Williams at Princeton
Saturday, October 12, 1935 Share
Princeton beat Williams 14–7. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 4–0–1.
FinalHigh 69°F, low 49°F, 0.53 in. of rain
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 13, 1935, page 27
Read the text
Princeton Ciuen Hot Workout In 4–7 Victory Ouer Williams Ed Givens, sophomore quarterback, converted. Princeton appeared to have hit its stride when it came out from the rest period and drove 56 yards without a hitch, but a tumble by Spofford cut short the march II yards from the goal. Williams punted out and on the second play Spofford sliced through the Purple line and dashed Sc yards for a touchdown. Sandbach place kicked the point to complete the scoring. Williams registered first downs to 16 for Princeton, but did most of its gaining in the air. The Tiger eleven moved 290 yards on the ground to so for its rival, but williams covered SO yards with forwards to SO.
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.
The series
Every Williams–Princeton gamePrinceton leads 9–1–1 in 11 meetings, counting the six since this game.
| 1950 | Princeton 66, Williams 0 | |
| 1942 | Williams 19, Princeton 7 | |
| 1941 | Princeton 20, Williams 7 | |
| 1939 | Princeton 26, Williams 6 | |
| 1938 | Princeton 39, Williams 0 | |
| 1936 | Princeton 27, Williams 7 |
Around this game
Williams
- Next gameat PrincetonOct. 3, 1936
- SeasonWilliams in 1935
- ProgramWilliams history and records
Princeton
- Next gamevs. RutgersOct. 19, 1935
- SeasonPrinceton in 1935
- ProgramPrinceton history and records
