Lehigh at Swarthmore
Saturday, October 12, 1901 Share
Swarthmore beat Lehigh 6–5. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Lehigh led the series 7–1.
Final
In the newspapers

The Washington times, District of Columbia, October 17, 1901, page 2
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Lehigh–Swarthmore gameLehigh leads 11–4 in 15 meetings, counting the seven since this game.
| 1913 | Lehigh 50, Swarthmore 0 | |
| 1912 | Lehigh 3, Swarthmore 0 | |
| 1911 | Swarthmore 9, Lehigh 2 | |
| 1910 | Swarthmore 15, Lehigh 8 | |
| 1904 | Swarthmore 20, Lehigh 0 | |
| 1903 | Lehigh 10, Swarthmore 5 |
Around this game
Lehigh
- Next gameat NavyOct. 19, 1901
- SeasonLehigh in 1901
- ProgramLehigh history and records
Swarthmore
- Next gameat DickinsonNov. 9, 1901
- SeasonSwarthmore in 1901
- ProgramSwarthmore history and records
