Rutgers at Princeton

Saturday, September 24, 1960

Rutgers beat Princeton 13–⁠8. It was their 51st meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 44–⁠7.

AwayRutgers8–⁠1 in 1960
13
HomePrinceton7–⁠2 in 1960
8

FinalHigh 75°F, low 48°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Rutgers Beats Princeton in Final Minute

    Evening star, District of Columbia, September 25, 1960, page 81

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    Rutgers Beats Princeton in Final Minute PRINCETON, N. j., Sept. “a PA pulse-pounding finish today gave Rutgers its third straight victory over Princeton, 1873, with triple-threat Quarterback Sam Nude the hero through a laSt-minute touch down. Nude pushed the ball through a pile-up from the / with just over a minute to go. The winning touchdown, set up by a Princeton tumble on its 38, overshadowed two mag

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. Rutgers won as Elo’s underdog.

Princeton leads 53–⁠17–⁠1 in 71 meetings, counting the 20 since this game.

Recent meetings
1980Rutgers 44, Princeton 13
1979Rutgers 38, Princeton 14
1978Rutgers 24, Princeton 0
1977Rutgers 10, Princeton 6
1976Rutgers 17, Princeton 0
1975Princeton 10, Rutgers 7

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