Rutgers at Lehigh
Saturday, October 22, 1960 Share
Rutgers beat Lehigh 8–0. It was their 34th meeting; after it, Lehigh led the series 23–11.
FinalHigh 55°F, low 41°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 23, 1960, page 42
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Lehigh Frightens Rutgers In Late Bid but Loses, 80 BETHLEHEM. Pa. Oct. % Cap. - Unbeaten and highly favored Rutgers held of a last minute Lehigh drive today for an 80 victory. Lehigh got to the 9-yard line with two minutes remaining but Rutgers Army Byrd intercopied a pass in the end zone and killed the Engineers scoring hopes. : Rutgers scored on the second play Of the final period wher Bill Thompson, sophomore halfback, crashed over IN1 the two. The touchdown capped q 49-yard drive. Lehigh hac punted to its own 40 and Rut. gers scored nine plays later. The key play in the drive wa a 13-yard pass from Quarter back Bill Speranza to End Mar .Engle. Speranza passed to Pau
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)
Rutgers 79% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Rutgers–Lehigh gameLehigh leads 27–24 in 51 meetings, counting the 17 since this game.
| 1977 | Rutgers 20, Lehigh 0 | |
| 1976 | Rutgers 28, Lehigh 21 | |
| 1975 | Lehigh 34, Rutgers 20 | |
| 1974 | Rutgers 37, Lehigh 16 | |
| 1973 | Rutgers 31, Lehigh 13 | |
| 1972 | Rutgers 41, Lehigh 13 |
Around this game
Rutgers
- Next gamevs. VillanovaOct. 29, 1960
- SeasonRutgers in 1960
- ProgramRutgers history and records
Lehigh
- Next gameat VMINov. 5, 1960
- SeasonLehigh in 1960
- ProgramLehigh history and records

