Princeton at Yale
Saturday, November 13, 1954 Share
Princeton beat Yale 21–14. It was their 77th meeting; after it, Yale led the series 38–29–10.
FinalHigh 43°F, low 27°FAttendance 11,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, District of Columbia, November 14, 1954, page 62
Read the text
Winning Score Comes In Lost Is Seconds Princeton Upsets Yale, n-74, As Injured FIippin Takes Over NEW HAVEN, Conn, Nov. 13. Royce Flippin, back in action for the first time in nearly a month, led fired-up Princeton to a 21–14 upset victory over Yale today. scoring all three Tiger touchdowns. The winning score came with only Is seconds left. Flippin’s performance. which included a 70-yard scoring dash early in the final period. was nearly equalled by a desperate Yale rally in the closing minutes. The Ellis, trailing by IA points, Tailed twice and added the extra points. A crowd Of 51,700 saw this 77th renewal Of an ancient series between traditional rivals that dates back to 1873. With the score tied. 14–14. and the game in its final moments, Princeton rolled So yards with Flippin bulling over from the 2 with the winning touch
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.
On the newsreel
- YALE vs. PRINCETONIn the 77th Tiger-Bulldog clash, Princeton's Royce Flippin comes back from a month on the sidelines to spearhead an assault that upsets the Big Blue in the closing seconds, 21-14
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)
Yale 65% to win. Princeton won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Princeton–Yale gameYale leads 71–45–10 in 126 meetings, counting the 49 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
Princeton
- Next gamevs. DartmouthNov. 20, 1954
- SeasonPrinceton in 1954
- ProgramPrinceton history and records
Yale
- Next gameat HarvardNov. 20, 1954
- SeasonYale in 1954
- ProgramYale history and records