Navy vs. Princeton

Saturday, October 10, 1942

Princeton beat Navy 10–⁠0. It was their 30th meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 16–⁠8–⁠6.

Neutral siteNavy5–⁠4 in 1942
0
Neutral sitePrinceton3–⁠5–⁠1 in 1942
10

FinalHigh 73°F, low 53°FAttendance 25,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL . SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, October 12, 1942, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL . SCORES The following are final scores of leading football games played last Saturday afternoon: University of Washington 15; oregon 2. Washington State 68; Montana Is. Oregon State T; UCLA 30. Santa Clara T; California 6. Cornell 8; Army 28 Georgia Preflight 26; Duke 12. Buffalo T; Washington and Jef- ferson 13. Maine T; New Hampshire 20. Baylor 20; Arkansas 2. Tennessee 34; Dayton 6. Rice T; Tulane IS. Dallas T; Oklahoma 0. Indiana 12; Nebraska 0. Georgia 48; Mississippi 13. Pensacola Pliers 0; Alabama 27 Brigham Young 12; Utah ‘. Minnesota 13; Illinois 20. Brown 28; Columbia 21. Iowa Seahawks 26; Michigan IA. Stanford 0: Notre Dame 27. Camp Grant 16; Iowa 33. Pittsburgh 6; Great Lakes 2. North Carolina 0; Fordham O. Boston College IA; Clemson T. Lebanon Valley 36; City College O. Case 24: Carnegie Tech 6. William and Mary T; Harvard T. South Carolina 0; West Virginia 13. Fort Monmouth 3; Lafayette ‘. Colgate 27; Dartmouth l9. Penn State 19; Lehigh 3. Butler O; Ohio University 6. Wayne 6; Michigan State 46. Southern California l2; Ohio State 28. Navy 0; Princeton 10. Pennsylvania 35; Yale 6. Amherst 25; Bowdoin 0. Rutgers 13; Maryland 27. Vanderbilt T; Kentucky 6. Western Maryland ‘; Boston University 0. Massachusetts State 6; Vermont 13. Bates G. Tufts O. Purdue T; Northwestern 6. Missouri g; Wisconsin IT. VMI 38; Virginia Is.

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 77% to win. Princeton pulled the upset.

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