Harvard vs. Lehigh
Harvard and Lehigh first met in 1928 and have played 11 times; Harvard leads the series 7–4. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Harvard 6–4. Share
- Harvard wins
- 7
- Lehigh wins
- 4
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1928
- Longest streak
- 3 Harvard
- Current streak
- 1 Lehigh
- Last 10 meetings
- Harvard 6–4
- Most recent
- 2010
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 3–2 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 0–1 |
- Average margin
- 14.9 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Harvard
- 5–3 Harvard’s record at home
- At Lehigh
- 1–2 Lehigh’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 3
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Harvard’s biggest win1928: Harvard 39, Lehigh 0by 39 points
- Lehigh’s biggest win2005: Lehigh 49, Harvard 24by 25 points
- Upset1961: Lehigh 22, Harvard 17Lehigh had a 10% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset2010: Lehigh 21, Harvard 19Lehigh had a 30% 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

1928 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 4, 1928

1933 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 6, 1933

1962 · Evening star, Sep 30, 1962
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 16, 2010 | Lehigh 21, Harvard 19 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 3, 2009 | Harvard 28, Lehigh 14 | at Lehigh | ||
| Oct 18, 2008 | Harvard 27, Lehigh 24 | at Harvard | ||
| Sep 29, 2007 | Lehigh 20, Harvard 13 | at Lehigh | ||
| Sep 30, 2006 | Harvard 35, Lehigh 33 | at Lehigh | ||
| Oct 1, 2005 | Lehigh 49, Harvard 24 | at Harvard | ||
| Sep 29, 1962 | Harvard 27, Lehigh 7 | at Harvard | ||
| Sep 30, 1961 | Lehigh 22, Harvard 17 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 11, 1958 | Harvard 20, Lehigh 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 4, 1933 | Harvard 27, Lehigh 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Nov 3, 1928 | Harvard 39, Lehigh 0 | at Harvard |
Every game is listed as played on the field.