Navy at Princeton
Saturday, October 25, 1930 Share
Navy beat Princeton 31–0. It was their 19th meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 10–5–4.
FinalHigh 46°F, low 36°FAttendance 45,000
In the newspapers

Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, October 26, 1930, page 1
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Middies Defeat Princeton 80 In Good Tilt PRINCETON. N. j.. Oct. 25-P “A Navy football team, which had been defeated by Notre Dame and Duke. came TO Palmer stadium today and made football history at the expense Of Princeton By defeat ing the Tigers, 81 TO o. No team but Yale has doHned the Tiger by a score OF 81 to b. and Yale. say Princeton men. has not accomplished the feat since the gay 90’s. Princeton never had “a chance NJ win today while Navy varied with a rush and looked better as the game went along. The winners scored 20 first downs 10 three for the losers and gained In rushing plays 303 yards 70 81 for Princeton

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 27, 1930, page 5 (results column)
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GRID SCORES ON SATURDAY The following are scores of i’m portant football games played in various parts of the states last Sat- urday: California 0; University of Wash ington 13. Montana 0; Washington State 61. Idaho 6; Oregon 20. University of Southern Califor- mia 41; Stanford 12. Colgate 40; Penn State 0. : Purdue T; Wisconsin 6. Kansas 20; Iowa State 6. Mississippi 0; Chicago o. Ohio 27; Miami 6. Northwestern 45; Centre ‘. Tulane 28; Georgia Tech 0. Alabama 12; Vanderbilt 2. Pittsburgh 19; Notre Dame 35. Yale 2; Army T. Princeton 0; Navy 31. Michigan IS; Illinois 2. Brown 13; Holy Cross o. Dartmouth T; Harvard 2. Columbia 3; Williams 0. Carnegie Tech 40; Reserves 8. Fordham T; New Yo~‘- Uniyer- sity 0.
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)
Navy 51% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Navy–Princeton gamePrinceton leads 18–12–6 in 36 meetings, counting the 17 since this game.
| 1984 | Navy 41, Princeton 3 | |
| 1983 | Navy 37, Princeton 29 | |
| 1953 | Navy 65, Princeton 7 | |
| 1951 | Princeton 24, Navy 20 | |
| 1950 | Princeton 20, Navy 14 | |
| 1949 | Navy 28, Princeton 7 |
Around this game
Navy
- Next gamevs. West Virginia WesleyanNov. 1, 1930
- SeasonNavy in 1930
- ProgramNavy history and records
Princeton
- Next gameat ChicagoNov. 1, 1930
- SeasonPrinceton in 1930
- ProgramPrinceton history and records

