Yale at Princeton
Saturday, November 14, 1953 Share
Yale beat Princeton 26–24. It was their 76th meeting; after it, Yale led the series 38–28–10.
FinalHigh 45°F, low 28°FAttendance 45,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 15, 1953, page 64
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Yale Spots Princeton IL Points Roors Back to Win, 20 to N PRINCETON, N. j., Nov. A. Two great passes by Jim Lopez in the last AZ seconds of play ended Princeton’s six-year rule over Big Three football today as they gave Yale a 1924 decision over the Tigers in the slightly hysterical finish of a great ball game. Yale, II points behind at the end of the first half. had taken the lead in the third quarter. only to fall behind again when Royce Flippin raced 50 yards to score for Princeton. Then Lopez, whose running had been a big factor in Yale’s comeback, began pitching against the clock. Yale got the ball on it Is with only “a
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 69% to win. Yale pulled the upset.
The series
Every Yale–Princeton gameYale leads 71–45–10 in 126 meetings, counting the 50 since this game.
| 2025 | Yale 13, Princeton 10 | |
| 2024 | Yale 42, Princeton 28 | |
| 2023 | Yale 36, Princeton 28 | |
| 2022 | Yale 24, Princeton 20 | |
| 2021 | Princeton 35, Yale 20 | |
| 2019 | Yale 51, Princeton 14 |
Around this game
Yale
- Next gamevs. HarvardNov. 21, 1953
- SeasonYale in 1953
- ProgramYale history and records
Princeton
- Next gamevs. DartmouthNov. 21, 1953
- SeasonPrinceton in 1953
- ProgramPrinceton history and records

