Swarthmore at Princeton

Saturday, October 31, 1925

Princeton beat Swarthmore 19–⁠7. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 8–⁠0.

AwaySwarthmore0–⁠2 in 1925
7
HomePrinceton5–⁠1–⁠1 in 1925
19

Final

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: PRINCETON DEFEATS SWARTHMORE, 1877

    Evening star, November 1, 1925, page 96

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    PRINCETON DEFEATS SWARTHMORE, 1877 PRINCETON, \. J.. October 81 PD.-Princeton defeated Swsrthmore today, ’19 to :. with Tommy Dignan. Tiger halfback, featuring the work of the Princeton team. He scored two OF the three touchdowns. and passed the third to Disston: Evans and vii COX, with a passing and line plunsins attach. accounted for the one Swarthmore tally. The playing field was wet. and mainly for that reason Coach Bill Roper kept Slagle and Bridges. considered his best backs. out OF the contest for fear Of possible injuries. He wanted his men in shape for the Big Three games, coming on the next two Saturdays. DinEnan missed goal on the nrst two touchdowns. made in the first period Lippincott made the tally for Swarthmore.

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 one 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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