Princeton at Yale

Saturday, November 13, 1943

Yale beat Princeton 27–⁠6. It was their 67th meeting; after it, Yale led the series 35–⁠22–⁠10.

AwayPrinceton1–⁠6 in 1943
6
HomeYale4–⁠5 in 1943
27

FinalHigh 50°F, low 30°FAttendance 13,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Waterbury Democrat's story: New "a Contract For YoIe's OdeIl

    The Waterbury Democrat, Connecticut, November 15, 1943, page 1

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    New “a Contract For YoIe’s OdeIl New Haven, Conn, Nov Is $50 Yale went ahead today with plans to continue football In 1914, subject To cancellation should the war make 1t necessary TO abandon the sport or reduce the schedule to In ira. mural activities. A new contract repeatedly was being drawn by the Yale Athletic Association for Head Coach Howie Odell, who finished UP the current season Saturday with 27–⁠6 victory over Princeton. Yale won four out OF nine starts. Meantime, q 1914 captain was TO >be chosen, and the choice lay between Tommy (TIger) Smith OF Wyncote, Pa, q guard. and Macauley WINNING, Birmingham, Mich. also a guard. Both are scheduled to graduate In l845. Smith has been one OF the acting captains since the mid season graduation OF Carta!n Jimmy Hopes, now OF the Marines.

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)

Yale 50% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Yale leads 71–⁠45–⁠10 in 126 meetings, counting the 59 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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