Wesleyan (CT) at Princeton

Saturday, October 29, 1892

Princeton beat Wesleyan (CT) 60–⁠0. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 10–⁠0.

AwayWesleyan (CT)1–⁠8–⁠1 in 1892
0
HomePrinceton13–⁠2 in 1892
60

Final0.06 in. of rainAttendance 3,000

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: WEST 23D ST., NO. So, N. Y. PRINCETON TIGERS WIN. WESLEYAN DEFEATED AT FOOTBALL SIXTY TO NOTHING TIE SCORE ANoIhr'"

    New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 30, 1892, page 1

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    WEST 23D ST., NO. So, N. Y. PRINCETON TIGERS WIN. WESLEYAN DEFEATED AT FOOTBALL SIXTY TO NOTHING TIE SCORE ANoIhr’” SIXTY TO NOTHING TIE SCORE = ANOTHER LIVELY GAME At THE ORANGE OVAL” Al.nt this time last year Princeton dcfeH’ea YVES, LEVIN 7G ~ o. the game being stopped IN I’d” S’Vo” hnlf when one Of the players was carried from NV field, having come ont OF scrmma},r with oroHe’ arm and general physical decentralization. AZ “a’‘ haitian Field yesterday. In the presence OF “ooo pcoP tho Princeton team defeated Wesleyan co t. VI ‘r’ thor. were no serious accidents. \ cold. prh’ti wind blew over the field. and while tn” players Seeue” TO like IT,, the spectators were halifrOzen. Vuptolu Mccormick, OF Yale. and Waiter Camp “c’‘ interested spectators, and they watched every ‘,’ uudr by the Tigers for future reference ana ior i” only. Captain King. Of the Princeton eleven “”‘ sin suffering from the lame shoulder iec’Ncu III rrookIyn and barnett took his place. dolEg ‘Ncecn’ work BALLET was tower OF strength ut c’h’r’‘ “‘ IN. work Of No &c, Poe, Tuncland ana iohf’hs wiz exceedingly clever . o ,..,f. w..I.y,n t,yc. forced the ball to within I’VE !ar”‘ NJ p,tncctn’s gal, but that was Inc h’‘r’s’ ~, cone 10 scoring during the game. IN” game i’,’ into the dark and thr players could MT BE- Ill hsn dining the last ten minutes. Princeton i”o’” Wv Wind In the fist half and also payci ra’hcl P’o’‘ making but II points. In the second haii UNIT “‘ II married Improvement In the Tigers ali-nronhu “o’”. and TN, result was ~ points. VIII ‘o’aA Vi ,., Tn. ,jnyrr, and scOr’ follow:

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 text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Princeton 96% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Princeton leads 13–⁠0 in 13 meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1907Princeton 53, Wesleyan (CT) 0
1904Princeton 39, Wesleyan (CT) 0
1893Princeton 76, Wesleyan (CT) 0
1892Princeton 60, Wesleyan (CT) 0
1891Princeton 73, Wesleyan (CT) 0
1890Princeton 46, Wesleyan (CT) 4

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