Lehigh at Davidson
Saturday, November 14, 1959 Share
Lehigh beat Davidson 14–0. It was their first meeting; after it, Lehigh led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 68°F, low 47°FAttendance 5,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, November 15, 1959, page 34
Read the text
Lehigh Blanks Davidson, 14–0 DAVIDSON, N. c., Nov. IA CAP).-Lehigh halfback John Larimer, who carried the ball only five times, scored two touchdowns on runs of 5 and 8 yards today to lead the Engineers to a 14–0 football victory over Davidson. Larimer, who hadn’t scored a touchdown in seven previous games this season. crossed the goal line in the second and fourth periods to send Davidson reeling to its seventh loss in a row. LEHIGH H-----0 9 9 s-14 DAVIDSON ---------O u Lehigh-Larimer 5, run (run fsiled) Lehish-Larimer 8, run (Needham, pass from Scheu,
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)
Davidson 58% to win. Lehigh won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Lehigh–Davidson gameDavidson leads 4–2 in six meetings, counting the five since this game.
| 1966 | Davidson 34, Lehigh 27 | |
| 1965 | Davidson 37, Lehigh 23 | |
| 1964 | Lehigh 13, Davidson 10 | |
| 1963 | Davidson 7, Lehigh 3 | |
| 1960 | Davidson 21, Lehigh 18 | |
| 1959 | Lehigh 14, Davidson 0 |
Around this game
Lehigh
- Next gameat ColgateOct. 1, 1960
- SeasonLehigh in 1959
- ProgramLehigh history and records
Davidson
- Next gameat FurmanNov. 20, 1959
- SeasonDavidson in 1959
- ProgramDavidson history and records