Williams at Princeton

Saturday, October 12, 1935

Princeton beat Williams 14–⁠7. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 4–⁠0–⁠1.

AwayWilliams0–⁠1 in 1935
7
HomePrinceton9–⁠0 in 1935
14

FinalHigh 69°F, low 49°F, 0.53 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Princeton Ciuen Hot Workout In 4-7 Victory Ouer Williams

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 13, 1935, page 27

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    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.

Princeton leads 9–⁠1–⁠1 in 11 meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
1950Princeton 66, Williams 0
1942Williams 19, Princeton 7
1941Princeton 20, Williams 7
1939Princeton 26, Williams 6
1938Princeton 39, Williams 0
1936Princeton 27, Williams 7

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