Lehigh at Army

Saturday, October 23, 1909

Army beat Lehigh 18–⁠0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Army led the series 3–⁠1.

AwayLehigh4–⁠3–⁠2 in 1909
0
HomeArmy3–⁠2 in 1909
18

FinalHigh 59°F, low 46°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: WEST POINT WINS. Lehigh Goes Down to Defeat in First Game With Soldiers.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 24, 1909, page 60

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    WEST POINT WINS. Lehigh Goes Down to Defeat in First Game With Soldiers. WEST POINT, N. Y, October 23.-The Army defeated Lehigh today by score of 10 to o in the first foot ball game ever played between the two schools. West Points defense showed UP we’ll against the heaviest backf1eld it has faced this wear. For Lehigh the fierce attacks OF Fullback Cox and Halfback Gordon and the clever playing of Halfback Donaldson netted good gains. but Lehigh could not score For the Army, Fullback Surles and Halfback Dean each scored touch down after long open plays. Dean later kicked a goal from placement and Quarterbac ok Keyes placed a drop kick between the posts.

  • The The Brunswick news's story: ON THE GRIOIRON HOW THE LEADING FOOTBALL GAMES RESULTED SATURDAY.

    The Brunswick news, Brunswick, Ga., October 24, 1909, page 1 (results column)

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    ON THE GRIOIRON HOW THE LEADING FOOTBALL GAMES RESULTED SATURDAY. New York, Oct. 23.-The following are the results of today’s football games: At New York-Fordham 21: Swarthmore 3. At Princeton-Lafayett 6: Prince ton O. At Harvard II. Brown At New Haven-Yale Sc; Colgate 0. At Philadelphia-Un University of Pa, 3; Penn State 3. At Amherst-Dartmouth -; AM herst 0. At West Point-Lehigh 0; West Point 18. At Washingtop-North Carolina 5;

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)

Army 86% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Army leads 9–⁠2–⁠1 in 12 meetings, counting the eight since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Army 42, Lehigh 7
1995Army 42, Lehigh 9
1983Lehigh 13, Army 12
1980Lehigh 24, Army 24
1975Army 54, Lehigh 32
1972Army 26, Lehigh 21

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