Yale at Princeton

Saturday, November 12, 1955

Princeton beat Yale 13–⁠0. It was their 78th meeting; after it, Yale led the series 38–⁠30–⁠10.

AwayYale7–⁠2 in 1955
0
HomePrinceton7–⁠2 in 1955
13

FinalHigh 65°F, low 39°FAttendance 46,000

On the newsreel

  • PRINCETONYALE - With an impressive win over Army behind them, the Bulldog tackles its ancient Tiger foe, and gets severely clawed.Universal Newsreel, November 14, 1955. Catalog record at the National Archives

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)

Princeton 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Yale leads 71–⁠45–⁠10 in 126 meetings, counting the 48 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Yale 13, Princeton 10
2024Yale 42, Princeton 28
2023Yale 36, Princeton 28
2022Yale 24, Princeton 20
2021Princeton 35, Yale 20
2019Yale 51, Princeton 14

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