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1900 Lehigh football team

1900 Lehigh football
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale   –   12 – 0 – 0
Penn   –   12 – 1 – 0
Harvard   –   10 – 1 – 0
Cornell   –   10 – 2 – 0
Geneva   –   5 – 1 – 1
Lafayette   –   9 – 2 – 0
Syracuse   –   7 – 2 – 1
Princeton   –   8 – 3 – 0
Drexel   –   5 – 2 – 0
Fordham   –   3 – 1 – 1
Army   –   7 – 3 – 1
Brown   –   7 – 3 – 1
Columbia   –   7 – 3 – 1
Villanova   –   5 – 2 – 2
Washington & Jefferson   –   6 – 3 – 1
Swarthmore   –   6 – 3 – 2
Holy Cross   –   5 – 3 – 1
Carlisle   –   6 – 4 – 1
Buffalo   –   3 – 2 – 2
Dickinson   –   5 – 4 – 0
Western Univ. of Penn   –   5 – 4 – 0
Bucknell   –   4 – 4 – 1
Pittsburgh College   –   3 – 3 – 1
Rutgers   –   4 – 4 – 0
Vermont   –   4 – 4 – 1
Lehigh   –   5 – 6 – 0
Frankin & Marshall   –   4 – 5 – 0
Temple   –   3 – 4 – 1
Penn State   –   4 – 6 – 1
Amherst   –   4 – 7 – 1
Dartmouth   –   2 – 4 – 2
NYU   –   3 – 6 – 1
Tufts   –   3 – 6 – 1
Wesleyan   –   3 – 6 – 1
New Hampshire   –   1 – 5 – 1
Colgate   –   2 – 8 – 0
CCNY   –   0 – 1 – 0

The 1900 Lehigh football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1900 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Walter R. Okeson, the team compiled a 5–6 record and was outscored by a total of 172 to 79.[1]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29at Penn
L 6–27
October 6at Princeton
L 5–12[2][3]
October 13BucknellBethlehem, PAW 12–6
October 20RutgersBethlehem, PAW 21–0[4]
October 24at Navy
L 0–15
November 3LafayetteBethlehem, PA (rivalry)L 0–34
November 10at HaverfordHaverford, PAW 11–10[5]
November 14at DickinsonCarlisle, PAW 6–0[6]
November 17at Homestead Library & Athletic Club
L 0–50[7]
November 24at Lafayette
L 0–18[8]
November 29SwarthmoreBethlehem, PAW 18–0

References

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  1. ^ "1900 Lehigh Mountain Hawks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  2. ^ "Princeton, 12; Lehigh, 5". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 7, 1900. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Tigers Scored on by Lehigh". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 7, 1900. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.(Osborne Field)
  4. ^ "Lehigh wins easily from Rutgers team". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 21, 1900. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Lehigh Wins Again". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 15, 1900. p. 6. Retrieved July 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Lehigh Won". Wilkes-Barre Leader. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. November 15, 1900. p. 6. Retrieved July 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Homestead Won By A Large Majority". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 18, 1900. p. 14. Retrieved July 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Lehigh Holds Lafayette Team To 18 Points". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 25, 1900. p. 13. Retrieved July 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.