ Scores The following are final scores of principal football games played last Saturday afternoon Oregon State o: University of Washington 19. Stanford 26; Washington State IA. U.C.LA. T; California g. Oregon 0; University of Southern California 13. Duke 13; Colgate O. Princeton 28; Pennsylvania 46. Maryland o; Florida l9. Vanderbilt 0; Georgia Tech 19. Nebraska 53; Kansas g. Idaho o; Boston College 60. Iowa 6; Indiana 10. Carnegie Tech O; Notre Dame 61 Iowa State IA Missouri 30. Rice 6; Tulane 15. Northwestern 27; Wisconsin T. Tennessee 27; Alabama 12. Texas 2l; Arkansas O. Illinois 0; Michigan 28. Drake 0; Navy 19. Georgia IS; Columbia 19. Syracuse 6; Cornell 33 Holy Cross 13; NY.U. 2. Fordham 24; Pittsburgh 12. Dartmouth ‘; Yale 13 Army 6; Harvard 6, tie. Penn State 34; Lehigh 0. Connecticut 13; Maine G. Minnesota 13; Ohio State T.

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)

Penn State 92% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Penn State leads 16–⁠6–⁠1 in 23 meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1942Penn State 19, Lehigh 3
1941Penn State 40, Lehigh 6
1940Penn State 34, Lehigh 0
1939Penn State 49, Lehigh 7
1938Penn State 59, Lehigh 6
1937Penn State 14, Lehigh 7

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