Princeton at Army
Saturday, October 21, 1899 Share
Princeton beat Army 23–0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 3–0–1.
FinalHigh 60°F, low 34°F
In the newspapers

The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., October 22, 1899, page 10
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Princeton–Army gamePrinceton leads 6–4–3 in 13 meetings, counting the nine since this game.
| 1982 | Army 20, Princeton 14 | |
| 1981 | Army 34, Princeton 0 | |
| 1942 | Army 40, Princeton 7 | |
| 1940 | Princeton 26, Army 19 | |
| 1938 | Army 19, Princeton 7 | |
| 1908 | Princeton 0, Army 0 |
Around this game
Princeton
- Next gamevs. LehighOct. 28, 1899
- SeasonPrinceton in 1899
- ProgramPrinceton history and records
Army
- Next gamevs. DartmouthOct. 28, 1899
- SeasonArmy in 1899
- ProgramArmy history and records

