Princeton at Yale
Saturday, November 15, 1941 Share
Princeton beat Yale 20–6. It was their 65th meeting; after it, Yale led the series 33–22–10.
FinalHigh 59°F, low 29°FAttendance 35,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 15, 1941, page 3
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Princeton Perina and Rose rushing to the Yale 10 where a penalty and two incompleted passes stopped the Tigers Seymour broke loose around right end for 25 yards to the Princeton ~ and another thrust carried to the 10. but Harrison lost nine yards and pass from Taylor was intercepted by Perina and returned five yards IN Princeton’s “a. For the rest of the period the Tigers kept the ball In Yale’s end of the field with fine punting by BuSse and Perina. Princeton, 0; Yale, 6. Second Quarter. The kicking duel continued in the SECOND period Taylor OF Yale quick kicked 73 yards dead to the Princeton 6. But in another exchange Busse booted the Els back to their 20. Princeton took the ball again in midheld and started driving Perina and LaWry ripped of rapid gains for two first downs to pcnerate to Yale’s 29 before the drive was halted and Busse kicked out Of bounds on the Yale 15. Unable TO gain. Yale punted and Taylors boot was partly blocked by Headley. Lawry scooped up the ball on Yales 40 and returned it 10 yards. Then the Tigers ham, mered their way to first down on the Is. Perina passed to Peters 10 and three plays later Peters slipped over for a touchdown from the l. yard line. Perina’s place kick was goOd In the minute of play remanning, Yale took the kickoff and then was held for downs on its own 81. Princeton, 7; Yale, 6. Third Quarter. Yale brought the kickoff back TO its 80 and Seymour and Taylor punched to the Ellis 43 in two plays f. Then Harrison broke loose through left tackle and cut back on a 5l-yard sprint that was stopped yard from tlit SOdL DN NdDl. ISltIS vi ton. Seymour lost a yard and FUN bled and Allen recovered on the for Princeton. Peters punted out to midfeld. Two quick breaks came Prince tons way and the Tigers turned them into touchdoWns. After Yale got the ball TO its Al Taylors punt , carried only few yards. The Tigers claWed their way TO Yales “a in | four plays and then Peters reversed around his right end and outran | the Eli secondary for touchdown Greene blocked Perina’s placekick ! Yale came back to midfield after ! the next kickoff and then TavloI fumbled on his A while dropping back to pass and Wilson recovered Princeton plowed TO the 81 In short bucks and Perina threw a beautiful F pass TO Peters. who took on the l. ! yard line and stepped across. Per ! mas placement was good. Prince ton, 20; Yale, s. Fourth Quarter. After exchanging punts TO no avail | at the start of the final period Princeton threatened again Peters returned a kick Is wards to the Yale Al. Perina and Rose bucked fol frst downs on the % and II ir three plays. but tumble by Perins halted the drive Yale tried a long pass and Bartholemv juggled toss from Taylor on the Yale 43. Perina picked the ball out OF the air ano put the Tigers on the Ellis 40. / Rose pounded to the 25. A Is. yard holding penalty set the Tigers back again. They passed anc bucked their way back to Yale’s 8-yard line with Perina, Peters and Rose sharing the work The thrust faltered however. and Perina dropped back to the 13 to try a ! placement field goal with Peters holding. Peters fumbled the. ball picked it up and ran to the 10. Yale was unable to advance and tn, Tigers kept the ball in Yale’s terri tory until the game ended. Final Princeton, 20: Yale 6.

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 17, 1941, page 5 (results column)
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R@@T{DA{1{1 @ lA{3SW{2 IFS Mn The following are final scores of leading football games played last Saturday afternoon. Washington State Sl4; Stanford l3. Oregon State 6; California 0. Montana 16; Idaho O. Washington State Frosh 6; Uni yersity of Washington Frosh 0. Duke 20; North Carolina O. Army T; Pennsylvania IA. Brown T; Harvard 23. Illinois 2; Ohio State 12. Princeton 20; Yale 6. Tennessee IA; Boston College T. Mississippi State 0; Duquesene 16. Tulane 45; New York University ). Colgate 19; Syracuse 19, tie. Temple 0; Michigan State 46. Michigan 28; Columbia 0. Dartmouth 19; Cornell B. Wisconsin 13; Purdue o. Notre Dame T; Northwestern G.. Pittsburgh IA; Nebraska T. Minnesota 34; Iowa 13. Southern Methodist IA; Arkansas [. Missouri 2S; Oklahoma 28, tie.
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 53% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Princeton–Yale gameYale leads 71–45–10 in 126 meetings, counting the 61 since this game.
| 2025 | Yale 13, Princeton 10 | |
| 2024 | Yale 42, Princeton 28 | |
| 2023 | Yale 36, Princeton 28 | |
| 2022 | Yale 24, Princeton 20 | |
| 2021 | Princeton 35, Yale 20 | |
| 2019 | Yale 51, Princeton 14 |
Around this game
Princeton
- Next gamevs. NavyNov. 22, 1941
- SeasonPrinceton in 1941
- ProgramPrinceton history and records
Yale
- Next gameat HarvardNov. 22, 1941
- SeasonYale in 1941
- ProgramYale history and records

