Swarthmore at Princeton

Saturday, November 3, 1923

Princeton beat Swarthmore 35–⁠6. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 6–⁠0.

AwaySwarthmore0–⁠2 in 1923
6
HomePrinceton3–⁠3–⁠1 in 1923
35

FinalHigh 59°F, low 23°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: PRINCETON SWAMPS SWARTHMORE TEAM

    Evening star, November 4, 1923, page 70

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    PRINCETON SWAMPS SWARTHMORE TEAM PRINCETON. N. j.. November g. In game featured by the broken held running of Vangerbig. Beattie, Newby and Caulkins Of Princeton, the Tiger eleven swamped Swarthmore ’35 to 8. at Palmer Memorial Stadium this afternoon. The visiting array proved no match for the determined PrIncetonians who began scoring with Ken Smiths Is and did not allow a quarter to pass without adding one or two touch downs to their total Vangerbig scored the first and sec ond touchdowns of the game. one on dasxling run of % yards and the other after series of line plays and on-tackle smashes in which he and Beattfe were the leading figures. Newby scored the Tigers third touch down on q 45-yard dash through Swarthmore, Caulkins was responsible for the fourth touchdown and Eewby for the nnal counter of the game. Smith and Caulkins each tai lied point following touchdown.

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 93% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Princeton leads 9–⁠0 in nine meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1926Princeton 27, Swarthmore 0
1925Princeton 19, Swarthmore 7
1924Princeton 21, Swarthmore 6
1923Princeton 35, Swarthmore 6
1922Princeton 22, Swarthmore 13
1921Princeton 21, Swarthmore 7

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