Delaware vs. Lehigh

Delaware and Lehigh have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1912; Delaware leads the series 5–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Delaware 5–⁠1, and Delaware has won the last 5.

Delaware wins
5
Lehigh wins
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1912
Longest streak
5 Delaware
Current streak
5 Delaware
Last 10 meetings
Delaware 5–⁠1
Most recent
2010

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s0–⁠1
1960s3–⁠0
2000s1–⁠0
2010s1–⁠0
Average margin
26.2 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Delaware
2–⁠0 Delaware’s record at home
At Lehigh
1–⁠2 Lehigh’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠0 Delaware first
Shutouts
2

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Delaware’s biggest win1964: Delaware 46, Lehigh 8by 38 points
  2. Lehigh’s biggest win1912: Lehigh 45, Delaware 0by 45 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Delaware and Lehigh, 1912 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 journal's story of the 1912 game

    1912 · Evening journal, Wilmington, Del., Oct 1, 1912

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

Dec 4, 2010Delaware 42, Lehigh 20at DelawareNCAA Division I Football Championship – Second Round
Sep 10, 2005Delaware 34, Lehigh 33Neutral site
Oct 23, 1965Delaware 42, Lehigh 21at Lehigh
Oct 24, 1964Delaware 46, Lehigh 8at Lehigh
Sep 28, 1963Delaware 30, Lehigh 0at Delaware
Sep 28, 1912Lehigh 45, Delaware 0at Lehigh

Every game is listed as played on the field.