Lehigh at Pennsylvania

Saturday, September 29, 1900

Pennsylvania beat Lehigh 27–⁠6. It was their 21st meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 19–⁠2.

AwayLehigh5–⁠6 in 1900
6
HomePennsylvania12–⁠1 in 1900
27

Final

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: Position. LEHIGH SCORES ON PENNSYLVANIA.

    New-York tribune, September 30, 1900, page 10

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    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.

Pennsylvania leads 45–⁠12 in 57 meetings, counting the 36 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Lehigh 20, Pennsylvania 7
2025Lehigh 44, Pennsylvania 30
2021Pennsylvania 20, Lehigh 0
2018Pennsylvania 30, Lehigh 10
2017Pennsylvania 65, Lehigh 47
2016Lehigh 49, Pennsylvania 28

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