Yale at Princeton
Saturday, November 16, 1957 Share
Yale beat Princeton 20–13. It was their 80th meeting; after it, Yale led the series 40–30–10.
FinalHigh 62°F, low 40°FAttendance 46,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 17, 1957, page 1
Read the text
Ya|e’s Passes On Princeton PRINCETON. N. j., Nov. Is R.-Mike Cavallon, a tall end from Winnetka. H.. made three remarkable pass catches for touchdowns today and led Yale to 20–13 upset victory over Princeton. The loss dropped the Tigers half game behind Dartmouth,
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.
On the newsreel
- SPORTS — PRINCETON-YALEUpset in the Ivy League game of the week, as Yale's eleven topples the Princeton Tigers. Yale's aerial attack turns the trick to wrap up a 20-13 victory
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 63% to win. Yale won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Yale–Princeton gameYale leads 71–45–10 in 126 meetings, counting the 46 since this game.
| 2025 | Yale 13, Princeton 10 | |
| 2024 | Yale 42, Princeton 28 | |
| 2023 | Yale 36, Princeton 28 | |
| 2022 | Yale 24, Princeton 20 | |
| 2021 | Princeton 35, Yale 20 | |
| 2019 | Yale 51, Princeton 14 |
Around this game
Yale
- Next gamevs. HarvardNov. 23, 1957
- SeasonYale in 1957
- ProgramYale history and records
Princeton
- Next gamevs. DartmouthNov. 23, 1957
- SeasonPrinceton in 1957
- ProgramPrinceton history and records