Amherst at Princeton

Saturday, October 6, 1934

Princeton beat Amherst 75–⁠0. It was their 11th meeting; Princeton leads the series 11–⁠0.

AwayAmherst0–⁠1 in 1934
0
HomePrinceton7–⁠1 in 1934
75

FinalHigh 69°F, low 57°F, 1.94 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Southern California Loses.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 7, 1934, page 27 (results column)

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    Southern California Loses. TN THE Far West, Southern Cali fornia, held to a 60 score by Col lege of Pacific last week, succumbed to Washington State, 1870. while Stanford was trimming Oregon State, ITO, and st. Mary’s Gaels we’re edging past California. TO. The South was an experts paradise with Vanderbilt knocking over Georgia Tech, 27–⁠12; Tulane outpointing Auburn, 1870; Tennessee bowling over North Carolina, 1871, and Florida. Georgia, Duke. Washington and Lee and Alabama all likewise victorious. Arkansas RaZorbackS uncovered another powerful array and swept through Texas Christian, 24-l0, in a Southwest Conference engagement. Oklahoma’s Sooners, touted as posibic Big Six champion, ended the long undefeated streak of Centenarys Gentlemen, TO. Tulsa beat Kansas by one touchdown, TO. Utah’s 6l-6 rout of Colorado COL lege was the highlight Of the Rocky Mountain program. Frank Carideos Missouri Tigers surprised by holding Colorado University to a scoreless draw. With the exception Of Penn and Cornell, the EaSt’s big college squads all won. Princeton, running up a 75–⁠0 count on Amherst, and Fordham handing Westminster a $40 setback were particularly impressive.

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 93% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Princeton leads 11–⁠0 in 11 meetings.

Recent meetings
1934Princeton 75, Amherst 0
1933Princeton 40, Amherst 0
1932Princeton 22, Amherst 0
1931Princeton 27, Amherst 0
1930Princeton 23, Amherst 0
1929Princeton 7, Amherst 0

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