Brown vs. Lehigh
Brown and Lehigh first met in 1895 and have played 8 times; Brown leads the series 7–1. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Brown 7–1, and Brown has won the last 4. Share
- Brown wins
- 7
- Lehigh wins
- 1
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1895
- Longest streak
- 4 Brown
- Current streak
- 4 Brown
- Last 10 meetings
- Brown 7–1
- Most recent
- 1954
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 2–1 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 1–0 |
- Average margin
- 23.1 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Brown
- 5–1 Brown’s record at home
- At Lehigh
- 0–2 Lehigh’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 4
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Brown’s biggest win1949: Brown 48, Lehigh 0by 48 points
- Lehigh’s biggest win1923: Lehigh 12, Brown 6by 6 points
- Upset1923: Lehigh 12, Brown 6Lehigh had a 18% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Both programs through the years
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

1895 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 27, 1895

1896 · The San Francisco call, California, Oct 25, 1896

1922 · The New York herald, Oct 22, 1922

1926 · The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, Oct 11, 1926
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
| Oct 30, 1954 | Brown 34, Lehigh 6 | at Lehigh | ||
| Oct 22, 1949 | Brown 48, Lehigh 0 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 24, 1931 | Brown 33, Lehigh 0 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 9, 1926 | Brown 32, Lehigh 0 | at Brown | ||
| Dec 1, 1923 | Lehigh 12, Brown 6 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 21, 1922 | Brown 6, Lehigh 2 | at Lehigh | ||
| Oct 24, 1896 | Brown 16, Lehigh 0 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 26, 1895 | Brown 22, Lehigh 4 | at Brown |
Every game is listed as played on the field.