Lehigh vs. Villanova
Lehigh and Villanova have 17 meetings on file, the first in 1903; Villanova leads the series 13–4 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Villanova 10–0, and Villanova has won the last 12. Share
- Lehigh wins
- 4
- Villanova wins
- 13
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1903
- Longest streak
- 12 Villanova
- Current streak
- 12 Villanova
- Last 10 meetings
- Villanova 10–0
- Most recent
- 2025
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 1–4 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 0–5 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 0–4 |
- Average margin
- 22.8 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Lehigh
- 3–8 Lehigh’s record at home
- At Villanova
- 5–1 Villanova’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 4
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Lehigh’s biggest win1903: Lehigh 71, Villanova 0by 71 points
- Villanova’s biggest win2021: Villanova 47, Lehigh 3by 44 points
- Upset2007: Villanova 30, Lehigh 20Villanova had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1919: Lehigh 47, Villanova 0Lehigh had a 34% 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

1914 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Nov 15, 1914
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 24, 2026 | Lehigh at Villanova upcoming | at Villanova | ||
| Dec 6, 2025 | Villanova 14, Lehigh 7 | at Lehigh | FCS Championship – Second Round | |
| Sep 2, 2023 | Villanova 38, Lehigh 10 | at Lehigh | ||
| Sep 2, 2022 | Villanova 45, Lehigh 17 | at Villanova | ||
| Sep 4, 2021 | Villanova 47, Lehigh 3 | at Lehigh | ||
| Sep 7, 2019 | Villanova 38, Lehigh 10 | at Villanova | ||
| Sep 8, 2018 | Villanova 31, Lehigh 9 | at Lehigh | ||
| Sep 2, 2017 | Villanova 38, Lehigh 35 | at Lehigh | ||
| Sep 10, 2016 | Villanova 26, Lehigh 21 | at Villanova | ||
| Sep 11, 2010 | Villanova 35, Lehigh 0 | at Lehigh | ||
| Sep 12, 2009 | Villanova 38, Lehigh 17 | at Villanova | ||
| Sep 13, 2008 | Villanova 33, Lehigh 14 | at Villanova | ||
| Sep 8, 2007 | Villanova 30, Lehigh 20 | at Lehigh | ||
| Sep 9, 2006 | Lehigh 31, Villanova 28 | at Villanova | ||
| Sep 11, 2004 | Villanova 22, Lehigh 16 | at Lehigh | ||
| Sep 27, 1919 | Lehigh 47, Villanova 0 | at Lehigh | ||
| Nov 14, 1914 | Lehigh 10, Villanova 0 | at Lehigh | ||
| Oct 17, 1903 | Lehigh 71, Villanova 0 | at Lehigh |
Every game is listed as played on the field.