Lehigh vs. Swarthmore
Lehigh and Swarthmore first met in 1887 and have played 15 times; Lehigh leads the series 11–4. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Lehigh 6–4, and Lehigh has won the last 2. Share
- Lehigh wins
- 11
- Swarthmore wins
- 4
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1887
- Longest streak
- 7 Lehigh
- Current streak
- 2 Lehigh
- Last 10 meetings
- Lehigh 6–4
- Most recent
- 1913
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3–0 | ||||||||||
| 1890s | 3–0 | ||||||||||
| 1900s | 3–2 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 2–2 |
- Average margin
- 24.3 points; 6 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Lehigh
- 8–2 Lehigh’s record at home
- At Swarthmore
- 2–3 Swarthmore’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 10
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Lehigh’s biggest win1892: Lehigh 51, Swarthmore 0by 51 points
- Swarthmore’s biggest win1904: Swarthmore 20, Lehigh 0by 20 points
- Upset1912: Lehigh 3, Swarthmore 0Lehigh had a 22% 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
1901 · The Washington times, District of Columbia, Oct 17, 1901
1903 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Oct 8, 1903
1904 · The news & observer. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, North Carolina, Oct 6, 1904
1910 · The Calumet news, Calumet, Mich., Oct 31, 1910
1911 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 12, 1911
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 8, 1913 | Lehigh 50, Swarthmore 0 | at Lehigh | ||
| Nov 9, 1912 | Lehigh 3, Swarthmore 0 | at Swarthmore | ||
| Nov 11, 1911 | Swarthmore 9, Lehigh 2 | at Lehigh | ||
| Oct 29, 1910 | Swarthmore 15, Lehigh 8 | at Swarthmore | ||
| Oct 1, 1904 | Swarthmore 20, Lehigh 0 | at Lehigh | ||
| Oct 7, 1903 | Lehigh 10, Swarthmore 5 | at Swarthmore | ||
| Nov 29, 1902 | Lehigh 41, Swarthmore 0 | at Lehigh | ||
| Oct 12, 1901 | Swarthmore 6, Lehigh 5 | at Swarthmore | ||
| Nov 29, 1900 | Lehigh 18, Swarthmore 0 | at Lehigh | ||
| Oct 10, 1894 | Lehigh 33, Swarthmore 0 | at Lehigh | ||
| Oct 1, 1892 | Lehigh 51, Swarthmore 0 | at Lehigh | ||
| Oct 4, 1890 | Lehigh 50, Swarthmore 0 | at Lehigh | ||
| Oct 20, 1888 | Lehigh 50, Swarthmore 0 | at Lehigh | ||
| Oct 6, 1888 | Lehigh 12, Swarthmore 8 | at Swarthmore | ||
| Oct 8, 1887 | Lehigh 24, Swarthmore 0 | at Lehigh |
Every game is listed as played on the field.