Lehigh Stats and Fun Facts

[achrist70]

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I remember I cheered for Lehigh when they played Kansas in the first round in OKC. The 4 Lehigh fans I met seemed like quality people.

[ngineer]

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I remember I cheered for Lehigh when they played Kansas in the first round in OKC. The 4 Lehigh fans I met seemed like quality people.

Thanks...most of us were up at the NCAA Wrestling Championships in Omaha. When they someone got a call that Lehigh was ahead, something like 12-4, our whole section of about 150 people let out a huge cheer. Problem was nothing was really happening on the mats, so everyone else was wondering what was up. Basketball has improved in recent years. Except for some occasional blips of success, basketball has been a third rate sport behind wrestling and football, but we're starting to create some sustained success.

[ngineer]

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looks to me like 1896 is the only year that it wasn't played (and there were a number of years where the two played each other twice in a year)

http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data...hp?teamid=1667

Since 1884, the only break occured in 1896, when Lehigh refused to play the Leopards over disputed elibility of a Lafayette player who had played professionally in baseball.

[LFN]

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Shameless plug alert: here's my blog posting last week about the history of "The Rivalry", for those interested:

http://lehighfootballnation.blogspot.com/2010/11/rivalry-history-of-series.html

[caagman]

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Thanks for the link LFN, that's a good read! Here's to a great game Saturday (no injuries)!


Go Panthers!

[kardplayer]

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1992. My senior year. Did we mention that the police tear-gassed the students and that Lehigh president at the time Peter Likins got a whiff of the stuff when attempting to present the postgame awards?

There is nothing quite like seeing hunks of turf flying through the air. I don't think I'll ever see anything like that ever again.

The tear gas riot was in 1991. Even years (like this one) are at Lafayette. At least that's what this guy says

http://lehighfootballnation.blogspot.com/2005/11/poll-historical-rivalry-my.html