Lehigh at Yale

Saturday, October 18, 1913

Yale beat Lehigh 37–⁠0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Yale led the series 5–⁠0.

AwayLehigh5–⁠3 in 1913
0
HomeYale5–⁠2–⁠3 in 1913
37

FinalHigh 64°F, low 48°F

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: Yale Piles Up Score in Beating Lehigh Team

    New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 19, 1913, page 15

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    Yale Piles Up Score in Beating Lehigh Team fairly ate up ground In running back kicks. The first touchdown Of the period. the fourth OF the game. came in the first few minutes before substitutions were made. A tumble BY Captain Ready gave Yale the ball on Lehighs 25-yard line, whereupon forward pass for ten yards two or three short dashes and a clever forward pass for twelve yards over the goal line from Wilson to Red Brann added seven more points, as Ainsworth kicked the goal after a punt out. Wheeler made things hum when he got I’m the game. damaging penalty for holding against Iehigh put the ball with in thirty-hve yards OF the goal line. and Wheeler with successive dashes or tackle for seventeen and eighteen yards respeclively carried II over for tho last touch down. Castle failed TO kick the goal, 20 the score read 81 10 0, and there II stood CAPTAIN Ketcham. as usual, stood out FOR Yale lie was rarely at fault In dag noslng plays and tackled all over the field. usually being down with his ends under punts. lie played LETT guard on the attack, but centre on the defence OF the others. Cornish. a most CRAFTY and elusive runner in broken field: Will son. who seemed well suited 20 his ne” place at fullback. and Wheeler. because OF his clever lodging runs. were conspicuous The punting OF Knowles was commendable. and Guernsey did well too In this respect the short time he was In Red” Brann made a good Impression al one end and may give the other candidates much 10 worry about before the Princeton game. The Lehigh men were not lacking IN pluck. II anything. Captain Ready r. Green and the two tackles-Grumback and Bailey-stood out Joe Pendleton. the referee, handled the game I’m his usual efficient way. and his voice could be heard far up In the press

  • The Newark evening star and Newark advertiser's story: Princeton Cohorts Prove Too Speedy for Syracuse Pig skin GladiatOrs. YALE = SWAMPS LEHIGH Harvard Eleven Wades Through Holy Cross Line for Big Gains.

    Newark evening star and Newark advertiser, Newark, N.J., October 20, 1913, page 1

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    Princeton Cohorts Prove Too Speedy for Syracuse Pig skin GladiatOrs. YALE = SWAMPS LEHIGH Harvard Eleven Wades Through Holy Cross Line for Big Gains. Rv the sviffness and nor,,ar oe tt,a;,. .tts.,s ,,-,,astS. . - pS ~ u 49, q .hoi ~eu up d 10 “ score against syracuse saturday afternoon. The Tigers were aided in making two touchdowns in the second period by Syracuse nenaIties. Prince ton lost eighty wards on nenalt;es for oee.,ao .s~1,..+ ~ svrv,o,,so 1ost 80, &c 49, 1900. IT,. 1....~s. -. oeon’ “lce Ilihceloh crosseu heI oPpoioAts Boal iliie W oe cdiieu pdch for hurdling. 1t was STREET., the full back who was penalized for hurdling. His line plugging was the greatest thing on the field. Hole or no hole. ‘ erai ten ana hIteeh-yard gains, pursting through mass Oh players. Inc other star of the Tiger back field was Hobey” Baker. Not only was his open field running a great help to his team, but his punting was the best he has done. The scoring came in the second period. Princeton bonn barded the right side of the line and Drought the Dali TO where ID. Baker could try field goal. He failed, but Syracuse’s penalty and “Hobey’s” twelve-yard gain through left tackle brought the ball back to the same spot. STREET. then carried it over on z fierce mass play off right guard. = Baker kicked the goal. Princeton took the next kickoff and in few minutes had converted it into an other score. Another attempt at drop Kick failed and ended the half. Inc lineup: Princeton. Syracuse. Hammond NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Robbins Left and

  • The El Paso herald's story: Yale Smothers the Lehigh Eleven =: - =; =: =: :: :: :: =: Is Rough With Holy Cross

    El Paso herald, El Paso, Tex., October 19, 1913, page 32

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    Yale Smothers the Lehigh Eleven =: - =; =: =: :: :: :: =: Is Rough With Holy Cross CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Oct. 1S.-Har- ward defeated Holy Cross by a score of A to in the stadium today. Holy Cross scored carly in the first period when FreeIey fumbled and Rogers picked up the ball and ran % yards for a touchdown. Brawley kicked goal. The Crimson team woke up then and with 10 and 10 yard plunges through end runs of so and 45 yards by Manan and Harvard quickly tied the score. \ few minutes later BEETLE was sent over for the second touchdown HarVard’S men went after Holy cross in a savage manner in the second period and the referee was busy separatms. various players. During this period five Holy Cross men were carried from the field. The third period vas taken up with a punting duel and only occasionally did the Crimson try to gain on straight rushes. Holy Cross was on the defensive. In the fourth period Harvard gained at will, for the purple was all In The game was characterized by Harvard’s many fumbles. Mahan’s playing was spectacular

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)

Yale 88% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Yale leads 19–⁠5 in 24 meetings, counting the 19 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Lehigh 31, Yale 13
2024Yale 38, Lehigh 23
2021Yale 34, Lehigh 0
2017Yale 56, Lehigh 28
2016Lehigh 63, Yale 35
2015Yale 27, Lehigh 12

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