Colgate at Princeton

Saturday, October 15, 1966

Colgate beat Princeton 7–⁠0. It was their 20th meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 12–⁠7–⁠1.

AwayColgate8–⁠1–⁠1 in 1966
7
HomePrinceton7–⁠2 in 1966
0

FinalHigh 71°F, low 40°F

On the newsreel

  • COLGATE SHUTS OUT PRINCETONA rugged Red Raider team from Colgate tackles the Tigers of Princeton before 34 thousand at Princeton's Palmer Stadium.Universal Newsreel, October 20, 1966. 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)

Princeton 69% to win. Colgate pulled the upset.

Tied 21–⁠21–⁠1 in 43 meetings, counting the 23 since this game.

Recent meetings
2015Princeton 44, Colgate 20
2014Colgate 31, Princeton 30
2010Colgate 44, Princeton 10
2009Colgate 21, Princeton 14
2008Colgate 27, Princeton 24
2006Princeton 27, Colgate 26

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