Columbia vs. Lehigh
Columbia and Lehigh first met in 1889 and have played 11 times; Lehigh leads the series 6–5. Over the last 10 meetings it’s even at 5–5, and Lehigh has won the last 3. Share
- Columbia wins
- 5
- Lehigh wins
- 6
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1889
- Longest streak
- 3 Columbia
- Current streak
- 3 Lehigh
- Last 10 meetings
- even at 5–5
- Most recent
- 2025
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 2–1 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 0–1 |
- Average margin
- 23.1 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Columbia
- 5–4 Columbia’s record at home
- At Lehigh
- 2–0 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
- Columbia’s biggest win1933: Columbia 39, Lehigh 0by 39 points
- Lehigh’s biggest win1889: Lehigh 51, Columbia 6by 45 points
- Upset1961: Lehigh 14, Columbia 7Lehigh had a 11% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1957: Lehigh 40, Columbia 6Lehigh had a 27% 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

1932 · Evening star, Oct 2, 1932

1953 · Evening star, Sep 27, 1953

1957 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 27, 1957

1961 · Evening star, Nov 3, 1961
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 11, 2025 | Lehigh 31, Columbia 7 | at Columbia | ||
| Oct 12, 2013 | Lehigh 24, Columbia 10 | at Columbia | ||
| Oct 6, 2012 | Lehigh 35, Columbia 14 | at Lehigh | ||
| Oct 26, 1963 | Columbia 42, Lehigh 21 | at Columbia | ||
| Oct 27, 1962 | Columbia 22, Lehigh 15 | at Columbia | ||
| Oct 28, 1961 | Lehigh 14, Columbia 7 | at Columbia | ||
| Oct 26, 1957 | Lehigh 40, Columbia 6 | at Columbia | ||
| Sep 26, 1953 | Columbia 14, Lehigh 7 | at Columbia | ||
| Oct 7, 1933 | Columbia 39, Lehigh 0 | at Columbia | ||
| Oct 1, 1932 | Columbia 41, Lehigh 6 | at Columbia | ||
| Nov 2, 1889 | Lehigh 51, Columbia 6 | at Lehigh |
Every game is listed as played on the field.