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.

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

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1880s0–⁠1
1930s2–⁠0
1950s1–⁠1
1960s2–⁠1
2010s0–⁠2
2020s0–⁠1
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

  1. Columbia’s biggest win1933: Columbia 39, Lehigh 0by 39 points
  2. Lehigh’s biggest win1889: Lehigh 51, Columbia 6by 45 points
  3. Upset1961: Lehigh 14, Columbia 7Lehigh had a 11% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1957: Lehigh 40, Columbia 6Lehigh had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Columbia and Lehigh, 1889 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 Evening star's story of the 1932 game: COLUMBIA Ais VICTOR Downs Lehigh IN Revival of Grid Feud After 43 Years

    1932 · Evening star, Oct 2, 1932

  • The Evening star's story of the 1953 game

    1953 · Evening star, Sep 27, 1953

  • The Evening star's story of the 1957 game: .Lehioh Rips Columbia by 400 Margin

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

  • The Evening star's story of the 1961 game: THE COLLEGE LINE

    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, 2025Lehigh 31, Columbia 7at Columbia
Oct 12, 2013Lehigh 24, Columbia 10at Columbia
Oct 6, 2012Lehigh 35, Columbia 14at Lehigh
Oct 26, 1963Columbia 42, Lehigh 21at Columbia
Oct 27, 1962Columbia 22, Lehigh 15at Columbia
Oct 28, 1961Lehigh 14, Columbia 7at Columbia
Oct 26, 1957Lehigh 40, Columbia 6at Columbia
Sep 26, 1953Columbia 14, Lehigh 7at Columbia
Oct 7, 1933Columbia 39, Lehigh 0at Columbia
Oct 1, 1932Columbia 41, Lehigh 6at Columbia
Nov 2, 1889Lehigh 51, Columbia 6at Lehigh

Every game is listed as played on the field.