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Lehigh vs. Yale

Lehigh and Yale first met in 1890 and have played 24 times; Yale leads the series 19–⁠5. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Yale 7–⁠3.

Lehigh wins
5
Yale wins
19
Ties
0
First meeting
1890
Longest streak
11 Yale
Current streak
1 Lehigh
Last 10 meetings
Yale 7–⁠3
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s0–⁠4
1910s0–⁠4
1940s0–⁠1
1960s0–⁠1
1970s0–⁠1
2000s2–⁠3
2010s2–⁠3
2020s1–⁠2
Average margin
22.2 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Lehigh
3–⁠4 Lehigh’s record at home
At Yale
15–⁠2 Yale’s record at home
Shutouts
9

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Lehigh’s biggest win2011: Lehigh 37, Yale 7by 30 points
  2. Yale’s biggest win1964: Yale 54, Lehigh 0by 54 points
  3. Upset2017: Yale 56, Lehigh 28Yale had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Lehigh and Yale, 1890 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 The times's story of the 1894 game: LEHIGH An EASY MARK Yale Rolls Up Score Of Fifty Points and COnld Hsve Made IL Larger

    1894 · The times, Richmond, Va., Nov 11, 1894

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1913 game: Yale Piles Up Score in Beating Lehigh Team

    1913 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 19, 1913

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1914 game: Outpiayed Through First Half, the Old Bulldog Spirit Smashes Foe. BLUE CROSS BAR YIELDS A FIELD GOAL Three Touchdowns More than Offset PennsyIvanian's Mo- mentary Advantage.

    1914 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 11, 1914

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1915 game: YALE TRIUMPHS, BUT THE VICTORY DOES NOT PLEASE Lehigh Plays the Better Football in Battle in the Bowl. TOUCHDOWN SAVES BLUE FROM DEFEAT Harry lie Gore Gets in Game and Does All the Scoring for the Blue.

    1915 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 10, 1915

  • The Norwich bulletin's story of the 1916 game: VALE ELEVEN SWINGS INTO FINE FORM Beats Lehigh 12 to o-Shows Strong Defensive.

    1916 · Norwich bulletin, Connecticut, Oct 16, 1916

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, 2025Lehigh 31, Yale 13at Lehigh
Oct 19, 2024Yale 38, Lehigh 23at Yale
Oct 2, 2021Yale 34, Lehigh 0at Lehigh
Sep 16, 2017Yale 56, Lehigh 28at Lehigh
Oct 1, 2016Lehigh 63, Yale 35at Yale
Oct 3, 2015Yale 27, Lehigh 12at Lehigh
Sep 20, 2014Yale 54, Lehigh 43at Yale
Oct 1, 2011Lehigh 37, Yale 7at Lehigh
Oct 17, 2009Yale 7, Lehigh 0at Lehigh
Oct 13, 2007Yale 23, Lehigh 7at Yale
Oct 14, 2006Yale 26, Lehigh 20at Yale
Oct 15, 2005Lehigh 28, Yale 21at Lehigh
Oct 16, 2004Lehigh 30, Yale 24at Yale
Oct 2, 1976Yale 21, Lehigh 6at Yale
Oct 3, 1964Yale 54, Lehigh 0at Yale
Oct 3, 1942Yale 33, Lehigh 6at Yale
Oct 14, 1916Yale 12, Lehigh 0at Yale
Oct 9, 1915Yale 7, Lehigh 6at Yale
Oct 10, 1914Yale 20, Lehigh 3at Yale
Oct 18, 1913Yale 37, Lehigh 0at Yale
Nov 10, 1894Yale 50, Lehigh 0at Yale
Oct 13, 1894Yale 34, Lehigh 0at Yale
Oct 31, 1891Yale 38, Lehigh 0at Yale
Oct 11, 1890Yale 26, Lehigh 0at Yale

Every game is listed as played on the field.