Lafayette at Lehigh

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  Pittsburg dispatch, Pittsburg [Pa.], October 31, 1889, page 5

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  LIVELY FOOTBALL. Lehigh Defeats Lafayette in n Very Ex- | citing Contest. IeHIBu UcleHIB LuluyeIIe IN Vefy I1. citing Contest. ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.l SOUTH BETHLEHEM, Pa, October 30-The first game for the championship of the State in the collegiate football was played here this aft ernoon between Lafayette and Lehigh teams, and resulted in a victory for Lehigh by score of l6 TO 10. The game was stubbornly fought throughout Within ten minutes after play began Lafaycite scored two touchdowns, from one of which goal was kicked. Lehigh braced up and scored a touchdown, from which goal was kicked. The second half was bitterly fought until up to a short while before time was called, when within six minutes Lehigh scored two more touch downs. from enc of which goal was kicked. Two Princeton men, Spicer and Jones, were umpire and referee respectively.

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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 77 since this game.