Princeton at Pennsylvania

Saturday, October 17, 1942

Princeton and No. 8 Pennsylvania tied 6–⁠6. It was their 37th meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 31–⁠5–⁠1.

AwayPrinceton3–⁠5–⁠1 in 1942
6
Home8Pennsylvania5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1942
6

FinalHigh 59°F, low 50°F, 1.33 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Princeton and Penn In 6-6 Deadlock Al End Of Half Tiger Showing Against Quicker Powerhouse Threatens Upset BULLETIN.

    Evening star, October 17, 1942, page 1

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    Princeton and Penn In 6–⁠6 Deadlock Al End Of Half Tiger Showing Against Quicker Powerhouse Threatens Upset BULLETIN. FRANKLIN FIELD, Philadelphia R.-An underdog Princeton football team, aided by a sloppy field that hindered Pennsylvania powerful run ming attack, held the Quakers to a 6–⁠6 tie here this after noon. -

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)

Pennsylvania 78% to win.

Princeton leads 63–⁠31–⁠1 in 95 meetings, counting the 58 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Pennsylvania 17, Princeton 6
2024Princeton 20, Pennsylvania 17
2023Princeton 31, Pennsylvania 24
2022Pennsylvania 20, Princeton 19
2021Princeton 34, Pennsylvania 14
2019Princeton 28, Pennsylvania 7

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