Gettysburg at Princeton

Wednesday, October 7, 1903

Princeton beat Gettysburg 68–⁠0. It was their only meeting on record.

AwayGettysburg0–⁠4 in 1903
0
HomePrinceton11–⁠0 in 1903
68

FinalHigh 74°F, low 62°F

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: BIG SCORE FOR TIGERS. Princeton OUer1ohelms Gettysburg, 6S to O-PlaY an Rain.

    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.

Princeton leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.

Around this game

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