Colgate at Princeton

Saturday, November 4, 1950

No. 9 Princeton beat Colgate 45–⁠7. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 5–⁠2.

AwayColgate5–⁠3 in 1950
7
Home9Princeton9–⁠0 in 1950
45

FinalHigh 70°F, low 54°F, 0.27 in. of rainAttendance 19,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Princeton Routs Colgate 49, Dartmouth Upsets YALE 10 Harvard, Princeton Alumni Charter Train for Game

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 5, 1950, page 43

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    Princeton Routs Colgate 49, Dartmouth Upsets YALE 10 Harvard, Princeton Alumni Charter Train for Game Harvard and Princeton alumni of the Washington area will call a truce in their football rivalry long enough to ride a special train to the Tiger-Crimson game at Princeton next Saturday. Scheduled to leave at $50 am. on the Baltimore & Ohio, the train will be met at West Trenton by special buses to take the group to Palmer Sta dunn. Friends, guests and relatiyes Of the alumni also are expected to be aboard. There will be special entertainment, and a private dining car to and from the game. Souvenirs also will be distributed. Further information may be obtained from Arthur G. Lam bert. Room 218, Munsey Build ing.

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 84% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Tied 21–⁠21–⁠1 in 43 meetings, counting the 36 since this game.

Recent meetings
2015Princeton 44, Colgate 20
2014Colgate 31, Princeton 30
2010Colgate 44, Princeton 10
2009Colgate 21, Princeton 14
2008Colgate 27, Princeton 24
2006Princeton 27, Colgate 26

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