Lafayette at Princeton

• 

  Richmond dispatch, Richmond, Va., September 30, 1894, page 7

  Read the text

  HARVARD AND PRINCETON WIN. They Keep Dartmouth and Lafayette from Scoring in Football. They Keep Dartmouth and Lafayette from Scoring in Football. BOSTON, September 29.-Eiaryard won the first game Of the season by defeating Dartmouth this afternoon on Soldiers Field, Cambridge by score of % to 0. The game was interesting and well played throughout. There was the usual amount of fumbling. but otherwise little loose playing. The unexpected strength of Harvard’s new centre, made up OF Manahan, the tackle Of last years team. guard and F. Shaw. centre. and T. Shaw, guard, neither Of whom had ever played in Varsity game. was surprise and a delight TO the crimson supporters. This part OF the line was bucKed repeatedly, but with small gains. The rest OF the line showed up well. while behind 1t G. Brewer. Gray. and Wrightington made fine gains

• 

  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], September 30, 1894, page 1

  Read the text

  PRINCETON EASILY DEFEATS LAFAYETTE Princeton. n. j.. Sept. % (SpeciaD.-Princeton defeated Lafayette at football easily to-day. In the first half with a strong wind against them. the home team scored % points. The second half was played mainly with substitutes. Wheeler and Trench ard alone remaining Of the regular eleven The substitutes managed however. TO score IS points Lafayette was unable TO advance the ball except by kicking and even then one OF the Princeton backs would bring II nearly TO the place from when II had been kicked The new rules worked smoothy. Trenchard made his first appearance al qudrterDdck and played the position we’ll. The teams lined up as follows

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.

Princeton leads 39–⁠3–⁠3 in 45 meetings, counting the 37 since this game.