Lehigh at Army
Saturday, October 23, 1909 Share
Army beat Lehigh 18–0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Army led the series 3–1.
FinalHigh 59°F, low 46°F
In the newspapers

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 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.
The series
Every Lehigh–Army gameArmy leads 9–2–1 in 12 meetings, counting the eight since this game.
| 2024 | Army 42, Lehigh 7 | |
| 1995 | Army 42, Lehigh 9 | |
| 1983 | Lehigh 13, Army 12 | |
| 1980 | Lehigh 24, Army 24 | |
| 1975 | Army 54, Lehigh 32 | |
| 1972 | Army 26, Lehigh 21 |
Around this game
Lehigh
- Next gamevs. Carnegie MellonOct. 30, 1909
- SeasonLehigh in 1909
- ProgramLehigh history and records
Army
- Next gamevs. HarvardOct. 30, 1909
- SeasonArmy in 1909
- ProgramArmy history and records

