Princeton at Yale
Saturday, November 12, 1921 Share
Yale beat Princeton 13–7. It was their 45th meeting; after it, Yale led the series 24–12–9.
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In the newspapers

Evening star, November 13, 1921, page 1
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PRINCETON BEATEN BY YALE, IS TO 7 $4,000 See Youthful Blue : Foot Ball Team Humble the Tiger Veterans. MARSHAL FOCH present 0’Hearn Offsets Touchdown by Gar rity, and Capt. Adrich Drop. kicks Two Field Goals. NEW HAVEN, Conn. November IA -Yals’s brilliant youthful eleven de- ,feated Princston’s: veteranS. Is to z. iegesSs41fesN@eEekR kRxaReeaRssesAAs ciudi5s Aarshsi Fcch. who dsmSnstrated his tmpartiaaty W sitting first on the Yale side and thea among the Princeton rooters. =, The first Yale victory in this an nual foot ball classic since 1915 was due to touchdown by o’Hsarn on an 1s-yard run in the first period. coupled with a a4-yard crop kick by Capt. Aldrieh in the third period and another drop kick, fifteen yards in length, kicked by the same player during the last. quarter. - Princeton made a touchdown in the second period in ten plays, including four forward passes. the series enabling the Tigers to march IS yards to q touchdown, the last play being a buck of yard across the goal hne by Garrity. Yale’s advance to the last white line was ss yards long and was made in eight plays. largely from the triple threat kick formation, with Aldrich and o’Hearn back. Aldrich made one end run of 1s’ yards and another of IL during this burst of offensive without recourse to the for ward pass. Yale Pushed ut Start. Az ;ooxpor;onca6 vo1o aleven nuzzled during the first two periods by Princeton’s forward passes, but out rushing its opponents in scrimmage plays and constantly threatening to score through this superiority and through brilliant runs back Of punts by Q’Hearn, found itself in the last half Of the game and diagnosed the Princeton pass attack. which was largely from deployed formation. Yale defensive power toward the end Of the game broke up q; forward pass attack that threatened to win the game for the Tigers in the sensational style which is tradition of Princeton foot ball history and which featured the Tigers victory over Harvard last Saturday. Princeton followers had one big “if’‘ after the game. For q few seconds, as darkness was settling over the immense Yale bowl, it looked as II Ralph Gilroy, Princeton back. who won the game against Harvard by 65-yard run on q forward pass, would repeat against Yale, az Sam White did In 1911. But q smashing tackle by Sturnh Yale right end, and activity by Mallory, Yale righ: half, prevented it. sturm SPILLS Gilroy. With Princeton having the ball on its 2e.yard line late in the last period, the line deployed. It was Obviously for a forward pass, but. just which would be used Of the many varieties Princeton had from the formation was question. shively was back in the kicker’s position. He got the bail from CENTER 1e yards back Of the scrimmage line, and waited until the Yale line was about on ton Of him before he hurled the sphere lust oyer the left Of center down the aide lines. On :Yale’s 40-yard line. 40 wards from where the ball was put In play and 50 yards from where Shively threw 1t, Gilroy caught it. He had taken two steps toward the Yale goal. toward victory and q notable play in Tiger Rridiron annals perhaps. when Sturm hit him with q flying tackle. The Inn pact was 80 great that the bali rolled from Glroy’s right arm and out Of bounds. Mallory. Yale halfback. dived on It. and the danger Of Yale losing . veil deserved victory was over. Yale’s cheering. section started the ‘‘undsStaksrS’ song. IN which an oDponsnt u griniys reminded that there 10 no hope. but the cheer leaders, repfessed (Continued on Page 5S. COLUMN q

