Lehigh vs. Ursinus

Lehigh and Ursinus first met in 1903 and have played 12 times; Lehigh leads the series 9–⁠2–⁠1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Lehigh 8–⁠1, and Lehigh has won the last 6.

Lehigh wins
9
Ursinus wins
2
Ties
1
First meeting
1903
Longest streak
6 Lehigh
Current streak
6 Lehigh
Last 10 meetings
Lehigh 8–⁠1
Most recent
1919

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s3–⁠2–⁠1
1910s6–⁠0
Average margin
14.7 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Lehigh
6–⁠0 Lehigh’s record at home
At Ursinus
2–⁠3–⁠1 Ursinus’s record at home
Shutouts
8

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Lehigh’s biggest win1903: Lehigh 41, Ursinus 0by 41 points
  2. Ursinus’s biggest win1905: Ursinus 12, Lehigh 0by 12 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Lehigh and Ursinus, 1903 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 Evening star's story of the 1911 game: .LEH|GH WINS FROM URS|NUS, SCORE 5 TO 0 Bethlehem Eleven Scores Touchdown on Recovered tumble.

    1911 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 22, 1911

  • The Evening public ledger's story of the 1919 game: Campusano Starred, De- spite 54-to.0 Trimming Civen p. NJ. C.-Quakers | Sho,U improvement DERR SCORES THRICE

    1919 · Evening public ledger, Philadelphia [Pa.], Oct 6, 1919

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 4, 1919Lehigh 13, Ursinus 0at Lehigh
Oct 6, 1917Lehigh 13, Ursinus 7at Lehigh
Sep 30, 1916Lehigh 21, Ursinus 0at Ursinus
Sep 25, 1915Lehigh 20, Ursinus 0at Lehigh
Oct 26, 1912Lehigh 12, Ursinus 0at Ursinus
Oct 21, 1911Lehigh 5, Ursinus 0at Lehigh
Oct 9, 1909Ursinus 6, Lehigh 6at Ursinus
Nov 7, 1908Ursinus 11, Lehigh 2at Ursinus
Nov 2, 1907Lehigh 27, Ursinus 0at Ursinus
Nov 17, 1906Lehigh 15, Ursinus 5at Lehigh
Nov 18, 1905Ursinus 12, Lehigh 0at Ursinus
Oct 24, 1903Lehigh 41, Ursinus 0at Lehigh

Every game is listed as played on the field.