Cornell at Princeton
Saturday, October 23, 1954 Share
Cornell beat Princeton 27–0. It was their 37th meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 22–14–1.
FinalHigh 69°F, low 33°F
In the newspapers

The Key West citizen, October 25, 1954, page 6 (results column)
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Grid Roundup ~ With 0NtWtSG6t NEW YORK R-Monday’s foot ball wash, and keep the ink on those record books dry: Army’s 67–12 rout of Columbia was the highest recorded in the football series dating back to 1899 and it was the heaviest score ever rolled up against team coached by Lou Little -. Little, in his 25th year as Columbia coach, should have a crying towel to show the nations television fans when he appears on Ed Murrow’s Person to-Person show (CBS) next Friday night 49,. CornelPs 27–0 victory over Princeton marked the first shutout for a Tiger team in n game -. And when Ida h O stunned Washington State 100 it was the first time the Idahoans had been ale to pull the trick in % years. II unable to eat the Uclans any other way, Pacific Coast foes can hope that UCLA win simply run themselves out of wind -. Last week Red Sanders point conscious athletes rolled up a 72.O triumph over Stanford and Saturday it was TO over Oregon State :. Two Of the weekend’s most intriguing names: Jack Rabbits, who runs for touchdowns for undefeated West Virginia, and Bill (Bullseye) Bea. gle, the dead-eye Richard who passes for Dartmouth. Some Of the weekend’s athletes might be entitled to time and 4 half for overtime -. Billy HOOPER played 5S minutes for Baylor, com. pleted II Of Is passes, three for touchdowns, and accounted for 126 yards -. Purdue’s amazing Lennv Dawson passed to three touch. downs and converted three extra points in humbling Michigan State 27–1S m much the same fashion and almost the identical score that he cut down m ghty Notre Dame -. The Irish score was 27–14, Purdue -. Dawson has thrown II passes this year Tony BranoH figured in four touch. downs in Michigan’s $40 Little Brown jug victory over Mime. sofa -. Temple had six Commute men in its 1914 upset of Brown Cornell, suiting up only e in this age OF shock troops, had three men – q the yss Agaipst PEncekon. !, -
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 73% to win. Cornell pulled the upset.
The series
Every Cornell–Princeton gamePrinceton leads 54–30–2 in 86 meetings, counting the 49 since this game.
| 2025 | Cornell 20, Princeton 17 | |
| 2024 | Cornell 49, Princeton 35 | |
| 2023 | Princeton 14, Cornell 3 | |
| 2022 | Princeton 35, Cornell 9 | |
| 2021 | Princeton 34, Cornell 16 | |
| 2019 | Princeton 21, Cornell 7 |
Around this game
Cornell
- Next gameat ColumbiaOct. 30, 1954
- SeasonCornell in 1954
- ProgramCornell history and records
Princeton
- Next gamevs. ColgateOct. 30, 1954
- SeasonPrinceton in 1954
- ProgramPrinceton history and records

