Lafayette at Lehigh

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  New-York tribune, November 24, 1907, page 10

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  LAFAYETTE TRIUMPHs OVER LEHIGH Bethlehem Team Plays Hard Game Against Heavier Opponent. Bethlehem. Penn. Nov. 2S-In what proved to be a harder fought game than the OF % to in dicates Lafayette to-day the annual struggle with Lehigh. Lafayette’s line was very weak and seemed unable TO Withstand Lehigh’s onslaughts the latter scoring twice many first downs Isehigh was greatly outweighed, but put no a remark able contest. Shortly after the game started Lafayette worked the ball well down into Lehgh’s territory and finally landed on the 15-yard line when Westerbrock disqualified. From here Lee was sent for touchdown on a forward pass. Lehgh soon after this scored blocked kick which Bakewell fell on back of the line. Howard at the end of the half dropped goal from the field. The 10 to O. In the second half Chalmers captured a tumble by Anderson and ran fifteen yards for tally, and after this McCann caught Lehigh forward pass and raced seventy five yards for a touchdown.

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  The Paducah evening sun, Paducah, Ky., November 25, 1907, page 1 (results column)

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  FOOTBALL RESULTS. West. Carlisle, IS: Chicago. 4. Minnesota. II, Wisconsin, II. Ames, 20; Iowa, IA. Notre Dame, II; Purdue, 0. Nebraska, IS; Done, 0. Ohio State, 2s; Heidelberg. 0. Alabama, 6; Louisiana, 4. Monmouth, 8; Milliken, 0. Albion, IL; Olivet, S. Wittenberg, IL; otterbein, 0. Lombard, IS; Knox. 4. Hillsdale c., z; Ypsilanti, 4. Alma. o.; NJ. A. c., 0. w. Reserve. so; Denison u, o. Saginaw, O; Muskegon. 0. Minneapolis ~. SO: Oak Park, 0. East. Yale, 10; Harvard, 0. Brown, IS; Amherst, 0. Army, %; Syracuse, 4. Navy, 12; Virginia, p. l., 0. Swarthmore, 35; Bucknell, 4. w. U. of Pa, 81; Wooster, 0. Lafayette. 22; Lehigh, 5. Penn. Fresh, &c; Cornell Fresh, Z

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Officially, Lafayette leads 82–⁠74–⁠5; as played, 46–⁠38–⁠4 in the 88 games on file; the official count covers all 161 meetings, counting the 47 since this game.