Harvard at Princeton
Saturday, October 30, 1937 Share
Harvard beat Princeton 34–6. It was their 33rd meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 19–10–4.
FinalHigh 72°F, low 47°F
In the newspapers
The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 1, 1937, page 5 (results column)
Read the text
FOOT BALL @ lR{3SWG IFS Nn The following are final scores oi principal football games played last Saturday afternoon Southern California 0; Washing ton State O. Oregon State O; Stanford o. California 27; UCLA IA Idaho ‘; University of Washing ton 21. Colorado Mines 0; Colorado 54. California Aggies 12; Nevada 0. Duke 43; Washington and Lee. 0 Vanderbilt O; Georgia Tech A. Nebraska ‘; Indiana O. Michigan 2; Illinois G. Harvard 34; Princeton 6. Cornell IA; Columbia O. Pennsylvania IA, Navy T. Michigan State Is; Kansas 0. Yale 9; Dartmouth g, tie. Pittsburgh 25; Carnegie Tech IA Northwestern IA; Wisconsin 6. Syracuse 19; Penn State 13 Notre Dame T; Minnesota 6. Fordham IA; North Carolina O. Santa Clara 39; Marquette 0.
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.
On the newsreel
- TERRIER PALS WITH KITTENCappy Ricks has all the aggressiveness of the wire-haired fox terrier, but he won’t use any of it on the little yellow kitten that has become his constant playmate. The kitten carries a friendly battle to the dog. 6/7.
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Princeton 73% to win. Harvard pulled the upset.
The series
Every Harvard–Princeton gamePrinceton leads 51–37–7 in 95 meetings, counting the 62 since this game.
| 2025 | Harvard 35, Princeton 14 | |
| 2024 | Harvard 45, Princeton 13 | |
| 2023 | Princeton 21, Harvard 14 | |
| 2022 | Princeton 37, Harvard 10 | |
| 2021 | Princeton 18, Harvard 16 | |
| 2019 | Princeton 30, Harvard 24 |
Around this game
Harvard
- Next gamevs. ArmyNov. 6, 1937
- SeasonHarvard in 1937
- ProgramHarvard history and records
Princeton
- Next gamevs. DartmouthNov. 6, 1937
- SeasonPrinceton in 1937
- ProgramPrinceton history and records