Chicago at Princeton

Saturday, November 2, 1929

Chicago beat Princeton 15–⁠7. It was their third meeting; after it, Chicago led the series 2–⁠1.

AwayChicago7–⁠3 in 1929
15
HomePrinceton2–⁠4–⁠1 in 1929
7

FinalHigh 79°F, low 67°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: CridirOn Records No Real Upsets; Results Listed

    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.

Tied 2–⁠2–⁠1 in five meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1937Princeton 16, Chicago 7
1930Princeton 0, Chicago 0
1929Chicago 15, Princeton 7
1922Princeton 21, Chicago 18
1921Chicago 9, Princeton 0

Around this game

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