Yale at Princeton

Saturday, November 17, 1928

Princeton beat Yale 12–⁠2. It was their 52nd meeting; after it, Yale led the series 27–⁠16–⁠9.

AwayYale4–⁠4 in 1928
2
HomePrinceton5–⁠1–⁠2 in 1928
12

FinalHigh 71°F, low 50°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: GRID SCORES ON SATURDAY

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 19, 1928, page 5 (results column)

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    GRID SCORES ON SATURDAY The following are results of yari ous football games played Ia Saturday afternoon: Stanford 12. Washington Q. s. California 27: Washington State 13. Idaho 21 Montana G. Navy 5S; Loyola 0. Minnesota 5; Haskell 0. Georgia Tech 8; Alabama 18. Carnegie Tech 27: Notre Dame ‘. Illinois 10; Chicago 0. Iowa State :: Kansas Q. Penn 3l: Columbia :. Wisconsin 13; Iowa 0. Harvard 0; Holy Gross 0. California 60; Nevada c Nebraska 0; Pittsburgh 0. Princeton 12; Yale 2. st Charles PC; North Dakota 12. Montana State ‘; Utah Aggies 15. California at Los Angeles C5; Laverne 0. Harvard Freshmen ‘; Yale Freshmen 6. South Dakota %; North Dakotq Aggies 6. Duke If, North Carolina State 12. Monmouth %; Cornell 0. Tennessee 6; Vanderbilt 0. Arkansas 45: Missouri sehool Of Mines 6. North Carolina 30 Davidson ‘. Colorado Aggies 15: Denver University 0. Oregon F; Oregon State o. Gonzaga 27; St Ignatius O. q

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 59% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Yale leads 71–⁠45–⁠10 in 126 meetings, counting the 74 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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