Princeton at Harvard

Saturday, November 9, 1957

Princeton beat Harvard 28–⁠20. It was their 50th meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 29–⁠16–⁠5.

AwayPrinceton7–⁠2 in 1957
28
HomeHarvard3–⁠5 in 1957
20

FinalHigh 56°F, 0.73 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: TIGERS KEEP IVY LEAD Late Princeton Rally Downs Harvard, 1870

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 10, 1957, page 75

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    TIGERS KEEP IVY LEAD Late Princeton Rally Downs Harvard, 1870 CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Nov. 9 (P.--Tailback Tom Morris raillied Princeton for a pair of fourth period touchdowns and a 1920 victory over Harvard today in their pulsating 50th Ivy League football meeting. The senior from Columbus. Ohio. marched the Tigers “a yards after their second defensive stand of the half, cap ping it with a 10-yard scoring pass to Mike Ippolito who COL lected the two earlier touch downs. Fullback Fred Tiley, q consistent ground gamer and defender, booted his third sue cessive point and Princeton was ahead to stay 21–⁠20. But Morris was taking no chances and broke away on a fine 39-yard scoring run on which he cut to the outside and back again near the end. Tigers Keep League Lead The triumph kept Princeton atop the Ivy League standings a half game ahead Of Dart mouth. which defeated Column bia. TO. Harvard, never more splendid

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

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Our ratings (scores only)

Princeton 67% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Princeton leads 51–⁠37–⁠7 in 95 meetings, counting the 45 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Harvard 35, Princeton 14
2024Harvard 45, Princeton 13
2023Princeton 21, Harvard 14
2022Princeton 37, Harvard 10
2021Princeton 18, Harvard 16
2019Princeton 30, Harvard 24

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