Lehigh at Swarthmore

Saturday, October 12, 1901

Swarthmore beat Lehigh 6–⁠5. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Lehigh led the series 7–⁠1.

AwayLehigh1–⁠11 in 1901
5
HomeSwarthmore1–⁠2 in 1901
6

Final

In the newspapers

  • The The Washington times's story: swARTHMoRE DEFEATS LEHIGH Game at South Bethlehem Ends in n O to Score.

    The Washington times, District of Columbia, October 17, 1901, page 2

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    swARTHMoRE DEFEATS LEHIGH Game at South Bethlehem Ends in n O to Score. SOUTH BETHLEHEM, Pa. Oct. 10 Swarthmore this afternoon defeated Lehigh to in a game OF football on Lehighs gridiron, played In two twenty minute halves. The work on both sides lacked vim and was disappointment Ing team exhibited superior skill and strength the latter especially on rushes.

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)

Swarthmore 62% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Lehigh leads 11–⁠4 in 15 meetings, counting the seven since this game.

Recent meetings
1913Lehigh 50, Swarthmore 0
1912Lehigh 3, Swarthmore 0
1911Swarthmore 9, Lehigh 2
1910Swarthmore 15, Lehigh 8
1904Swarthmore 20, Lehigh 0
1903Lehigh 10, Swarthmore 5

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