Colgate at Princeton

Saturday, October 15, 1955

Colgate beat Princeton 15–⁠6. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 5–⁠3–⁠1.

AwayColgate6–⁠3 in 1955
15
HomePrinceton7–⁠2 in 1955
6

FinalHigh 70°F, low 61°F, 2.36 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Unde rdog Colgate Stops Princeton in Rain, 15-6

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 16, 1955, page 1

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    Unde rdog Colgate Stops Princeton in Rain, 15–⁠6 PRINCETON, n. u. oct. is tE1. “A pair Of sure-footed ball carriers and an alert end today car |ried Colgate TO q 1856 victory which knocked favored Prince ton from the tinbeaten football ranks in 3 driving rainstofm. John Can and Guy Martin marched Colgate So yards to Z touchdown lin the second period, Call scoring from the two. End Milton Graham added the clinchef when he recovered q tumble IN rrinceton’s. end zone before the second half was two minutes old. The Tigers. completely out played. fought back with D 81 yard touchdown run BY Bili DAM forth, substitute halfhack. mid way Of the third quarter but |Colgate’s rugged defenses threw back every other threat. Colgate’s lrst touchdown drive originated when Frank spefIc

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 59% to win. Colgate won as Elo’s underdog.

Tied 21–⁠21–⁠1 in 43 meetings, counting the 34 since this game.

Recent meetings
2015Princeton 44, Colgate 20
2014Colgate 31, Princeton 30
2010Colgate 44, Princeton 10
2009Colgate 21, Princeton 14
2008Colgate 27, Princeton 24
2006Princeton 27, Colgate 26

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