Rutgers at Princeton
Saturday, October 27, 1883 Share
Princeton beat Rutgers 61–0. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 12–1.
Final
In the newspapers

New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 28, 1883, page 1
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PRINCETON DEFEATS RUTGERS. rBY TELEGRAPH To THE rRmUSE.I PRINCETON, n. j., Oct. 27.-The return game of football between tho teams of Princeton and Rutgers played here this afternoon, resulted In an other easy victory for the former There was no wind and the game was noticeable throughout for fine kicking The score at the finish Princeton. eight goals, tnreS touchdow Rutgers, nine safety touchdowns.
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 Rutgers–Princeton gamePrinceton leads 53–17–1 in 71 meetings, counting the 58 since this game.
| 1980 | Rutgers 44, Princeton 13 | |
| 1979 | Rutgers 38, Princeton 14 | |
| 1978 | Rutgers 24, Princeton 0 | |
| 1977 | Rutgers 10, Princeton 6 | |
| 1976 | Rutgers 17, Princeton 0 | |
| 1975 | Princeton 10, Rutgers 7 |
Around this game
Rutgers
- Next gamevs. City College of New YorkOct. 31, 1883
- SeasonRutgers in 1883
- ProgramRutgers history and records
Princeton
- Next gamevs. PennsylvaniaNov. 3, 1883
- SeasonPrinceton in 1883
- ProgramPrinceton history and records

