Williams at Princeton
Saturday, October 7, 1939 Share
Princeton beat Williams 26–6. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 7–0–1.
FinalHigh 81°F, low 54°F
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 9, 1939, page 5 (results column)
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FOOTBALL SCORES The following are final scores of leading football games played last Saturday afternoon: Stanford O: Oregon 10. Idaho 6; oregon State ‘. Washington State 0, Southern California 27 St. Mary’s ‘; California 3. University of Washington ‘; U. CHA. IA. Alabama T. Fordham 6. West Virginia 0; Pitt 20 Missouri 0; Ohio State 19. Bates 0; Harvard 20. Rochester o; Oberlin 12. Western Reserve 12; Ohio U. l4. DePauw 6; Ohio Wesleyan 33. Virginia Military Institute 2; Dav- idson O. Auburn 0; Tulane 12 Texas Christian 13; Arkansas 14. Iowa State 32; Indiana 29. Kentucky 21; Vanderbilt 13. Brown 20: Amherst Ia. Syracuse 6; Cornell l9. Rhode Island 0; Name 24. Franklin Marshall 2, Boston U. 13. New York U. 43; Penn Military 0. Michigan State 13, Michigan 26, LaFayette 0; Pennsylvania 6. Bucknell 3; Penn State l3. Worcester Tech 6; Coast Guard Academy 0. Williams 6; Princeton 26. Centre 6; Army 2. Columbia ‘; Yale 10. Louisiana State 26; Holy Cross T. Carnegie Tech 6; Temple 0. Colgate 0; Duke 37. Texas IT; Wisconsin T. Iowa State 0; Kansas IA. Minnesota 0: Nebraska 6. Georgia Tech IA; Notre Dame IT.. Oklahoma 23; Northwestern 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.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Princeton 88% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Williams–Princeton gamePrinceton leads 9–1–1 in 11 meetings, counting the three since this game.
| 1950 | Princeton 66, Williams 0 | |
| 1942 | Williams 19, Princeton 7 | |
| 1941 | Princeton 20, Williams 7 | |
| 1939 | Princeton 26, Williams 6 | |
| 1938 | Princeton 39, Williams 0 | |
| 1936 | Princeton 27, Williams 7 |
Around this game
Williams
- Next gameat ArmyOct. 5, 1940
- SeasonWilliams in 1939
- ProgramWilliams history and records
Princeton
- Next gamevs. CornellOct. 14, 1939
- SeasonPrinceton in 1939
- ProgramPrinceton history and records
