Yale at Princeton

Saturday, November 13, 1926

Princeton beat Yale 10–⁠7. It was their 50th meeting; after it, Yale led the series 26–⁠15–⁠9.

AwayYale4–⁠4 in 1926
7
HomePrinceton5–⁠1–⁠1 in 1926
10

FinalHigh 50°F, low 23°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current's story: PRINCETON BEATS YALE Tigers Victory Gives Then, Second Successive Cham pionship in Big Three

    The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, November 15, 1926, page 1

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    PRINCETON BEATS YALE Tigers Victory Gives Then, Second Successive Cham pionship in Big Three Princeton, N. j., Nov. l5.-lP)-- Princeton conquered Yale in the final act of the “Biy Three” drama with a spectacular aerial thrust into a somber November sky here Saturday, 10 to Z. Two daring overhead drives in the second. period swept the Tigers to their sensational triumph over the embattled ranks of blue rs the cur tain fc.l on footballs historic Yale Harvard Princeton series. With it’s victory. Princeton reaped also its second successive champion. ship in the triumviratc, for the Tiger. vanqhishcd Harvard \ week ago II what later was to mark the closing chapter Of athletic relations hetwee. the Crimson and the Tiger.

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 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Yale leads 71–⁠45–⁠10 in 126 meetings, counting the 76 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Yale 13, Princeton 10
2024Yale 42, Princeton 28
2023Yale 36, Princeton 28
2022Yale 24, Princeton 20
2021Princeton 35, Yale 20
2019Yale 51, Princeton 14

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