Rutgers at Princeton

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  The news & observer. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, North Carolina, October 6, 1895, page 1

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  FOOTBALL SEASON BEGUN. Princeton Defeated Rutgers Yesterday by Score of 22 too. PRINCETON, n j., Oct. 5.-The Tigers defeated Rutgers here to-day in the initial game of the season, on the home grounds by score of % to 0. Prince ton played a sharp. aggressive game and showed marked improvement along all lines The backs found ample protection behind the interferance and advanced the ball without much difficulty. Rutgers backs could make no headway against the Tigers line and resorted to kicking tactics in the second half. Two sets of backs were tried for Princeton, Pope, Fulton and Rosengarten doing the best work,

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Princeton leads 53–⁠17–⁠1 in 71 meetings, counting the 48 since this game.