Navy at Princeton

Saturday, November 20, 1937

Princeton beat Navy 26–⁠6. It was their 25th meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 14–⁠6–⁠5.

AwayNavy4–⁠4–⁠1 in 1937
6
HomePrinceton4–⁠4 in 1937
26

FinalHigh 38°F, low 35°F, 0.06 in. of rainAttendance 48,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 22, 1937, page 18

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    lumbia’s fifth defeat of the season, marking the first time in LOUIS II years OF coaching that he has dropped five games campaign. And isn’t the STAN ford Indian stalking across the country TO play Columbia this week? Ouch! PRINCETON. 26; Navy. 6-It looks as if Navy left its football at the Capitol Theater. This positively is not the MILDLY team which swept to an undefeated season in Navy Blue and Gold’ and under Mr.. Carter Barron S auspices. Maybe the Navy didn’t have Robert Young along when it went up to New Jersey to play the Tigers.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOT BALL ga IA{3SW{5 is re

    The Daily Alaska empire, Juneau, Alaska, November 22, 1937, page 1 (results column)

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    FOOT BALL ga IA{3SW{5 is re The following are final scores of principal football games played last afternoon: Oregon 0; Washington A. Washington State 7; oregon State 0. California 10; Stanford 0. Montana 0; Idaho 6. Loyola 10; Baylor 81. Kansas z; Arizona 9. Texas Tech. Z; Centenary 2. Southern Methodist 26; UCLA 10. Harvard 10; Yale g. Dartmouth 81; Columbia o. Pittsburgh %; Penn State 7. Holy Cross o; Carnegie Tech 0, tie. Colgate 7; Syracuse 0. Fordham 6; st. Mary’s O. Princeton 26; Navy 6. Minnesota 10; Wisconsin 6. Notre Dame 7; Northwestern 0. Texas Christian Z; Rice 0. Illinois 81; Chicago 0, Duke TO- North Carolina State T.. Purdue 10; Indiana T. SUNDAY GAMES Gonzaga 3; Portland University 3.

  • The Imperial Valley press's story: Football Results

    Imperial Valley press, California, November 21, 1937, page 1 (results column)

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    Football Results Harvard 13; Yale 6 FOrdham 6; st. Mary’s 0 Pitt %; Pen State Z Syracuse 0; Colgate Lehigh0; Lafayette 6 Holy Cross 0; Carnegie Tech 0 Columbia 0; Dartmouth q Army Al; st. Johns 6 Duke 20; North Carolina Z Mich. 0; Ohio State 81 Princeton 26; Navy 6 Purdue 13; Indiana ! Notre Dame !; Northwestern 0 Texas Christian !; Rice 2 MINI. 13; Wise. 6 Marquette 13; Duquesne 6 Iowa State 13; Kansas State 7 Tulane 33; Sewanee Z

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)

Navy 56% to win. Princeton won as Elo’s underdog.

Princeton leads 18–⁠12–⁠6 in 36 meetings, counting the 11 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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