Lehigh at Cornell

Saturday, November 9, 1901

Cornell beat Lehigh 30–⁠0. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 5–⁠3.

AwayLehigh1–⁠11 in 1901
0
HomeCornell11–⁠1 in 1901
30

FinalHigh 48°F, low 32°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Indianapolis journal's story: CORNELL USED SUBSTITUTES, Yet Had No Trouble in Defeating Lee high University 30 to o.

    The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], November 10, 1901, page 1

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    CORNELL USED SUBSTITUTES, Yet Had No Trouble in Defeating Lee high University 30 to o. ITHACA, n. Y, Nov. 9.-With a team made up largely Of substitutes Cornell defeated Lehigh here to-day by the score of 30 to 0. The contest was marked by both brilliant and cratic work. During the first twenty-five minutes play Cornell scored two touchdowns. one goal being kicked. but in the second half there was a notable i’m provement in the showing of both eIsvens. There was less fumbling and the Ithacans settled down and earned nineteen more noinfS Iine-uD.

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)

Cornell 96% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Cornell leads 16–⁠4–⁠2 in 22 meetings, counting the 14 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Cornell 48, Lehigh 38
2023Cornell 23, Lehigh 20
2022Cornell 19, Lehigh 15
2014Lehigh 31, Cornell 14
2008Cornell 25, Lehigh 24
1973Lehigh 7, Cornell 7

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