Rutgers at Princeton

Saturday, October 10, 1936

Princeton beat Rutgers 20–⁠0. It was their 33rd meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 32–⁠1.

AwayRutgers0–⁠3 in 1936
0
HomePrinceton4–⁠2–⁠2 in 1936
20

FinalHigh 76°F, low 60°F, 0.38 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: TWELFTH IN ROW TO TIGER ELEVEN Tremendous Power of Last Season Missing in 200 Win From Rutgers.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 11, 1936, page 22

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    TWELFTH IN ROW TO TIGER ELEVEN Tremendous Power of Last Season Missing in 200 Win From Rutgers. BY the AbbOclatcQ Htebo. RNCETON, N. j., October 10. -Princeton’s team stretched its winning streak to IL games i today by defeating Rutgers, its oldest rival. 20 to 0. before crowd Of &c, 900 at Palmer Stadium. Princeton today failed to show the tremendous power which carried it to the top of the Eastern ranking last year. Although the score and sta tistics were heavily in its favor, it was slowed down considerably by q stubborn Rutgers defense. The Scarlets’ offense, however. was completely squelched by the Prince ton forwards. 1t made three first downs, but for the full game lost yards by rushing. while Princeton COL lected 16 first downs and gained POI yards on the ground. Lynch Dropkicks Field Goal. TOM LYNCH. sophomore fullback from Birmingham, Mich. brought Princeton its first points. drop-kicking q field goal from his own 36-yard line in the opening quarter, after Rutgers had halted 30:yard advance at that point. The Tigers first touchdown came in the second quarter. A sudden shower made ball handling difficult. and Tony Napanno. Rutgers halfback from Newark, fumbled on his own 81 yard line Tom Mountain of East Orange. another sophomore, recovcred for Princeton, and he and Jack White Of Lebanon, Pa. carried the ball to the 5-yard mark. From there Mountain crashed through the left side of his line to score, and Ken Ssndbach Of Maplewood, N. j., quarterback, converted. Sandbach Boots Three-Pointer. CANDBACH made a perfect place. - ment from the 25-yard stripe in the third quarter. | The final score resulted from an other “break” in the final period Rutgers had held for downs to stop goalward drive. and had the ball close to its goal line. Wally Pringle dropped back to kick. but threw pass instead. Jim Salsich of Columbus, Ohio. quarterback replacement, intercepted the toss and dashed 16 yards for q touchdown. Sandbach was rushed in to kick the extra point. ! Iine.upS and Summary.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL AsSREsUrI!s

    The Daily Alaska empire, October 12, 1936, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL AsSREsUrI!s The following are final scores of principal football games played in various pa,ts of the country last Saturday afternoon: Washington IA; UCLA o. California T; Oregon State 0. Washington State IA; Idaho o. Oregon T; Stanford 2. Southern California 24; Illinois G. Virginia IA; Navy 35. St. Lawrence 6; Colgate 26. Vills nova 13; Penn State 0. Arn.y 27; Columbia 16 Rutgers 0; Princeton 20. Cle mson 0; Duke 25. Washington and Lee T; West Vir- giriia 28 Wisconsin IA; Purdue 35. Texas A. and M 3; Rice 0. Kentucky O; George Tech 34. Texas Christian 10; Tulsa ‘. South Dakota T; Iowa 33. Centenary O; Tulane 19. St. Louis 6; Marquette 32. w S hi n g ton University at St.

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 82% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Princeton leads 53–⁠17–⁠1 in 71 meetings, counting the 38 since this game.

Recent meetings
1980Rutgers 44, Princeton 13
1979Rutgers 38, Princeton 14
1978Rutgers 24, Princeton 0
1977Rutgers 10, Princeton 6
1976Rutgers 17, Princeton 0
1975Princeton 10, Rutgers 7

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