Princeton at Columbia
Saturday, October 5, 1957 Share
Princeton beat Columbia 47–6. It was their 27th meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 23–4.
Final
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Princeton–Columbia gamePrinceton leads 61–12–1 in 74 meetings, counting the 47 since this game.
| 2026 | Princeton 35, Columbia 7 | |
| 2025 | Princeton 17, Columbia 10 | |
| 2024 | Columbia 34, Princeton 17 | |
| 2023 | Princeton 10, Columbia 7 | |
| 2022 | Princeton 24, Columbia 6 | |
| 2021 | Princeton 24, Columbia 7 |
Around this game
Princeton
- Next gamevs. PennsylvaniaOct. 12, 1957
- SeasonPrinceton in 1957
- ProgramPrinceton history and records
Columbia
- Next gameat YaleOct. 12, 1957
- SeasonColumbia in 1957
- ProgramColumbia history and records

