Carlisle vs. Lebanon Valley

Carlisle and Lebanon Valley first met in 1900 and have played 14 times; Carlisle leads the series 13–⁠0–⁠1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Carlisle 9–⁠0.

Carlisle wins
13
Lebanon Valley wins
0
Ties
1
First meeting
1900
Longest streak
13 Carlisle
Current streak
0 tie
Last 10 meetings
Carlisle 9–⁠0
Most recent
1915

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s8–⁠0
1910s5–⁠0–⁠1
Average margin
33.2 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Carlisle
13–⁠0–⁠1 Carlisle’s record at home
Shutouts
13

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Carlisle’s biggest win1911: Carlisle 53, Lebanon Valley 0by 53 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Carlisle and Lebanon Valley, 1900 on1300150017001900190519101915

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 Troy weekly news's story of the 1907 game: SPORTING NOTES.

    1907 · Troy weekly news, Troy, Idaho, Sep 27, 1907

  • The The Newark star and Newark advertiser's story of the 1909 game: INDIANS SWAMP LEBANON.

    1909 · The Newark star and Newark advertiser, Newark, N.J., Sep 23, 1909

  • The The Wheeling intelligencer's story of the 1913 game: CARLISLE WINS Indian Football Squad Takes Game From Lebanon Valley College Team By Score Of &c to o.

    1913 · The Wheeling intelligencer, Wheeling, W. Va., Sep 25, 1913

  • The The Washington herald's story of the 1914 game: INDIANS and CORNELL Win FOOTBALL GAMES Carlisle Braves Trim Lebanon Valley S Big Team by Score of to 0. ITHACANS HUMBLE URSINUS

    1914 · The Washington herald, Washington, D.C., Sep 24, 1914

  • The The sun's story of the 1915 game: CARLISLE NOT DISCOURAGED. Hopes to Extend LehiGh Despite Tie With Lebanon valley.

    1915 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Sep 28, 1915

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

Sep 25, 1915Carlisle 0, Lebanon Valley 0at Carlisle
Sep 23, 1914Carlisle 7, Lebanon Valley 0at Carlisle
Sep 24, 1913Carlisle 26, Lebanon Valley 0at Carlisle
Sep 25, 1912Carlisle 45, Lebanon Valley 0at Carlisle
Sep 23, 1911Carlisle 53, Lebanon Valley 0at Carlisle
Sep 21, 1910Carlisle 53, Lebanon Valley 0at Carlisle
Sep 22, 1909Carlisle 36, Lebanon Valley 0at Carlisle
Sep 23, 1908Carlisle 39, Lebanon Valley 0at Carlisle
Sep 21, 1907Carlisle 40, Lebanon Valley 0at Carlisle
Sep 17, 1904Carlisle 28, Lebanon Valley 0at Carlisle
Sep 19, 1903Carlisle 28, Lebanon Valley 0at Carlisle
Sep 20, 1902Carlisle 48, Lebanon Valley 0at Carlisle
Sep 21, 1901Carlisle 28, Lebanon Valley 0at Carlisle
Sep 22, 1900Carlisle 34, Lebanon Valley 0at Carlisle

Every game is listed as played on the field.