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.

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

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s1–⁠0
1930s1–⁠0
1950s1–⁠0
1960s1–⁠1
2000s3–⁠2
2010s0–⁠1
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

  1. Harvard’s biggest win1928: Harvard 39, Lehigh 0by 39 points
  2. Lehigh’s biggest win2005: Lehigh 49, Harvard 24by 25 points
  3. Upset1961: Lehigh 22, Harvard 17Lehigh had a 10% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset2010: Lehigh 21, Harvard 19Lehigh had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Harvard and Lehigh, 1928 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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 1928 game: HARVARD SMOTHERS LEHIGH BY SO TO 0 BY the Associated Press.

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

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1933 game: FOOTB BALL. RESULTS&

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

  • The Evening star's story of the 1962 game: Harvard Drops Lehigh, 17-7, Basseft Stars

    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, 2010Lehigh 21, Harvard 19at Harvard
Oct 3, 2009Harvard 28, Lehigh 14at Lehigh
Oct 18, 2008Harvard 27, Lehigh 24at Harvard
Sep 29, 2007Lehigh 20, Harvard 13at Lehigh
Sep 30, 2006Harvard 35, Lehigh 33at Lehigh
Oct 1, 2005Lehigh 49, Harvard 24at Harvard
Sep 29, 1962Harvard 27, Lehigh 7at Harvard
Sep 30, 1961Lehigh 22, Harvard 17at Harvard
Oct 11, 1958Harvard 20, Lehigh 0at Harvard
Nov 4, 1933Harvard 27, Lehigh 0at Harvard
Nov 3, 1928Harvard 39, Lehigh 0at Harvard

Every game is listed as played on the field.