Lebanon Valley vs. Lehigh

Lebanon Valley and Lehigh first met in 1909 and have played 8 times; Lehigh leads the series 7–⁠0–⁠1. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Lehigh 7–⁠0, and Lehigh has won the last 4.

Lebanon Valley wins
0
Lehigh wins
7
Ties
1
First meeting
1909
Longest streak
4 Lehigh
Current streak
4 Lehigh
Last 10 meetings
Lehigh 7–⁠0
Most recent
1922

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠1
1910s0–⁠3–⁠1
1920s0–⁠3
Average margin
28.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Lebanon Valley
0–⁠2 Lebanon Valley’s record at home
At Lehigh
5–⁠0–⁠1 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. Lehigh’s biggest win1915: Lehigh 60, Lebanon Valley 9by 51 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Lebanon Valley and Lehigh, 1909 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 The Bridgeport evening farmer's story of the 1909 game

    1909 · The Bridgeport evening farmer, Connecticut, Sep 30, 1909

  • The The sun's story of the 1915 game: CAHALL'S TOE FACTOR In LEHIGH'S VICTORY Ready Also in the LimeliGht in Game in Which Lebanon Valley Is Beaten.

    1915 · The sun, New York, Nov 14, 1915

  • The Daily capital journal's story of the 1916 game: FOOTBALL RESULTS TODAY

    1916 · Daily capital journal, Salem, Oregon, Oct 21, 1916

  • The The New York herald's story of the 1921 game: LEHIGH WINS, 55--7, AMID SEARCHLIGHTS Lebanon Valley No Match for VictOrs, Making No First Downs in Game.

    1921 · The New York herald, New York, Nov 13, 1921

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1922 game: Lehiggh Substitutes Take Hard Game From Lebanon, 60

    1922 · New-York tribune, New York, Nov 19, 1922

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 18, 1922Lehigh 6, Lebanon Valley 2at Lebanon Valley
Nov 12, 1921Lehigh 55, Lebanon Valley 7at Lehigh
Sep 25, 1920Lehigh 28, Lebanon Valley 0at Lebanon Valley
Oct 27, 1917Lehigh 34, Lebanon Valley 7at Lehigh
Oct 21, 1916Lehigh 3, Lebanon Valley 3at Lehigh
Nov 13, 1915Lehigh 60, Lebanon Valley 9at Lehigh
Sep 30, 1911Lehigh 44, Lebanon Valley 0at Lehigh
Sep 25, 1909Lehigh 24, Lebanon Valley 0at Lehigh

Every game is listed as played on the field.