Princeton at Navy
Saturday, October 13, 1900 Share
Princeton beat Navy 5–0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 5–0.
FinalHigh 64°F, low 55°F
In the newspapers

The Scranton tribune, Scranton, Pa., October 15, 1900, page 7 (results column)
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Indians. st, Tlloula Games on College Gridirons. Saturdays biggest college game took | place at Cambridge, where Harvard rolled up “a points against Columbia, which was unable to score. This is the highest score the wearers of the GRIM son have run up this year and considering the fact that Columbia is the strongest team played so far, one is justified in saying that the Harvard players are beginning to come up bit and to round into the splendid form they showed during the seasons of 1898 and 1899. | Despite the comparatively high score, | however, the work done by the GRIM son players was not entirely satisfactory and the universal opinion of those that know in the foot ball world is that if either Yale or Pennsylvania | had been played Saturday the Cam | bridge team would have ANONYMOUSLY gone down to the tune Of about IL to o. However, the work showed marked | Improvement. Ristine and Campbell | at ends, showed magnificent form, and Captain DAILY played beautiful game at quarter back. Sawin showed up | we’ll at half back, and Ellis. at full | back, bucked the line with the same terrific force that last year earned him his place on the team. Ellis also punt ed very fairly, a department in which last year he was of absolutely no SER vice at all. The work of Columbia was very disappointing. The U. of P. met Brown at Phiadelphia, and in hard-fought contest defeated the boys from Providence by score of II to 0. Half Back Potter proved the Quaker hero, making sew eral long runs, while big Wallace, the blonde giant who plays tackle for the varsity, also made great forty-yard run. The Brown line proved surprisingly strong and repeatedly resisted the efforts of Wallace. McCracken and Hare to break through. Little Graves, the Pennsylvania quarter back, eXcelled Bates, the Brown full back, in punting, and in this branch of the game the Philadelphia collegians lead throughout the afternoon. Yale had no difficulty in disposing of Dartmouth, II to 0. on the latter’s grounds. The Yale line was practical ly impregnable and Dartmouth could not gain by either plunging or end rushing. Hale, the Yale full back, kicked poorly, but hit the line with terrific force, taking the ball seven sue cessive times for a net gain of twenty yards. Captain Brown and Sharp like wise did yeomanly work. At Annapolis the naval cadets prevented Princeton from scoring during the first half. and it was only towards the close of the game that the Tigers secured the lonesome tally which gave them the game, 5 to 0. Maths, the Princeton full back, was obliged to punt and the ball rolled behind the cadets posts, where Roper, the fast Princeton left end, dropped on it. At Ithaca, Cornell downed the Wash ington and Jefferson team, 16 to 5. The red and whites work showed a great Improvement. no trouble being expert cnced in scoring the three touchdowns. while the Washington and Jefferson’s score was made by goal frcm the field from the twenty-yard line. Nor rison did Cornell’s best work. Lafayette ran away with Swarthmore at Easton, winning out by score of “a to 2. Full Back Cure dropped field goal from the forty yard line by a place kick. John Horan, of this city, played we’ll throughout the game at right tackle. OTHER GAMES. West Point, 2s; Trinity, 0. Lehigh, IL; Bucknell, 6. University of Chicago, g.; University of Minnesota, 6. Carlisle Indians, 16; University of
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Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Princeton 64% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Princeton–Navy gamePrinceton leads 18–12–6 in 36 meetings, counting the 31 since this game.
| 1984 | Navy 41, Princeton 3 | |
| 1983 | Navy 37, Princeton 29 | |
| 1953 | Navy 65, Princeton 7 | |
| 1951 | Princeton 24, Navy 20 | |
| 1950 | Princeton 20, Navy 14 | |
| 1949 | Navy 28, Princeton 7 |
Around this game
Princeton
- Next gamevs. SyracuseOct. 17, 1900
- SeasonPrinceton in 1900
- ProgramPrinceton history and records
Navy
- Next gamevs. GeorgetownOct. 20, 1900
- SeasonNavy in 1900
- ProgramNavy history and records

