Lehigh vs. Virginia

Lehigh and Virginia have 9 meetings on file, the first in 1889; Virginia leads the series 6–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 9 meetings it’s Virginia 6–⁠3, and Virginia has won the last 5.

Lehigh wins
3
Virginia wins
6
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1889
Longest streak
5 Virginia
Current streak
5 Virginia
Last 10 meetings
Virginia 6–⁠3
Most recent
1976

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1880s1–⁠0
1890s0–⁠1
1900s2–⁠0
1940s0–⁠2
1950s0–⁠2
1970s0–⁠1
Average margin
15.4 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Lehigh
1–⁠1 Lehigh’s record at home
At Virginia
5–⁠2 Virginia’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 win1902: Lehigh 34, Virginia 6by 28 points
  2. Virginia’s biggest win1941: Virginia 34, Lehigh 0by 34 points
  3. Upset1909: Lehigh 11, Virginia 7Lehigh had a 8% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1902: Lehigh 34, Virginia 6Lehigh had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Lehigh and Virginia, 1889 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

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 1902 game: SPORTS OF ALL SORTS Lehigh's Defeat of University of Virginia. THE NORTH VS.. SOUTH OTHER BATTLES ON THE FOOT BALL GRIDIRoN. Travis Best in Atlantic City Golf Tourney-Checy Chase DOGGY Manufacturing Notes.

    1902 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 10, 1902

  • The The Washington herald's story of the 1909 game: LEHIGH OUTPLAYS VIRGINIA. Losers Gain Seven Points by For ward Pass and TouchbacL

    1909 · The Washington herald, Washington, D.C., Oct 17, 1909

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story of the 1940 game: Virginia Outclasses Lehigh To Win, 32To0

    1940 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Sep 29, 1940

  • The Evening star's story of the 1956 game: Bokhtior Stars as Virginia Wins Over Lehiqh, 24-l2

    1956 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 21, 1956

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 6, 1976Virginia 21, Lehigh 20at Virginia
Oct 20, 1956Virginia 24, Lehigh 12at Lehigh
Sep 25, 1954Virginia 27, Lehigh 21at Virginia
Nov 15, 1941Virginia 34, Lehigh 0at Virginia
Sep 28, 1940Virginia 32, Lehigh 0at Virginia
Oct 16, 1909Lehigh 11, Virginia 7at Virginia
Nov 8, 1902Lehigh 34, Virginia 6at Lehigh
Dec 2, 1899Virginia 10, Lehigh 0at Virginia
Dec 2, 1889Lehigh 24, Virginia 12at Virginia

Every game is listed as played on the field.