Princeton at Columbia

Saturday, October 5, 1957

Princeton beat Columbia 47–⁠6. It was their 27th meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 23–⁠4.

AwayPrinceton7–⁠2 in 1957
47
HomeColumbia1–⁠8 in 1957
6

Final

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: FOOT BALL

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 7, 1957, page 1

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    FOOT BALL Continued from Page Ais and all goes after its 43d straight victory. meeting Texas this week, Fifteen Of the Sooncrs were stricken with the flu over the last two weeks. but they still dubbed Iowa State. 40-l4 Yet. Coach wilkinson and most OF his players were I’M happy They agreed the team played sloppily and would have to improve. Perhaps they were sad because Iowa State man aged to score on them for the first time since 1851. Five Unbeaten In Big Ten Five teams in the Big Ten remain unbeaten with two triumphs to their credit. They are Michigan State. the favor lite. Michigan. Wisconsin. Minnesota and Iowa Arkansas and Texas Ann ride herd on the Southwest Conference 80 all games with tho AggieS still showing they have what 1t takes TO win it all In the Ivy League. Princeton, which swamped Columbia. 47–⁠6. has moved into the favorites spot over Brown. while TenneSsee, the once beaten Southeast Conference choice, didn’t add to its stature with a Shaky 1919 triumph over Mississippi State. In the Southern Conference. leader West Virginia ventured into fast company and was Stompcd by Wisconsin. 45-l3. William & Mary. which meets the MountalneerS later this month. bounced back after two losses and upset Virginia Teen. 1877 The Citadel. bouncing back under Coach Eddie league, stopped previously unbeaten Davidson, 2l-7.

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 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Princeton leads 61–⁠12–⁠1 in 74 meetings, counting the 47 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Princeton 35, Columbia 7
2025Princeton 17, Columbia 10
2024Columbia 34, Princeton 17
2023Princeton 10, Columbia 7
2022Princeton 24, Columbia 6
2021Princeton 24, Columbia 7

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