Harvard at Princeton
Saturday, November 6, 1954 Share
Harvard beat Princeton 14–9. It was their 47th meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 27–15–5.
FinalHigh 43°F, low 27°F
In the newspapers
Evening star, District of Columbia, November 7, 1954, page 63
Read the text
tumble Across Goal And CowIes’ Score Defeat Tigers, 14-o PRINCETON, N. j., Nov. g. Recovery If its own tumble over the goal and a 25-yard touch down run by Bob Cowles enabled Harvard to end seven years Of domination by Princeton today and win its 5O0th football game since 1874 by a 14–9 score. The 10000 fans were kept on pins and needles throughout the
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 64% to win. Harvard won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Harvard–Princeton gamePrinceton leads 51–37–7 in 95 meetings, counting the 48 since this game.
| 2025 | Harvard 35, Princeton 14 | |
| 2024 | Harvard 45, Princeton 13 | |
| 2023 | Princeton 21, Harvard 14 | |
| 2022 | Princeton 37, Harvard 10 | |
| 2021 | Princeton 18, Harvard 16 | |
| 2019 | Princeton 30, Harvard 24 |
Around this game
Harvard
- Next gamevs. BrownNov. 13, 1954
- SeasonHarvard in 1954
- ProgramHarvard history and records
Princeton
- Next gameat YaleNov. 13, 1954
- SeasonPrinceton in 1954
- ProgramPrinceton history and records