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1920 Lehigh Brown and White football team

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1920 Lehigh Brown and White football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2–2
Head coach
Home stadiumTaylor Stadium
Seasons
← 1919
1921 →
1920 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Boston College     8 0 0
Harvard     8 0 1
Princeton     6 0 1
Penn State     7 0 2
Pittsburgh     6 0 2
Army     7 2 0
Dartmouth     7 2 0
Cornell     6 2 0
Syracuse     6 2 1
Geneva     5 2 1
New Hampshire     5 2 1
Brown     6 3 0
Bucknell     6 3 0
Washington & Jefferson     6 3 1
Penn     6 4 0
Carnegie Tech     5 3 0
Lafayette     5 3 0
Holy Cross     5 3 0
Williams     5 3 0
Yale     5 3 0
Fordham     4 3 0
Franklin & Marshall     3 2 2
Boston University     4 3 1
Columbia     4 4 0
Duquesne     3 3 1
Vermont     3 5 0
NYU     2 5 1
Rhode Island State     0 4 4
Tufts     2 6 0
Rutgers     2 7 0
Buffalo     1 4 0
Colgate     1 5 2
Villanova     1 5 1
Drexel     0 6 0

The 1920 Lehigh Brown and White football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1920 college football season. In its ninth season under head coach Tom Keady, the team compiled a 5–2–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 172 to 54.[1] Lehigh played home games at Taylor Stadium in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Lebanon ValleyW 28–0[2]
October 2at West Virginia
T 7–7[3]
October 9Rutgers
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 9–010,000[4]
October 16Rochester
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 41–0[5]
October 23at Washington & JeffersonWashington, PAL 0–14[6]
October 303:00 p.m.Carnegie Tech
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 17–6[7][8]
November 62:45 p.m.Muhlenberg
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 56–0[9]
November 13Penn State
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
T 7–79,000[10]
November 20at Lafayette
L 7–2714,000[11]

References

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  1. ^ "1920 Lehigh Mountain Hawks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  2. ^ "Lehigh Eleven Gets Good Start". New York Herald. New York, New York. September 26, 1920. p. 22. Retrieved August 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Lehigh Game Lost Through Bad Judgment". The West Virginian. October 4, 1920. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ O'Neill, Harold E. (October 10, 1920). "Lehigh Too Strong For Rutgers". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, New Jersey. p. 9. Retrieved August 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Lehigh Flattens Rochester Eleven". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 17, 1920. p. 21. Retrieved August 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Third Period Spells Defeat Lehigh". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 24, 1920. p. 21. Retrieved August 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Football". The Allentown Morning Call and Morning Herald. Allentown, Pennsylvania. October 30, 1920. p. 15. Retrieved August 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Lehigh's Playing Not Up To Standard". The Allentown Morning Call and Morning Herald. Allentown, Pennsylvania. November 1, 1920. p. 18. Retrieved August 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Lehigh Smothers Muhlenberg Eleven Under A 56 To 0 Score". The Allentown Morning Call and Morning Herald. Allentown, Pennsylvania. November 8, 1920. p. 14. Retrieved August 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Lehigh Surprises Penn State Team, The Latter Tying Score Near Finish". The Allentown Morning Call and Morning Herald. Allentown, Pennsylvania. November 15, 1920. p. 11. Retrieved August 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Lafayette Defeats Lehigh, 27 To 7 Before Immense Crowd". The Allentown Morning Call and Morning Herald. Allentown, Pennsylvania. November 22, 1920. p. 11. Retrieved August 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.