Yale at Princeton
Saturday, November 15, 1930 Share
Yale beat Princeton 10–7. It was their 54th meeting; after it, Yale led the series 29–16–9.
FinalHigh 67°F, low 52°F, 0.66 in. of rainAttendance 60,000
In the newspapers

Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, November 16, 1930, page 1
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PRINCETON IS BEATEN AGAIN PRINCETON. N. j., Nov. l5.-F) Out OF the wreckage of a dis nal season. Princeton’s down-trodden football team fought its way TO the threshold of glory this after noon only TO be turned back by the narrow margin Of 10 to 7 in the saith annual game with Yale. While $1,000 enthusiastic spec tators stood in amazement and howled themselves hoarse. this Princeton team which has not wvn a major game in two seasons, out gained and outplayed the Ellis. Albie Booth and all. Throughout. most OF the game. Smashing down through the mist and rain Of a dreary day. the n spired Tigers led by the sensational back. Trix Bennett, tore off “a yards in a great march in the final moments OF play. But the touch down that would have produced perhaps the Creates upset in the his tory Of .Yale-Princeton football. was averted when Benefits plunge of fourth down was checked ON the Eli two-yard line, a few inches short Of a first down. Won by The narrow margin OF a field goal. drop kicked in the first period by Booth as he stood on the Tiger 20-yard lire

New Britain herald, November 17, 1930, page 9 (results column)
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HARVARD BATTLES YALE THIS WEEK Football Clash at New Haven Towers Above All Others New York, Nov. 17 (E) - Looking at it from any angle, the 49th clash between Yale and Harvard at New Haven towers in interest over any thing else the eastern football slate for next Saturday has to offer. Whatever the weather, more than 10000 persons will see the tradition al clash. Yale, beaten only by Georgia, should be a strong favorite on paper but past performances are tossed aside in all calculations in- volving a Yale Harvard duel Just as Princeton. bufteted around all season, played magnificently last Saturday 10 hold Yale 10 10–7 score and missed the winning touch down by inches late in the game, so Harvard can be depended on to give the Ellis all the opposition they can handle. Aside from its defeat by Georgia. Yale has revealed great power and defensive strength this season in holding Dartmouth and the Army to ties, and in beating Maryland, Brown and Princeton among others. Harvard, on the other hand, has run into a series of injuries that have wrecked what looked at the start of the season to be q formid- able machine, In it’s last five games the Crimson has bowed to Army. Dartmouth. Michigan and Holy Cross and been tied by little William and Mary. Many Of the sections major elev- ems will rest on Saturday and swing into action again cn Thanksgiving Day. Army, however. looking ahead 10 the Notre Dame game November 9, will meet Ursinus Saturday Navy plays Maryland at Annapolis, and New York University clashes with Rutgers in New York. Carnegie Tech, disappointment this year, battles Temple with small prospects ot stopping the Philadelphia’s pow crful attack. Fordham, it’s winning streak shattered by St Mary’s, takes on Buckncll, and at Easton, Pa, Lafayette and Lchigh, will renew their ancient rivalry. NillanOva meets Georgetown and West Virgin ia clashes with Washington and Jef- fcrson in two more major duels. Western Maryland. the casts only unboaten and united eleven, faces Albright, which hardly figures to prove menace. In “breathcrs, ‘ Brown takes on Providence; Boston College meets Boston University: and Holy Cross plays with Loyola of Maryland.

Imperial Valley press, California, November 15, 1930, page 1 (results column)
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Football Results Ohio State, Is; Pittsburgh, Z, Marquette, 0; Detroit, 0. Chicago, 0; Illinois, % Notre Dame, %; Drake, 7. Minnesota, 0; Michigan, T. Fordham, 12; St. Mary’S, 20. Wesleyan, II; Bowdoin, “a. Manhattan, 7; Catholic u. g. Army. At; Kentucky Wesleyan, : Minnesota, 0; Michigan, Z. Harvard, 0; Holy Cross, 27. Pittsburgh Freshmen, y; Pen State Freshmen, 0. Yale, 10; Princeton. 7 Iowa, 10: Penn State, 9. Cornell, 13; Dartmouth, 10. N. Y. u. .; Georgetown, 0. Syracuse. 7; Colgate, SO. Amherst, l3; Williams, l6. w. & j. 7; Bucknel, 6, S. M. u. 20; Navy, z. Maryland l3; V, P l., 0. Penn, “a; Georgia Tech, 7. Brown, 6; Columbia, 0. Villanova, 13; Oglethorpc, g. Rutgers, IA Lehlgh 10. Purdue. 80: Butler, 0. Nebraska, o; Missouri, 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)
Yale 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Yale–Princeton gameYale leads 71–45–10 in 126 meetings, counting the 72 since this game.
| 2025 | Yale 13, Princeton 10 | |
| 2024 | Yale 42, Princeton 28 | |
| 2023 | Yale 36, Princeton 28 | |
| 2022 | Yale 24, Princeton 20 | |
| 2021 | Princeton 35, Yale 20 | |
| 2019 | Yale 51, Princeton 14 |
Around this game
Yale
- Next gamevs. HarvardNov. 22, 1930
- SeasonYale in 1930
- ProgramYale history and records
Princeton
- Next gamevs. AmherstOct. 3, 1931
- SeasonPrinceton in 1930
- ProgramPrinceton history and records

