Princeton vs. Yale

Saturday, November 14, 1942

Yale beat Princeton 13–⁠6. It was their 66th meeting; after it, Yale led the series 34–⁠22–⁠10.

Neutral sitePrinceton3–⁠5–⁠1 in 1942
6
Neutral siteYale5–⁠3 in 1942
13

Finallow 22°FAttendance 32,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Results of Football Games Yesterday

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 15, 1942, page 36 (results column)

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    Results of Football Games Yesterday North Carolina Naval, II; Manhattan, o. Holy Cross, Is; Temple, 0. Harvard, 7; Brown, O. Lakehurst Naval Air Station, IA; Lafayette, O. Navy 13; Columbia, 8. Army, 10; Virginia Tech, 7. Pittsburgh, 6; Nebraska, 0. Hamilton, ID; Union, IA (tie). Gettysburg, IL; Ursinus, 0. Yale, 13; Princeton, 6. Pennsylvania Military, IA; Juniata, 13. Grove City, IL; Clarion, 2. Drexel, 10; SusQuehanna, O. Swarthmore, %; Johns Hopkins. I.

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 66% to win. Yale pulled the upset.

Yale leads 71–⁠45–⁠10 in 126 meetings, counting the 60 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Yale 13, Princeton 10
2024Yale 42, Princeton 28
2023Yale 36, Princeton 28
2022Yale 24, Princeton 20
2021Princeton 35, Yale 20
2019Yale 51, Princeton 14

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