Princeton at Yale

Saturday, November 12, 1960

No. 17 Yale beat Princeton 43–⁠22. It was their 83rd meeting; after it, Yale led the series 42–⁠31–⁠10.

AwayPrinceton7–⁠2 in 1960
22
Home17Yale9–⁠0 in 1960
43

FinalHigh 51°F, low 28°FAttendance 62,528

On the newsreel

  • YALE BEATS PRINCETON 43-22At New Haven the undefeated Yale 11 battles to Eli’s highest score over Princeton since 1931. “Bulldog” Tom Singleton stars throughout the game as the Tigers’ gallant fight fails to stem the tideUniversal Newsreel, November 17, 1960. Catalog record at the National Archives

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)

Yale 62% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Yale leads 71–⁠45–⁠10 in 126 meetings, counting the 43 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Yale 13, Princeton 10
2024Yale 42, Princeton 28
2023Yale 36, Princeton 28
2022Yale 24, Princeton 20
2021Princeton 35, Yale 20
2019Yale 51, Princeton 14

Around this game