Princeton at Army

Saturday, October 21, 1899

Princeton beat Army 23–⁠0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 3–⁠0–⁠1.

AwayPrinceton12–⁠1 in 1899
23
HomeArmy4–⁠5 in 1899
0

FinalHigh 60°F, low 34°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Saint Paul globe's story: PRINCETON VICTORIOUS. Defeated West Point Cadets by a Score of % to O.

    The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., October 22, 1899, page 10

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    PRINCETON VICTORIOUS. Defeated West Point Cadets by a Score of % to O. WEST POINT, N. Y, Oct. N-The West Point cadet football team met their third defeat of the season here this aft ernoon, the Princetons defeating them by a score of % to 0. The cadets did not play near as good football as they did last Saturday with Harvard. Kafer made the first touchdown within a few min utes after play began, and followed 1t by a second touchdown within few min utes Poe made the third touchdown before the end Of the first half In the second half Princeton managed to score one more touchdown, but missed the goal

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 73% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Princeton leads 6–⁠4–⁠3 in 13 meetings, counting the nine since this game.

Recent meetings
1982Army 20, Princeton 14
1981Army 34, Princeton 0
1942Army 40, Princeton 7
1940Princeton 26, Army 19
1938Army 19, Princeton 7
1908Princeton 0, Army 0

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