Colgate at Princeton
Saturday, October 15, 1955 Share
Colgate beat Princeton 15–6. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 5–3–1.
FinalHigh 70°F, low 61°F, 2.36 in. of rain
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Colgate–Princeton gameTied 21–21–1 in 43 meetings, counting the 34 since this game.
| 2015 | Princeton 44, Colgate 20 | |
| 2014 | Colgate 31, Princeton 30 | |
| 2010 | Colgate 44, Princeton 10 | |
| 2009 | Colgate 21, Princeton 14 | |
| 2008 | Colgate 27, Princeton 24 | |
| 2006 | Princeton 27, Colgate 26 |
Around this game
Colgate
- Next gameat YaleOct. 22, 1955
- SeasonColgate in 1955
- ProgramColgate history and records
Princeton
- Next gameat CornellOct. 22, 1955
- SeasonPrinceton in 1955
- ProgramPrinceton history and records

