Lehigh at Syracuse

Saturday, October 28, 1905

Syracuse beat Lehigh 17–⁠0. It was their second meeting; Syracuse leads the series 2–⁠0.

AwayLehigh6–⁠7 in 1905
0
HomeSyracuse8–⁠3 in 1905
17

FinalHigh 53°F, low 40°FAttendance 3,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: DEFEAT FOR LEHIGH. Syracuse's Goal Was at No Time In Great Danger.

    Evening star, October 29, 1905, page 57

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    DEFEAT FOR LEHIGH. Syracuse’s Goal Was at No Time In Great Danger. SYRACUSE, n. Y, October 2S.-The Syracuse foot bali team defeated the Lehigh eleven here today by the score of IL to o.. one touchdown being made in the first half, two in the second. AT no time during the game was the Orange goal line In any great danger from the Pennsylvanians. Six regular men were out of the Syracuse line up at the start of the game, two of these being sent into the game in the second half. Syracuse kicked off to Lehlgh at the start and took the ball from the visitors at once on downs. 1t was then see-sawed back across the center OF the field until toward the end of the half, when 1t was rushed over the goal line. The first touchdown of the second half came after about ten minutes of play and the second five minutes afterward, Fisher taking the ball over the line of a Y-fiYe-Yard run. The llne-up

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)

Syracuse 81% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Syracuse leads 2–⁠0 in two meetings.

Recent meetings
1905Syracuse 17, Lehigh 0
1904Syracuse 30, Lehigh 4

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