Princeton at Navy

Saturday, October 15, 1898

Princeton beat Navy 30–⁠0. It was their third meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 3–⁠0.

AwayPrinceton11–⁠0–⁠1 in 1898
30
HomeNavy7–⁠1 in 1898
0

FinalHigh 60°F, low 44°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Worcester spy's story: A sO-YARp RusH RY ZOE. Another Member of the Famous Foot Ball Family Distinguishes Himself.

    The Worcester spy, Worcester, Mass., October 16, 1898, page 1

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    A sO-YARp RusH RY ZOE. Another Member of the Famous Foot Ball Family Distinguishes Himself. Annapolis, Nd Oct. ia large crowd from Baltimore and Annapolis witnessed the naval cadets and Princeton. Prince ton won by the score of 30 to 0. The Tigers made only one touchdown in the very close to a touchdown on several ooeasions The feature was 90-yard rush by Poe, when the first touchdown was maze. Both sides We’re given distances for off-side playing. Mr. Elding was referee and Mr.. Flint umpire Touch downs We’re made by Poe (2), Black. La lhrop and Rider, and Mills kicked all

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 65% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Princeton leads 18–⁠12–⁠6 in 36 meetings, counting the 33 since this game.

Recent meetings
1984Navy 41, Princeton 3
1983Navy 37, Princeton 29
1953Navy 65, Princeton 7
1951Princeton 24, Navy 20
1950Princeton 20, Navy 14
1949Navy 28, Princeton 7

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