Gettysburg at Princeton
Wednesday, October 7, 1903 Share
Princeton beat Gettysburg 68–0. It was their only meeting on record.
FinalHigh 74°F, low 62°F
In the newspapers

New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 8, 1903, page 9
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BIG SCORE FOR TIGERS. Princeton OUer1ohelms Gettysburg, 6S to O-PlaY an Rain. afternoon defeated Gettysburg. the team that held Lafayette down to IL points Saturday, 6S TO O., the largest that Princeton has made in years. The visiting team was light, and unable TO hold Princeton once for downs. A heavy rain In terfered with running, and caused many fumbles. In two minutes after the ball had been kicked off De Witt crossed for touchdown FOulke scored after a long of thirty-fve yards, and McGlave went through centre for third touchdown. Davis was tried in the play of the end around and brilliant runs and Cooney and De Witt scored. The first half ended 80 10 O. In the second half the Princeton team composed entirely of substitutes, made six more touchdoWnS The ground was too slippery for De Witt TO try anv GOALS from the field Reed in the game for the first time since last year. The lineup and
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 95% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Gettysburg–Princeton gamePrinceton leads 1–0 in their only meeting.
Around this game
Gettysburg
- Next gameat PennsylvaniaOct. 14, 1903
- SeasonGettysburg in 1903
- ProgramGettysburg history and records
Princeton
- Next gameat BrownOct. 10, 1903
- SeasonPrinceton in 1903
- ProgramPrinceton history and records
