Rutgers at Princeton

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 20, 1946, page 36

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  Princeton Touchdown In Last I Minutes Beats Rutgers, 14–⁠7 PRINCETON, N. j., Oct. 19.- Princeton today jammed across a touchdown with less than two min utes remaining to snatch a 14–⁠7 triumph over Rutgers and continue it’s domination of the Nations oldest collegiate football rivalry. A crowd of $4,000, record for the 77-year- -old series, saw the Tigers unleash a 64-yard drive that culminated with Fullback Paul White crashing over from the 3-yard stripe with one minute and 26 seconds left in the game. Ernie Ransome placekicked the extra point just as he had done after White smashed over for Princeton’s first score on a 2-yard plunge in the second period. Rutgers gained a momentary lift when pass interference gave it the ball on Princeton’s % with 40 sec onds to go, but the Tigers stopped the Scarlet’s running attempts cold The win was Princeton’s 37th out of its 80 clashes with Rutgers and continued the Tigers Palmer Stadium record against Rutgers unblemished. The only two games the Scarlet has taken were played at New Brunswick-the first in 1865 and the second in 1888. The first game in 1869 was remembered during half-time when the Rutgers and Princeton soccer teams, dressed in old clothes ano tasseled caps, re-enacted two scoring plays of the contest won by Rutgers. six goals to four. Special spectators, wearing 10Th Century garb. cheered the proceedings

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 20, 1946, page 1

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  RUTGERS TRIUMPHS PRINCETON, N. j., Oct. 1912 Princeton damned across a touchdown with less than two min utes remaining today to snatch a 14–⁠7 triumph over Rutgers and continue its domination OF the nations oldest collegiate football rivalry. A crowd of As, ZOO. record for the 77-year-old series, was pulled to its feet as the Tigers unleashed a 64yard drive that culimanted with fullback Paul White crashig over from the three-yard stripe with one minute and 26 seconds left in the game.

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Princeton leads 53–⁠17–⁠1 in 71 meetings, counting the 33 since this game.