Carlisle vs. Lehigh

Carlisle and Lehigh have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1894; Lehigh leads the series 3–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Lehigh 3–⁠2, and Lehigh has won the last 2.

Carlisle wins
2
Lehigh wins
3
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1894
Longest streak
2 Carlisle
Current streak
2 Lehigh
Last 10 meetings
Lehigh 3–⁠2
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
1890s0–⁠1
1910s2–⁠2
Average margin
14.6 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Lehigh
3–⁠2 Lehigh’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Carlisle’s biggest win1912: Carlisle 34, Lehigh 14by 20 points
  2. Lehigh’s biggest win1914: Lehigh 21, Carlisle 6by 15 points
  3. Upset1914: Lehigh 21, Carlisle 6Lehigh had a 16% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsCarlisleSeriesLehigh
1912–⁠1914Pop Warner2–⁠1Tom Keady

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Carlisle’s side (Warner 2–⁠1 against Keady). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Carlisle and Lehigh, 1894 on13001500170018951900190519101915

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 Evening star's story of the 1912 game: CARLISLE BEATS LEHIGH. Jim Thorpe Scores % of the Indians "a Points,

    1912 · Evening star, Nov 3, 1912

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1913 game: CARLISLE SCALPS LEHIGH Indians Score a Touchdown on Second Play.

    1913 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 5, 1913

  • The The sun's story of the 1914 game: CARLISLE INDIANS FALL BEFORE LEHIGH ATTACK Whirling style Of Open Field Play Aids in Building Up Score of ~ to &.

    1914 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Oct 4, 1914

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 2, 1915Lehigh 14, Carlisle 0at Lehigh
Oct 3, 1914Lehigh 21, Carlisle 6at Lehigh
Oct 4, 1913Carlisle 21, Lehigh 7at Lehigh
Nov 2, 1912Carlisle 34, Lehigh 14at Lehigh
Oct 20, 1894Lehigh 22, Carlisle 12at Lehigh

Every game is listed as played on the field.