Swarthmore at Princeton

Saturday, November 1, 1924

Princeton beat Swarthmore 21–⁠6. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 7–⁠0.

AwaySwarthmore0–⁠2 in 1924
6
HomePrinceton4–⁠2–⁠1 in 1924
21

FinalHigh 68°F, low 40°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: PRINCETON eleven sL0AFS TO WIN, 21-6

    Evening star, November 2, 1924, page 79

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    PRINCETON eleven sL0AFS TO WIN, 21–⁠6 PRINCETON, N. J., November L. Princeton took their ease in beating Swarthmore 81 to s today, outplaying the visitors. although the Tiger at Lack failed to produce an expected high count. Recovery Of one Swarthmore tumble BY Tiger cost the visitors one touch down. but their captain. Korn. caught a Princeton aerial pass and raced 40 yards for their sole touchdown.

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: PRINCETON HAS EASY WIN, 21-f

    The Birmingham age-herald, November 2, 1924, page 10

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    PRINCETON HAS EASY WIN, 21-f PRINCETON, N. J., Nov. 1.-The Princeton Tigers took their ease in beating Swarthmore, 21 to 6 today, outplaying the visitors, although the Tiger attack failed to produce an ex- pected high count. Recovery of one Swarthmore tumble by Tiger cost the visitors one touchdown, but their captain, Korn, caught a Princeton aerial ball and raced 40 yards for q touchdown. -s3.

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 90% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Princeton leads 9–⁠0 in nine meetings, counting the two 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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