Lehigh vs. Washington & Jefferson

Lehigh and Washington & Jefferson first met in 1905 and have played 5 times; Washington & Jefferson leads the series 5–⁠0. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Washington & Jefferson 5–⁠0, and Washington & Jefferson has won the last 5.

Lehigh wins
0
Washington & Jefferson wins
5
Ties
0
First meeting
1905
Longest streak
5 Washington & Jefferson
Current streak
5 Washington & Jefferson
Last 10 meetings
Washington & Jefferson 5–⁠0
Most recent
1921

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠2
1910s0–⁠1
1920s0–⁠2
Average margin
14.8 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Lehigh
0–⁠2 Lehigh’s record at home
At Washington & Jefferson
3–⁠0 Washington & Jefferson’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Washington & Jefferson’s biggest win1915: Washington & Jefferson 27, Lehigh 3by 24 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Lehigh and Washington & Jefferson, 1905 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 The New York herald's story of the 1920 game: LEHIGH BLANKED BY PRESIDENTS Washington and Jefferson Runs Up Score of IA Against Opponents.

    1920 · The New York herald, New York, N.Y., Oct 24, 1920

  • The The New York herald's story of the 1921 game: w. and j. Downs Lehigh by a Score of Ia to 2

    1921 · The New York herald, New York, Oct 23, 1921

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 22, 1921Washington & Jefferson 14, Lehigh 7at Lehigh
Oct 23, 1920Washington & Jefferson 7, Lehigh 0at Washington & Jefferson
Nov 25, 1915Washington & Jefferson 27, Lehigh 3at Washington & Jefferson
Oct 31, 1908Washington & Jefferson 18, Lehigh 6at Lehigh
Nov 30, 1905Washington & Jefferson 24, Lehigh 0at Washington & Jefferson

Every game is listed as played on the field.