Manhattan at Lehigh
Wednesday, September 30, 1903 Share
Lehigh beat Manhattan 40–0. It was their only meeting on record.
Final
In the newspapers

The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, October 2, 1903, page 2
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R.H.E. Thursdav Football oames. Dartmouth opened the football season here by defeating the Massachusetts Agricultural college by the score OF II to 0. AT PHILADELPHIA. The University of Pennsylvania foot ball eleven defeated Franklin and Mar shall on Franklin field by the score OF II to 0. Philadelphia scored one touch down in the first half of twenty minutes and two in the second half. Taken as d whole the work of the Pennsylvania team was disappointing. AT SOUTH BETHLEHEM. The Lehigh university football team defeated the Manhattan college eleven by score of 40 to 0. AT ITHACA. Cornell defeated Alfred college on Percy field by score of &c to 0. The game was poorly contested throughout, for only twice in the entire contest were the visitors able to make first downs. The offensive and defensive playing of the Cornell line was hopelessly weak

The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., October 1, 1903, page 1 (results column)
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right, and in the second half Davis and Finn opened up holes through A. Marshall five yards. Time was called with the ball on Harvard’s forty-fve-yard line. Yale. 19; Tufts, o. NEW HAVEN, Conn. Sept 3O.-In a game that was one-sided for the first half and more exciting as a football game in the second, Yale defeated Tufts today IS to O. Yale made three touchdoWnS and was credited with safety in the first half. but was not able to increase the points in the second half. Tufts got toscrub team players much easier to stop in the second half than they had found Kinney, Boomer Hagen and Metcalf in the first half. Princeton, “a; Swarthmore, o. PRINCETON, N. j., Sept. S0-Swarthmore was defeated by Princeton today, “a to 0. The visitors played fairly well fOl the first game of the season, but some disastrous fumbling was noticed and the halfbacks ran too high for good interference. The game was called when Princeton had the ball on the ten-yard line. Ten substitutes were tried for Princeton, but Dewitt. Cooney, Hart and Miller played the best ball. Brown, %; Colby. o. PROVIDENCE, R. l., Sept. 30.-Brown scored four touehdowns and a safety her first game Of the season, winning by score of % to 0. Brown found no diff fculty in penetrating her opponents line and easily made long gains around the ends. Brown put in four substitutes in the second half, when she scored one touch down and had the ball on Colby’s five yard line when time was called. Illinois, SO; kirksvlIie, o. CHAMPAIGN, ILL.,, Sept 3O.-Illinois today defeated Kirksville Osteopaths at n = good ball during the first half. They carried the ball thirty yards before Hi nois could obtain it. In the second half Illinois played nearly all her scrub team, and they played the osteopaths off their feet. Badgers Want a Game. The Badger football team will play the Sunday. The line up will be McTeague, ByWater, McMichall, LIE Claire, Peil, Robertson, Armstrong, Kelliher, Nebaure, Mathews Beatson. The Badgers are ready to meet any 14Opound team in the city. Address R. Nc league, $50 Linwood. North Branch Wins. Special to The Globe. NORTH BRANCH, Mimi, Sept. 3d. North Branch defeated Osceola at Taylor’s Falls for purse of $50 before a crowd of 500 people. Batteries, Sebell and IA. Chicago 1903, Monmouth o. CHICAGO, Sept. 3O-Monmouth college team was no match for the University of Chicago eleven and tOday’s game resulted 1OS to o. Chicago outciassed their opponents in every part Of the game and scored at will. Cornell, 26; Alfred College, o. ITHACA, N. Y. Sept. S0.-Cornen defeated Alfred college on Percy Field today, &c to o. The game was poorly contested throughout, for only twice in the entire contest We’re the visitors able to make first downs. Dartmouth, IL; Massachusetts, o. HANOVER, N. H, Sept. 3O.-Dartmouth opened the football season today by defeating the Massachusetts, Agricuitural college II to 0. Lehleh, 40; Manhattan, o. SOUTH BETHLEHEM. Pa, Sept. 30 The Lehigh football team defeated the Manhattan college eleven today by a score of 40 to 0. Iowa University IS, Coe College o. IOWA CITY, Iowa, Sept 3O.-State Uni Versity of Iowa IS. Coe college 0.
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)
Lehigh 71% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Manhattan–Lehigh gameLehigh leads 1–0 in their only meeting.
Around this game
Manhattan
- Next gameat TuftsOct. 24, 1903
- SeasonManhattan in 1903
- ProgramManhattan history and records
Lehigh
- Next gameat PennsylvaniaOct. 3, 1903
- SeasonLehigh in 1903
- ProgramLehigh history and records
