Navy at Princeton

Saturday, October 14, 1950

Princeton beat Navy 20–⁠14. It was their 32nd meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 17–⁠9–⁠6.

AwayNavy3–⁠6 in 1950
14
HomePrinceton9–⁠0 in 1950
20

FinalHigh 61°F, low 39°FAttendance 35,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Army, Oklahoma Should Stir Up Hot Debate OverNationoI Title

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 16, 1950, page 19 (results column)

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    Army, Oklahoma Should Stir Up Hot Debate OverNationoI Title Midwest-Okla h oma, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Wisconsin. South-Kentucky. Vanderbilt, Clemson, Maryland, Tennessee. SouthWest-Southern Meth. odist. Rice. Texas. Far West-California, Stanford, Washington. OF these, all are unbeaten and united except Penn, Notre Dame. Ohio State, Maryland, Texas and Tennessee, which have dropped q game apiece. Army, voted the Nations No. / team last week after the fall Of Notre Dame, got its best test in the game with aroused Michigan at Yankee Stadium. For more than a half the future generals were played off their feet but. with Sophomore Fullback AL Pollard in the most damaging role, they struck for three touch downs in five minutes of the last half to turn the game into q rout. WeatheraI Kicks Big One. Oklahoma subdued a favored Texas in the fading minutes when Billy Vessels smashed II yards to a touchdown and Tackle Jim Weatherall kicked the important extra point. The Lone Star States pride was aSsuaged in the night half of the Interstate double header at Dallas when Southern Methodist, paced by Passer Fred Ben ners, rolled to $50 victory over Oklahoma A. and M. Other members of the first 10, with the exception of giant killer Purdue, came through their week end assignments. The BoilermakerS, feted a week ago for their surprise triumph over Notre Dame, bowed to the University of Miami Fla.O, 20–⁠14. Kentucky, No. below Army. SMU. Oklahoma and Texas, had it’s goal line crossed for the first time, but stampeded over Gin cinnati, Alt. with Vito Parilli setting a new Southeastern Conference passing record of 338 yards. Stanford and California, the West Coast titans who are ranked sixth and seventh. turned back formidable adversaries to keep their records clean. The Indians walloped Santa Clara, 1918. while California stood off a Southern California rally in the dying minutes to win. 1877. The final gun caught the Trojans on CALIFORNIA; /. Other Outstanding Results. | Washington, another unbeaten Coast power, downed Oregon State, 1915. Maryland, eighth ranked, whipped Georgetown. 25–⁠14. Notre Dame, the fallen champion and No. 10 in the standings, barely eked past Tulane. 1879. Other outstanding results saw Northwestern down Minnesota, 1876; Penn roll over Dartmouth on a record performance by Reds Bagnell, 42–⁠16; Cornell beat Harward, 28–⁠7; Vanderbilt down Mississippi, 20–⁠14: Wake Forest trip North Carolina, 1877, and Prince ton beat Navy, 20–⁠14. Other top games this week in clude; Notre Dame at Indiana. Alabama at Tennessee. Penn at Columbia, Princeton at Brown, Ohio State at Minnesota, Southern California at Navy, Pittsburgh at Northwestern, Stanford at UCLA, Wisconsin at Michigan. Washing ton at Illinois, Yale at Cornell and Georgia at LSU.

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 77% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Princeton leads 18–⁠12–⁠6 in 36 meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
1984Navy 41, Princeton 3
1983Navy 37, Princeton 29
1953Navy 65, Princeton 7
1951Princeton 24, Navy 20
1950Princeton 20, Navy 14
1949Navy 28, Princeton 7

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