Lehigh at Virginia

Saturday, October 16, 1909

Lehigh beat Virginia 11–⁠7. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Lehigh led the series 3–⁠1.

AwayLehigh4–⁠3–⁠2 in 1909
11
HomeVirginia7–⁠1 in 1909
7

FinalHigh 57°F, low 42°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Washington herald's story: LEHIGH OUTPLAYS VIRGINIA. Losers Gain Seven Points by For ward Pass and TouchbacL

    The Washington herald, Washington, D.C., October 17, 1909, page 38

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    LEHIGH OUTPLAYS VIRGINIA. Losers Gain Seven Points by For ward Pass and TouchbacL Norfolk. Va, Oct. 16.-Lehigh won from Virginia this afternoon. II to :. Each team scored a touchdown in the first hair and failed TO kick goal Lehigh scored IN less than a minute after play COM neneed- street. getting the ball on a with H. A successfully executed forward mass enabled Virginia to score. Virginia one played Lehigh in the first, but fumbjed the ball frequently IN the second r. high had much the best OF II. scoring a touchdown and goal, while a touch back gave Virginia two more points. The lineup:

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)

Virginia 92% to win. Lehigh pulled the upset.

Virginia leads 6–⁠3 in nine meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
1976Virginia 21, Lehigh 20
1956Virginia 24, Lehigh 12
1954Virginia 27, Lehigh 21
1941Virginia 34, Lehigh 0
1940Virginia 32, Lehigh 0
1909Lehigh 11, Virginia 7

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