Carlisle at Princeton
Wednesday, October 14, 1896 Share
Princeton beat Carlisle 22–6. It was their first meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 57°F, low 48°F, 0.17 in. of rain
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Carlisle–Princeton gamePrinceton leads 6–0 in six meetings, counting the five since this game.
| 1910 | Princeton 6, Carlisle 0 | |
| 1907 | Princeton 16, Carlisle 0 | |
| 1903 | Princeton 11, Carlisle 0 | |
| 1899 | Princeton 12, Carlisle 0 | |
| 1897 | Princeton 18, Carlisle 0 | |
| 1896 | Princeton 22, Carlisle 6 |
Around this game
Carlisle
- Next gameat YaleOct. 24, 1896
- SeasonCarlisle in 1896
- ProgramCarlisle history and records
Princeton
- Next gameat ArmyOct. 17, 1896
- SeasonPrinceton in 1896
- ProgramPrinceton history and records
