Washington & Jefferson at Princeton
Saturday, October 6, 1906 Share
Princeton beat Washington & Jefferson 6–0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 5–0.
FinalHigh 70°F, low 54°F
In the newspapers

The semi-weekly messenger, Wilmington, N.C., October 9, 1906, page 1 (results column)
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EooTBALL GAMES YESTERDAY Carolina Defeated by Pennsylvania A and NJ. and Virginia Play Tie Game-Scores OF Other Cauas Philadelphia, October 6.-On a wet field the University OF Pennsylvania foot ball team defeated the University OF North Carolina today by the score oS IL 10 O. II was a poor exhibition os football under the new rules. Through out the entire game the sutherners made but one effort 20 advance the ball by line plays. and this was an end-run in the second half. which lost them ground. On every other occasion they kicked on the first down The Pennsylvania eleven strengthen ed By Capt. Green who played his first game OF the year, at right half back. relied for the most part on straight line plays, varied by an occasional use of the forward pass and the quarter back kick. They carried the ball go yards in thirty eight line plunges The quarter back kick was a good ground gamer for Pennsylvania Roanoke, Va. October 6.-At Char lottesville today. in n rearfully contested game of 20 minute halves. Virginia and A. & NJ. college OF North Carolina played tie game. score moth ing TO nothing Virginia gained the most ground but the visitors made the impression Of being the strongest team. Captain Johnson OF Virginia was the star of the game Lehigh, 6; George Washington. D. At Princeton, n. j., Princeton 6: Washington and jefferson. 0. At Williamsport Pa: Pennsylvania college, 4; arlisle Indians. o. AT Providence: Brown. II: Wesleyan, 0. At Ithaca, n. Y: Cornell. 25; Oberlin. 5. At Annapolis: Midshipmen. 0: Dick inson college, 0. At Cambridge: Harvard, II: University OF Maine. 0. At New Haven: Yale, SO: Syracuse O. At West Point: West Point, “a Trim ity. 0. At Ann Arbor, Mich: University OF Michigan. %; Case Scientific School Of Cleveland, O. At Hanover, Mass: Dartmouth. 16; Holy Cross, o. At Washington, D. c.: Georgetown, %; Gallaudet, 0. At Easton: Lafayette, %; Ursin L. S college, 0. At Richmond, Va: Randolph Macon 6; Richmond, college, O.
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 81% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
Princeton leads 6–0 in six meetings, counting the one since this game.
Around this game
Washington & Jefferson
- Next gameat Westminster (Pennsylvania)Oct. 13, 1906
- SeasonWashington & Jefferson in 1906
- ProgramWashington & Jefferson history and records
Princeton
- Next gamevs. LehighOct. 10, 1906
- SeasonPrinceton in 1906
- ProgramPrinceton history and records
