Lehigh at Swarthmore
Wednesday, October 7, 1903 Share
Lehigh beat Swarthmore 10–5. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Lehigh led the series 9–1.
Final
In the newspapers

The sun, New York [N.Y.], October 8, 1903, page 1
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Pennsylvania. Positions. Harerord Piekarski. guard ........... BIrdSall McCabe ......”.; Centre. Fleming kssf R K’sh’ s%ifis H hnsss Metzger........ Right end ‘.’......’.. ~, Reid Gor,on ogiaT bs, b s.ax Thames honss Drakc.”.....,... Right half back ......” .Thorne Smith Full back Hillcs Milford Metzger. Goals from touchdowns-Bennett 49, smith e. Referee ,. Samuel Boyle Nm Maes for o 1 Michel iop P karski Taylor for McCabc zilgcn for Kase Stewart for aesr ,1 nt0 oT ay 1o o1 bra Io. Tatnali for Pearson Winslow for Tatnall. Evans for SE of xxi for Reid, Stratton for Halnes and Esheman for Thomas. WILLIAMS. II: AMHERST “AooIEs”. o. WtLIAMsIoTN Mas w. ~, pct home Hrnnds College team by a score Of i to T., o. ,.u, The IN o yenm Work pon IN Wick each ele eye IN was Strong. The three touchdowns scored after sensh h runs Of twsn ny iiatmns thirty yards, Capt Peabody Of Williams sk!r’ed the “Aggies ri ait taetle; dodEed body blocked O.Hearn’s kick and Jones snatched the, ball and spTinted thirty-fye wards for Williams’s second touchdown. In ne second half The Afges rs zee Sfd Legiss tumble, .Boyce. Williams. 3 right end. grabbed the ball and. after a. forty-fve yard run, scored the final touchdown. During the re; mainder Of the game the “Aggies” developsd their strongest offensive game. repeatedly hamme ring the line for five yards at time. AMHERST, %; BowDoIN, o. defeated the heavy Bowdoin eleven this afternoon by score Of 2s to o. Amherst I’M I,t played hard aggressive football. Which told materially on Bowdoin,’s line, The Maine team was repeatedly held for downs, and at danger. Daniels az LEFT end and Shay and Hubbard back Of the line did excellent work for Amherst LEHIGH. 10; swARTHMoRE, s. SwARrHMoRF. Pa. Oct. 7.-Lehish won a close and exciting game from Swarthmore to-day, the score being 10 to 5: The victors eIcelled in the speed OF their plays. Other Football Games. CARLISLE, Pa. Oct. 7.---Dcklnson College team defeated Merccrsburg here to-day by the score Of % to s.

Evening journal, Delaware, October 8, 1903, page 2 (results column)
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Football Yesterday. Pennsylvania-I -Iraverford, $50. Harvard Bates 25–0. Yale Wesleyan. S3–0. Princeton Gettysburg, ESQ. Columbia Hamilton, 29–0. Lehigh- -Swarthmore, 10–5. Williams Massachusetts “AggiefS4 10. ~ Amherst -Bowdoin. $50. Apdover-Dorchester II. A.. 600. portmouih-NermoYi 3e-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 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Lehigh–Swarthmore gameLehigh leads 11–4 in 15 meetings, counting the five 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 PrincetonOct. 14, 1903
- SeasonLehigh in 1903
- ProgramLehigh history and records
Swarthmore
- Next gameat St. John’s (Maryland)Oct. 10, 1903
- SeasonSwarthmore in 1903
- ProgramSwarthmore history and records
