Carlisle at Princeton

Wednesday, October 14, 1896

Princeton beat Carlisle 22–⁠6. It was their first meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayCarlisle5–⁠5 in 1896
6
HomePrinceton10–⁠0–⁠1 in 1896
22

FinalHigh 57°F, low 48°F, 0.17 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The The Saint Paul globe's story: TOYED WITH TIGERS PRINCETON BESTED IN FIRST HALF BY CARLISLE INDIAN SCHOOL ELEVEN. THEN TABLES WERE TURNED. INDIANS FAILED TO SCORE AND JERSEY MEN PILED UP POINTS. TALE BEATS WILLIAMS EASILY. The Blues Had Much the Best of a Punting Contest Between the FuIIbacks. THEN TABLES WERE TURNED. YAL

    The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., October 15, 1896, page 1

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    TOYED WITH TIGERS PRINCETON BESTED IN FIRST HALF BY CARLISLE INDIAN SCHOOL ELEVEN. THEN TABLES WERE TURNED. INDIANS FAILED TO SCORE AND JERSEY MEN PILED UP POINTS. TALE BEATS WILLIAMS EASILY. The Blues Had Much the Best of a Punting Contest Between the FuIIbacks. THEN TABLES WERE TURNED. YALE BEATS WILLIAMS EASILY. PRINCETON, N. J., Oct. 14.-The Carlisle Indians came upon the Prince ton football field today in quest of tiger scalps, and at the end of the first half 1t looked as if they would prove sue cessful, as the score then stood to 0 in favor of the Indians. In the second half, however, the Princeton players took a big brace and turned the tables upon their opponents. Rosengarten and Reiter succeeded Barnard and Kelly behind the line, and thereby put life and dash into the men, At the end of the game Princeton had rolled up a score of % points, and the Car isles failed to add to their score

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 92% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Princeton leads 6–⁠0 in six meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
1910Princeton 6, Carlisle 0
1907Princeton 16, Carlisle 0
1903Princeton 11, Carlisle 0
1899Princeton 12, Carlisle 0
1897Princeton 18, Carlisle 0
1896Princeton 22, Carlisle 6

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