Lehigh at Pennsylvania
Saturday, September 29, 1900 Share
Pennsylvania beat Lehigh 27–6. It was their 21st meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 19–2.
Final
In the newspapers

New-York tribune, September 30, 1900, page 10
Read the text
Position. LEHIGH SCORES ON PENNSYLVANIA. Philadelphia, Sept 29.-The University Of Penn sylvania opened its football season to-day by defeating the Lehgh University team by a score 2 to g. Lehigh secured It’s score early in the first ting the ball and making a 25-yard run for touch uoMn, ,, from Whlch q goal was Kicked The Penn goal in the first half. and two touchdowns and one goal in the second half. Following the lineup:
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 95% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Lehigh–Pennsylvania gamePennsylvania leads 45–12 in 57 meetings, counting the 36 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 gameat PrincetonOct. 6, 1900
- SeasonLehigh in 1900
- ProgramLehigh history and records
Pennsylvania
- Next gamevs. Franklin & MarshallOct. 3, 1900
- SeasonPennsylvania in 1900
- ProgramPennsylvania history and records

