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. Share
- 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
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1890s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1900s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 0–1 |
- 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
- Lehigh’s biggest win1902: Lehigh 34, Virginia 6by 28 points
- Virginia’s biggest win1941: Virginia 34, Lehigh 0by 34 points
- Upset1909: Lehigh 11, Virginia 7Lehigh had a 8% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1902: Lehigh 34, Virginia 6Lehigh had a 23% 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

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

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

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

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, 1976 | Virginia 21, Lehigh 20 | at Virginia | ||
| Oct 20, 1956 | Virginia 24, Lehigh 12 | at Lehigh | ||
| Sep 25, 1954 | Virginia 27, Lehigh 21 | at Virginia | ||
| Nov 15, 1941 | Virginia 34, Lehigh 0 | at Virginia | ||
| Sep 28, 1940 | Virginia 32, Lehigh 0 | at Virginia | ||
| Oct 16, 1909 | Lehigh 11, Virginia 7 | at Virginia | ||
| Nov 8, 1902 | Lehigh 34, Virginia 6 | at Lehigh | ||
| Dec 2, 1899 | Virginia 10, Lehigh 0 | at Virginia | ||
| Dec 2, 1889 | Lehigh 24, Virginia 12 | at Virginia |
Every game is listed as played on the field.