The Morning Tulsa daily world, Tulsa, Okla., November 13, 1921, page 11
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Followers Go Mad With Joy AS Yale Bulldog Whips Princeton Tiger 1871 WOLVERINES TIE CHESTY BADGERS Wisconsin Virtually Elm mated From Big Ten Race by TT Tie MADISON, Wis. Nov. t2.--wiscousins veteran eleven caught a tartar here this afternoon aud was held - &c q” ~ Michigan The result practically eliminates Wisconsin az contender Of the Pig Ten” championship a. Iowa and ohio state seem likely 70 go through tho season undeieated. Michigan battifd fiercely against Wisconsin and surprised the Bad gers by their offensive and detensive power. Ffrat quarter: Sundt Sickcd Off To Cappon, who was dOwned on Michigans 80 yard line, Steketee Immediately punted. Wisconsin could not gain through the Michigan line and kicked. After an In terchauge Of punts Steketee raced around left end Tor is yards. Sundt intercepted forward pass from Ctcritz aud returned II IS yards. A pass. williams to Elliott. netted 10 yards and pass from Elliott Gould added Is. The quarter ended with the bail In wisconsin’s possession on Michigan’s 12 yard line. Second quarter. Tebell tried q place kick from the 20 yard line but failed Michigan took the ball to Wisconsin’s Is yard line, where Steketec made a weak Nick that only went 81 yards. Tebell speared the bali and raced over for touch down. Sundt kicked goal. soon attcrward Goebel for Michigan pegged a pass 80 yards to Robey’ who raced 10 yards for n touch down. Goebel kicked goal Gibson shot a 20 yard pass TO Elliott, who was downed on Michigan’s 10 yard line. Gibson tried a drop kick but failed. Third Quarter: After an exchange OF punts Romney made yards around Wisconsins left end and Ripke tried a drop aick from the 40 yard mark but failed. Both sides did lots of kicking AZ this stage. 90 yard run around left by Kipke and is yard run by Elliott for Wisconsin featuring. The quarter ended with the ball In mid field. Fourth quarter: Robey punted and williams came back 20 yards Elliott made IL first down in two drives at the line. A forward pass, Elliott 20 Sundt. gained 10 yards Wisconsin opened n pretty forward pass and gained consistently but Elliott fumbled pass ana uterritz recovered on Michigan’s Al yard line. An exchange of punts fol lowed and Elliott then shot a pass to Gould, who was downed on Michigans 40 yard line. Sundt was downed for am Is yard loss when he failed to get off an attempted pass. Neither side gained effectively thereafter and the game ended with the ball on Michigans 20 yard line. Final score: Wisconsin 7, Michigan 7; tie.

Arizona republican, November 13, 1921, page 11
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YALE WINS FROM. PRINCE ETON 13–7. NEW HAVEN. Conn, Nov. 12. = Yale’s youthful eleven defeated Princeton’s veterans. 13 to today, before 75,000 spectators, including Marshal Foch. The first Yale victory in this an- nual football classic since 1916 was due to touchdown by O’Hearn on an 1S-yard end run in the first peri cd, coupled with a 24-yard drop kick by Captain Aldrich in the third period and another 15-yard drop he kicked in the last quarter. Prince ton made touchdown in the second period in ten plays, including four forward passes. The lineup: Princeton-Snively. I. e.: Keck (c), l. t.; Morgan. l. g.; Witmer. c: Baker, r. g.; Hooper. r. t.; Stinson, r. e. i; Lourie, q. b.; Gilroy, l. h. b.; Garrity, r. h. b.; Cleaves, f. b. Yale-Hullman, l. e.; Into, l. l.: Cruikshank, l. g.; Landis, c; Guern- sey, r. g.; Diller. r. t.; Sturm, r. e.; Beckett or O’Hearn, q. b.; Aldrich (c), l. h. b.; Jordan, T. h. b.; Mallory f. b. Referee-w. I. CrowelI, Swarth- l more; umpire-David Fultz, Brown

The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram, Richmond, Ind., November 14, 1921, page 13
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SATURDAYS RESULTS COLUMBUS, Nov. 14-Ohio State advanced another step toward the Big Ten championship by defeating Purdue. Saturday afternoon by the score Of % to 0. South Bend. Nov. 14.-NOtre Dame used all of her subs in the contest with the Haskell Indians, Saturday, winning by the score of AZ to !. NEW HAVEN. Nov. 14.-Eale’S youthful eleven trimmed the veteran Princeton team, Saturday, before 75.- 600 fans, by the score of 13 to 7. This is the first time Yale has beaten Princeton since 1916. IOWA CITY, Nov. 14.-Scoring three touchdowns in the first period and one in every period following, Iowa defeated Indiana Saturday by the score of Al to 0. PITTSBURG, Nov. 14.-Playing in field, ankle deep in mud the Wash ington and jefferson football team de feated the Pittsburg team Saturday by the score of Z to 0. The victory leaves
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)
Yale 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Princeton–Yale gameYale leads 71–45–10 in 126 meetings, counting the 81 since this game.
| 2025 | Yale 13, Princeton 10 | |
| 2024 | Yale 42, Princeton 28 | |
| 2023 | Yale 36, Princeton 28 | |
| 2022 | Yale 24, Princeton 20 | |
| 2021 | Princeton 35, Yale 20 | |
| 2019 | Yale 51, Princeton 14 |
Around this game
Princeton
- Next gamevs. Johns HopkinsSept. 30, 1922
- SeasonPrinceton in 1921
- ProgramPrinceton history and records
Yale
- Next gameat HarvardNov. 19, 1921
- SeasonYale in 1921
- ProgramYale history and records

