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Dickinson vs. Lehigh

Dickinson and Lehigh have 11 meetings on file, the first in 1886; Lehigh leads the series 6–⁠3–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Lehigh 5–⁠3.

Dickinson wins
3
Lehigh wins
6
Ties
2
Earliest on file
1886
Longest streak
5 Lehigh
Current streak
0 tie
Last 10 meetings
Lehigh 5–⁠3
Most recent
1907

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1880s0–⁠2
1890s0–⁠2
1900s3–⁠2–⁠2
Average margin
14.6 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Dickinson
1–⁠2–⁠1 Dickinson’s record at home
At Lehigh
4–⁠2–⁠1 Lehigh’s record at home
Shutouts
9

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Dickinson’s biggest win1905: Dickinson 18, Lehigh 0by 18 points
  2. Lehigh’s biggest win1893: Lehigh 52, Dickinson 0by 52 points
  3. Upset1900: Lehigh 6, Dickinson 0Lehigh had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1886: Lehigh 26, Dickinson 0Lehigh had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Dickinson and Lehigh, 1886 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 The Scranton tribune's story of the 1897 game: FOOT BALL GAMES PLAYED YESTERDAY Big Eleyens Failed to Make Any Big Scores. YALE WAS THREATENED BY BROWN The Latter Furnished the surprise of the senson and the Blues Won by Only Four Points--Lehigh Made but Five Points Against Dickinson and state College Held Pcnnsy Down to Twenty four.

    1897 · The Scranton tribune, Scranton, Pa., Oct 21, 1897

  • The The Washington times's story of the 1904 game: DICKINSON WINS FROM LEHIGH ON A FLUKE

    1904 · The Washington times, Washington [D.C.], Oct 30, 1904

  • The The Pensacola journal's story of the 1906 game: YESTERDAYS FOOTBALL Results of Fifteen Games Played Throughout the Country.

    1906 · The Pensacola journal, Pensacola, Fla., Nov 4, 1906

  • The The Montgomery advertiser's story of the 1907 game: cnrIiaIe Inaiann Wln

    1907 · The Montgomery advertiser, Alabama, Oct 27, 1907

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 26, 1907Dickinson 6, Lehigh 6at Dickinson
Nov 3, 1906Lehigh 0, Dickinson 0at Lehigh
Nov 11, 1905Dickinson 18, Lehigh 0at Dickinson
Oct 29, 1904Dickinson 6, Lehigh 0at Lehigh
Oct 31, 1903Lehigh 17, Dickinson 0at Lehigh
Nov 15, 1902Dickinson 11, Lehigh 0at Lehigh
Nov 14, 1900Lehigh 6, Dickinson 0at Lehigh
Oct 20, 1897Lehigh 5, Dickinson 0at Lehigh
Sep 30, 1893Lehigh 52, Dickinson 0at Dickinson
Oct 22, 1887Lehigh 20, Dickinson 0at Lehigh
Oct 23, 1886Lehigh 26, Dickinson 0at Dickinson

Every game is listed as played on the field.