New York University at Princeton

Saturday, October 5, 1901

Princeton beat New York University 23–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayNew York University0–⁠2 in 1901
0
HomePrinceton9–⁠1–⁠1 in 1901
23

FinalHigh 57°F, low 38°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Minneapolis journal's story: Slight Improvement.

    The Minneapolis journal, October 10, 1901, page 8

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    Slight Improvement. Princeton, N. j., Oct. ~1O.-Prineeton defeated the New York university football team here yesterday by the score of 23 to 0. The Her backs failed to gain through the line and he general team work was ragged. Princeton did not show up so strongly as in Saturdays game. Her backs fumbled fire. good.

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 95% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Princeton leads 4–⁠0 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1951Princeton 54, New York University 20
1912Princeton 54, New York University 0
1910Princeton 12, New York University 0
1901Princeton 23, New York University 0

Around this game

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