Princeton at Yale

Saturday, November 13, 1937

No. 6 Yale beat Princeton 26–⁠0. It was their 61st meeting; after it, Yale led the series 33–⁠18–⁠10.

AwayPrinceton4–⁠4 in 1937
0
Home6Yale6–⁠1–⁠1 in 1937
26

FinalHigh 57°F, low 40°F, 0.72 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: GIVEN TOP RATINGS. ON CLASS OF FOES. -Terps in Three-Cornered Scrap for Honors in Southern Group.

    Evening star, November 15, 1937, page 14 (results column)

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    GIVEN TOP RATINGS. ON CLASS OF FOES. -Terps in Three-Cornered Scrap for Honors in Southern Group. yGW 1onn, NOV. lS,--lne LOT. N tunes of war, abetted by the “ rieors Of modern football schedule-making, had conspired to reduce the list Of major undefested teams to IL today without affecting the unbeaten status of the main contenders for the mythical ma .tional championship. Pitt and Fordham in the East, Alabama in the South and California In the Far West still were riding high with the end of an exciting and I’M ypredictable season in sight. With all due respect to the rest of the undefeated field. it seems that II gen. orally recognized national titleholder ia to come at all it will have to come from among these four. Pitt and Fordham stand out in the held OF seven lnbeaten Eaxtern teams because OF their representative schedules. None Of the others-Yale. Dart mouth. Villanova. Holy Cross or IAfayette-has been called upon to tackle such opposition as Pitt and Fordham have overpowered The ShtuS up ~ III lu oAlitA SlaIA Colorado and Montana, whose perfect records entitle them to give California at least = mild argument in the Far West. Alabama. although its opposition has been almost entirely southern. stands alone AZ the South’s lone unbeaten major eleven. Look to Turkey Day Games 4 DEFINITE falling of is noted In the quality OF this weeks program m as many top-flight outfits rest before climax engagements on Thanksgiving Day Ar meet second-rate opposition In preparation for important tests on November 27. High spots OF the program follow: East-All seven unbeaten elevens will keep punching away this week. Pitt, whose trailing fourth-period rally. lied by Marshall Goldberg and Dick 4Cassiano. ruined Nebraskas unbeaten record. 1877. can afford to take no chances with Penn States pass-minded Nittany Lions. who nosed out Mary land In the closing minutes of play, 31-l4 Fordham. idle last week. plays It’s annual game with ST. Marv’s Gaels. whnsr TO defeat by Santa Clara yes terday simply emphasized the already established fact that the Gaels definitely are subnormal this year. Yale, with tie with Dartmouth the only blot matches its undefeated rec ord against Harvard’s powerful Grim son In the Easts top-ranging game from the standpoint OF tradition. Clint Prank. Yale’s great halfback, gave Harvard something to think about en- Saturday. acoring all four touchdovns IN the Els 26–⁠0 rout Of princetnr Harvard. meanwhile. was having troubic spillins Davidson, $50. Dartmouth Plays Columbia. DARTMOUTH. which had to come from behind to tie Cornell’s for nidable outfit, SIS, in the rain and mud At Hanover closes its campaign against Columbia’s Lions. who held Syracuse to = SIS draw mainly because of the superb punting Of versatile Sid Luck man. Villanova, hard pressed to beat Boston University on Thursday, 1910. tackles Temples Owls, who played their fourth scoreless tie of the year, this time with Bucknell. Holy Cross, TO victor over Brown, meets Carnegie Techs TartanS. who dropped 1876 decision to Michigan State. Lafayette, only Eastern team with an unbeaten and united record, closes against It’s traditional rival. Lehigh. The Leopards spilled Washington and Jefferson. 60, last week. while Lehigh bowed to MuhlenbeEg. 1877. Manhattan. impressive in a 1870 conquest of North Carolina State, plays Niagara, while Princeton faces Navy and Syracuse plays Colgate. Both Navy and Colgate were idle last week Georgetown. which took advantage Of . late break to whip New York Uni versity. so. tackles Maryland. Boston College. with 4 1870 verdict over Ken tucky to its credit. takes on Boston University before its objective game with Holy Gross on November 81. Army prepares for the Navy game two weeks hence in “breather” with St Johns Of Annapolis. Notre Dame Favorite. MIDDLE WEST: The curtain falls on Big Ten competition, but the big game Of the week will send North western against the non-conference Irish” Of Notre Dame The Irish”

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOT {3AG{5 @M REISSUE IFS Me

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 15, 1937, page 3 (results column)

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    FOOT {3AG{5 @M REISSUE IFS Me The following are final scores of important football games played last Saturday afternoon: Washington State O.; Stanford 23 Oregon State 12; Southern Cali fornia 12, tie. Idaho 6; Gonzaga 0. California 26; Oregon 0. UCLA 0; University of Washing ton 26. Utah 45; Colorado State 0. Wyoming 6; Denver 21 Purdue T; Wisconsin 2, tie. Notre Dame T; Army 0. Yale 26; Princeton 0. Cornell 6; Dartmouth 6, tie. Holy Cross T; Brown 0. Boston College 13; Kentucky o.. Temple 0; Bucknell 0, tie. Manhattan IS; North Carolina State 0. Pittsburgh IS; Nebraska 2. Minnesota T; Northwestern 0. North Carolina IA; Duke 6. Alabama ‘; Georgia Tech o. Southern Methodist 13; Baylor T. Syracuse 6; Columbia 6, tie. George town 6; NYU 0. Harvard Is; Davidson 0 Ohio State 19; Illinois 0. Michigan State 13; Carnegie Tech 6. Michigan ‘; Pennsylvania O.

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

  • FootballSHANGHAI FALLS! CHINESE SUICIDE SQUAD HOLDS WAREHOUSE AGAINST DRIVE (Photograph by George Krainukov and Norman Alley): SHANGHAI - The mighty Japanese military machine finally forces gallant Chinese defenders to abandon…Universal Newsreel, November 15, 1937. Catalog record at the National Archives

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)

Yale 75% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Yale leads 71–⁠45–⁠10 in 126 meetings, counting the 65 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Yale 13, Princeton 10
2024Yale 42, Princeton 28
2023Yale 36, Princeton 28
2022Yale 24, Princeton 20
2021Princeton 35, Yale 20
2019Yale 51, Princeton 14

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