Army vs. Lehigh

Army and Lehigh have 12 meetings on file, the first in 1893; Army leads the series 9–⁠2–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Army 8–⁠1, and Army has won the last 2.

Army wins
9
Lehigh wins
2
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1893
Longest streak
7 Army
Current streak
2 Army
Last 10 meetings
Army 8–⁠1
Most recent
2024

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s2–⁠1
1900s1–⁠0
1910s2–⁠0
1970s2–⁠0
1980s0–⁠1–⁠1
1990s1–⁠0
2020s1–⁠0
Average margin
20 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Army
9–⁠2–⁠1 Army’s record at home
Shutouts
5

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Army’s biggest win1897: Army 48, Lehigh 6by 42 points
  2. Lehigh’s biggest win1893: Lehigh 18, Army 0by 18 points
  3. Upset1893: Lehigh 18, Army 0Lehigh had a 18% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Army and Lehigh, 1893 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The The Saint Paul globe's story of the 1897 game: SOLDIER BOYS WON. One-Sided Game with Lehigh at West Point.

    1897 · The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., Nov 7, 1897

  • The Evening star's story of the 1909 game: WEST POINT WINS. Lehigh Goes Down to Defeat in First Game With Soldiers.

    1909 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 24, 1909

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1910 game: VERMONT TESTS CORNELL CADETS HAVE EASY TINE Lehigh Finds Army Line lmpreg- nabIe and Fails to Score.

    1910 · New-York tribune, Oct 23, 1910

  • The Evening star's story of the 1911 game: ARMY GOING IS ON Soldiers Trim Lehigh by 20 to o Score. WITHIN TOUCH OF GOAL Lehigh Carries Ball to Army's One Yard Line, But Fails to Score.

    1911 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 29, 1911

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Aug 30, 2024Army 42, Lehigh 7at Army
Sep 9, 1995Army 42, Lehigh 9at Army
Oct 22, 1983Lehigh 13, Army 12at Army
Oct 11, 1980Army 24, Lehigh 24at Army
Sep 20, 1975Army 54, Lehigh 32at Army
Oct 7, 1972Army 26, Lehigh 21at Army
Oct 28, 1911Army 20, Lehigh 0at Army
Oct 22, 1910Army 28, Lehigh 0at Army
Oct 23, 1909Army 18, Lehigh 0at Army
Oct 22, 1898Army 18, Lehigh 0at Army
Nov 6, 1897Army 48, Lehigh 6at Army
Oct 14, 1893Lehigh 18, Army 0at Army

Every game is listed as played on the field.