1902 Lehigh Brown and White football team

The 1902 Lehigh Brown and White football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1902 college football season. In its first season under head coach Samuel B. Newton, the team compiled a 7–3–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 246 to 57.[1]

1902 Lehigh Brown and White football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3–1
Head coach
Seasons
 1901
1903 
1902 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Ursinus  900
Yale  1101
Geneva  700
Harvard  1110
Princeton  810
Army  611
Franklin & Marshall  720
Dartmouth  621
Holy Cross  621
Syracuse  621
Carlisle  830
Cornell  830
Lafayette  830
Amherst  730
Penn State  730
Penn  940
Lehigh  731
Vermont  532
Colgate  531
NYU  530
Bucknell  640
Washington & Jefferson  640
Columbia  641
Springfield Training School  321
Villanova  430
Brown  541
Swarthmore  660
Western U. of Penn.  561
New Hampshire  231
Buffalo  351
Tufts  461
Dickinson  460
Fordham  241
Wesleyan  361
Rutgers  370
Navy  271
Drexel  141
Temple  141
Pittsburgh College  160
Boston College  080

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at PennL 0–12
October 1at PrincetonL 0–23
October 11RutgersBethlehem, PAW 34–0[2]
October 15at NavyT 5–5
October 22Union (NY)Bethlehem, PAW 41–0
October 25NYUBethlehem, PAW 46–0[3]
November 1at HaverfordHaverford, PAW 39–0
November 8vs. VirginiaW 34–63,000[4]
November 15DickinsonBethlehem, PAL 0–11
November 22at LafayetteEaston, PA (rivalry)W 6–0
November 29SwarthmoreBethlehem, PAW 41–0

References

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  1. "1902 Lehigh Mountain Hawks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  2. "Lehigh scores quickly, Rutgers team unable to hold the Bethlehem boys, 34 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 12, 1902. Retrieved September 23, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Lehigh plays swell football against N.Y.U." The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 26, 1902. p. 13. Retrieved February 3, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Lehigh, 34; Virginia, 6". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. November 9, 1902. p. 6. Retrieved September 15, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.