Davidson vs. Lehigh

Davidson and Lehigh have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1959; Davidson leads the series 4–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Davidson 4–⁠2, and Davidson has won the last 2.

Davidson wins
4
Lehigh wins
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1959
Longest streak
2 Davidson
Current streak
2 Davidson
Last 10 meetings
Davidson 4–⁠2
Most recent
1966

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1950s0–⁠1
1960s4–⁠1
Average margin
7.5 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Davidson
2–⁠1 Davidson’s record at home
At Lehigh
1–⁠2 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. Davidson’s biggest win1965: Davidson 37, Lehigh 23by 14 points
  2. Lehigh’s biggest win1959: Lehigh 14, Davidson 0by 14 points
  3. Upset1960: Davidson 21, Lehigh 18Davidson had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Davidson and Lehigh, 1959 on1300150017001960197019801990200020102020

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 1959 game: Lehigh Blanks Davidson, 14-0

    1959 · Evening star, Nov 15, 1959

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

Nov 5, 1966Davidson 34, Lehigh 27at Lehigh
Nov 6, 1965Davidson 37, Lehigh 23at Davidson
Nov 7, 1964Lehigh 13, Davidson 10at Lehigh
Nov 9, 1963Davidson 7, Lehigh 3at Davidson
Nov 12, 1960Davidson 21, Lehigh 18at Lehigh
Nov 14, 1959Lehigh 14, Davidson 0at Davidson

Every game is listed as played on the field.