Carlisle at Lehigh

Saturday, November 2, 1912

Carlisle beat Lehigh 34–⁠14. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–⁠1.

AwayCarlisle12–⁠1–⁠1 in 1912
34
HomeLehigh9–⁠2 in 1912
14

FinalHigh 63°F, low 39°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: CARLISLE BEATS LEHIGH. Jim Thorpe Scores % of the Indians "a Points,

    Evening star, November 3, 1912, page 62

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    CARLISLE BEATS LEHIGH. Jim Thorpe Scores % of the Indians “a Points, SOUTH BETHLEHEM, Pa, November 2.-Carlisle’s great Indian athlete, James Thorpe, was at his best in today’s Car hsle-Lehigh foot ball game, which the Red Men won, 81 to Ia. Thorpe scored four touchdOwns, one goal from touch down and a field goal, total Of twenty eight points. Arcasa made the other six. Lehagfl’s fourteen points were made on two forward passes over the goal line for touchdowns.

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: Thorpe the Star

    The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, November 3, 1912, page 14

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    Thorpe the Star South Bethlehem, Pa. November D. Carlisle’s great Indian athlete, James was at his best in today’s Car lisle-Lehigh football game. which the red men won 34 to 14. Thrope scored four touchdowns, one goal from touch down and a field goal. a total of 2S points. Lehigh’s IA points were made on two forward passes over the goal line for touchdowns.

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)

Carlisle 87% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Lehigh leads 3–⁠2 in five meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1915Lehigh 14, Carlisle 0
1914Lehigh 21, Carlisle 6
1913Carlisle 21, Lehigh 7
1912Carlisle 34, Lehigh 14
1894Lehigh 22, Carlisle 12

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