Princeton at Harvard
Saturday, November 9, 1957 Share
Princeton beat Harvard 28–20. It was their 50th meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 29–16–5.
FinalHigh 56°F, 0.73 in. of rain
In the newspapers

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
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Princeton 67% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Princeton–Harvard gamePrinceton leads 51–37–7 in 95 meetings, counting the 45 since this game.
| 2025 | Harvard 35, Princeton 14 | |
| 2024 | Harvard 45, Princeton 13 | |
| 2023 | Princeton 21, Harvard 14 | |
| 2022 | Princeton 37, Harvard 10 | |
| 2021 | Princeton 18, Harvard 16 | |
| 2019 | Princeton 30, Harvard 24 |
Around this game
Princeton
- Next gamevs. YaleNov. 16, 1957
- SeasonPrinceton in 1957
- ProgramPrinceton history and records
Harvard
- Next gamevs. BrownNov. 16, 1957
- SeasonHarvard in 1957
- ProgramHarvard history and records

