Amherst at Princeton
Saturday, October 3, 1931 Share
Princeton beat Amherst 27–0. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 8–0.
Final
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 4, 1931, page 65
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PRINCETON TOPPLES AMHERST IN STARTER Druadt Leads Offensive, Netting Tigers 30 Win-Gains lo7 Yards by Rushing. BY the Associated fTess’ PALMER STADIUM. Princeton, N October 3.-With Willard DrauAt’ a second-string sophomore halfback’ leading the offensive drive with three touchdowns, the Princeton varsity showed renewed strength in the SECOND half to defeat Amherst here this AFTER noon. 81 to 0, in the opening game OF the season for both teams. About IA o0O persons attended the game, Whlcn was played under a broiling sun. After a sluggish first quarter, IN which neither team scored, the Tiger offensive strength took more detnlte shane with Knell and Bales smashing the Amherst line for consistent gains. Bales opened the scoring when ne crossed the visitors goal after an Am herst penalty had placed the ball on their own 1-yard line. After Garrett missed his placement for the extra noint. Head Coach Al Wittmer sent IN an entire second eleven, which helo us own against the Purple. Princeton amassed % first downs, while Knutson and De Pasqua crashod through the Tiger Line for only l. In advancing the ball from scrimmage, the Princeton backs gained 425 yards, Of which Draudt was responsible for lO7 Amherst gained only % YARDS from rushing.
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The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 5, 1931, page 5 (results column)
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FOOTBALL \! ]! RESULTS The following are scores of prin- cipal football games played las Saturday: University of Washington 25 Montana 0. Idaho 0; Oregon 9. Santa Clara o; Stanford 6. St. Mary’s IA; California O. Oregon State O; Southern Cali fornia 30. Washington State 13: University of Southern California at Los An geleS 0. Notre Dame 25; Indiana o. Amherst 0; Princeton 27. Williams and Mary 6; Navy 13 College of Idaho 0; Utah 52. Montana State 6; Utah Aggies 21. Maine O. Yale l9. St. Lawrence 0; Colgate 45. Western Reserve 0; Purdue 28. Bates 0; Harvard 28. Knox 6; Army 67. Washington and Jefferson 10; Carnegie Tech T. Florida 34; North Carolina 0. Niagara 6; Cornell 37 Buffalo 0; Dartmouth 61. SWarthmore 2; Pennsylvania 32. Virginia Military I nst i t u te 0; Duke 13. Whitman 37; Albany College al Portland 0. Virginia 6; Maryland ‘. Northwestern 19; Nebraska 2.
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 84% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Amherst–Princeton gamePrinceton leads 11–0 in 11 meetings, counting the three since this game.
| 1934 | Princeton 75, Amherst 0 | |
| 1933 | Princeton 40, Amherst 0 | |
| 1932 | Princeton 22, Amherst 0 | |
| 1931 | Princeton 27, Amherst 0 | |
| 1930 | Princeton 23, Amherst 0 | |
| 1929 | Princeton 7, Amherst 0 |
Around this game
Amherst
- Next gameat PrincetonOct. 1, 1932
- SeasonAmherst in 1931
- ProgramAmherst history and records
Princeton
- Next gamevs. BrownOct. 10, 1931
- SeasonPrinceton in 1931
- ProgramPrinceton history and records
