Chicago at Princeton
Saturday, November 2, 1929 Share
Chicago beat Princeton 15–7. It was their third meeting; after it, Chicago led the series 2–1.
FinalHigh 79°F, low 67°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 3, 1929, page 1 (results column)
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CridirOn Records No Real Upsets; Results Listed No startling upsets figured in yesterdays foot ball results. A smart, fast Georgetown eleven earned a clean-cut victory Tor the second straight year over N. Y. U. at New York, IA to 0, while Maryland was held to 1913 draw by Virginia. Catholic U. defeated Manhattan College, 20–7; Gallaudet nosed’ out Baltimore University, 60, and the Marines gained custody of the Presidents Cup by vanquishing the U. S. Coast Guard team, 1870. other games of note included Penn’s 7–2 victory over Navy. Notre Danes 1876 conquest of Georgia Tech, Chicago’s 15–7 defeat of Princeton, Northwestern’s TO verdict over Illinois. Cali fornia’s l5–7 triumph against Southern California and Wander hilt’s 1870 trouncing Of Alabama. Details will be found in the sports section.
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 72% to win. Chicago pulled the upset.
The series
Every Chicago–Princeton gameTied 2–2–1 in five meetings, counting the two since this game.
| 1937 | Princeton 16, Chicago 7 | |
| 1930 | Princeton 0, Chicago 0 | |
| 1929 | Chicago 15, Princeton 7 | |
| 1922 | Princeton 21, Chicago 18 | |
| 1921 | Chicago 9, Princeton 0 |
Around this game
Chicago
- Next gamevs. WisconsinNov. 9, 1929
- SeasonChicago in 1929
- ProgramChicago history and records
Princeton
- Next gamevs. LehighNov. 9, 1929
- SeasonPrinceton in 1929
- ProgramPrinceton history and records
