Lehigh at Swarthmore

Saturday, November 9, 1912

Lehigh beat Swarthmore 3–⁠0. It was their 14th meeting; after it, Lehigh led the series 10–⁠4.

AwayLehigh9–⁠2 in 1912
3
HomeSwarthmore7–⁠1–⁠1 in 1912
0

Final

In the newspapers

  • The The Washington times's story: Lehigh Scores Three Points on SWarthmOre

    The Washington times, District of Columbia, November 10, 1912, page 17

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    Lehigh Scores Three Points on SWarthmOre sWARTHMORE. Pa, Nov. 10.-Lehigh Yesterday defeated Swarthmore by the narrow margin OF 3 to o. field goal IN me second half accomplishing the hu- Syvarthmorc’s first defeat Of the season, but the hrwildcring plays OF the south Bethlehrmitcs had the Quakers guessing Neither team could gain on straight football and II was only by forward passes and trick plays that either could do anything. II was ny intarreuting A forward pass that ennblcd | Ich!gh to get near enough to the Ouakers’ goal TO boot the ball over for tho only score of the game.

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)

Swarthmore 78% to win. Lehigh pulled the upset.

Lehigh leads 11–⁠4 in 15 meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1913Lehigh 50, Swarthmore 0
1912Lehigh 3, Swarthmore 0
1911Swarthmore 9, Lehigh 2
1910Swarthmore 15, Lehigh 8
1904Swarthmore 20, Lehigh 0
1903Lehigh 10, Swarthmore 5

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