Princeton at Pennsylvania

Saturday, October 13, 1951

No. 13 Princeton beat Pennsylvania 13–⁠7. It was their 44th meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 33–⁠10–⁠1.

Away13Princeton9–⁠0 in 1951
13
HomePennsylvania5–⁠4 in 1951
7

FinalHigh 61°F, low 45°FAttendance 60,000

On the newsreel

  • FOOTBALL! — PRINCETON-PENNAt Franklin Field, Philadelphia, the Princeton tigers claw the U. of Penn gridders, 13-7. Dick Kazmaier tosses several amazing aerials to get the red-hot Tigers goingUniversal Newsreel, October 15, 1951. Catalog record at the National Archives

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Princeton 54% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Princeton leads 63–⁠31–⁠1 in 95 meetings, counting the 51 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Pennsylvania 17, Princeton 6
2024Princeton 20, Pennsylvania 17
2023Princeton 31, Pennsylvania 24
2022Pennsylvania 20, Princeton 19
2021Princeton 34, Pennsylvania 14
2019Princeton 28, Pennsylvania 7

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