Princeton at Lafayette

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  The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., October 8, 1896, page 1

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  PRINCETON ELEVEN NOT ABLE TO SCORE AGAINST LAFAYETTE COLLEGE, FIFTEEN MINUTE HALVES msNO PLAYED AND NEITHER SIDE ABLE TO COUNT A POINT. mEooRD BROKEN AT LEXINGTON. “A Fast nile Was Paced by Star Pointer in the Free for All Event. EASTON, Pa, Oct. THE Lafayette 8oOt ball team covered itself with glory in today’s game with Princeton. 1.-Two fifteen minute halves were played and the game ended without either team scoring. The game was wit messed by about $500 persons. Both beams played an aggressive game The features of the game were runs by Barclay. Walbridge, Dolly and Poe and Reinhart’S work at guard OTHER GAMES. BRADFORD, Pa. Oct. IA fair sized crowd witnessed the football game between ByAdl> ~d’s company c and the University of Buffalo today A dizzling rain fell during a greater porton of the game, leaving the grounds ih bad condition. The game resulted in score of Is to in favor of Buffalo, Williamstown, Mass, Oct. T. Williams 6; Wesleyan, 0. New Haven, Conn, Oct. Foot lball-Yale IS, Brown O.

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  The Scranton tribune, Scranton, Pa., October 8, 1896, page 2

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  FOOT BALL GAMES. PENNSYLVANIA Downs the Naval Cadets. Lafayette Ties the Princeton Tigers. Other Contests Of the Day. Annapolis. Oct. THE University OF Pennsylvania defeated the Cadets OF the Naval Academy this afternoon at foot ball by the score of to 0. The cadets played a sharp. snappy game, full of good pluck and succeeded by their dash in keeping the ball in Penn sylvanias territory fully half the time While the cadets advanced the ball, the Quaker’s goal was never seriously threateped. The game put up by Pennsylvania was the poorest they have played this year. Their game lacked dash. Again and again the Cadets rushers We’re through on Minds before he got the ball to kick. Pennsylvania scored two touch downs in the first half. from which Woodruff failed to kick goals and in the second half never got the ball nearer than the Cadets 20 yard line.

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Princeton leads 39–⁠3–⁠3 in 45 meetings, counting the 35 since this game.