Rutgers at Princeton
Saturday, September 26, 1914 Share
Princeton beat Rutgers 12–0. It was their 29th meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 28–1.
FinalHigh 65°F, low 45°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, September 27, 1914, page 60
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VICTORY FOR TIGERS Princeton Employs Open Play and Defeats Rutgers, 1870. FEATURES FORWARD PASS Defeated Eleven Uses New Formation, Massing Behind Center, But Without Result. FEATURES FORWARD PASS PRINCETON, N. j., September 26.- Princeton won the first game of her foot ball season today from Rutgers by a score of IL to 0. Princeton enployed the open game almost entirely. featuring the forward pass, which was responsible for the touchdown in the third quarter, Boland passing over the goal line to Brown for the score. lib bott scored three points on a drop kick, and a safety by Nash added the other two. Rutgers used a new formation, massing all of its men behind the center. and it was almost impossible to tell who carried the ball, but the play netted them little ground. The lineup:

The Birmingham age-herald, September 27, 1914, page 14
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Princeton Defeats Rutgers Princeton, N. J., September 26.-Prince- ton won the first game of her football season today from Rutgers, 12 to O. Princeton featured the forward pass. Rutgers used a new formation, massing all men behind the center and it was almost impossible to tell who carried the ball, but the play netted them little ground.

Tulsa daily world, Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.], September 27, 1914, page 28
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RUTGERS NOT so LAZY Held Princeton Eleven to a IL To q Score. PRINCETON. y J.. Sept e. Princeton won the first game of her football season today from Rutgers. II TO %. Princeton featured the for ward pass. Rutgers used n new for nation, massing all men behind the center, and II was almost impossible TO tell who carried the ball
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 76% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Rutgers–Princeton gamePrinceton leads 53–17–1 in 71 meetings, counting the 42 since this game.
| 1980 | Rutgers 44, Princeton 13 | |
| 1979 | Rutgers 38, Princeton 14 | |
| 1978 | Rutgers 24, Princeton 0 | |
| 1977 | Rutgers 10, Princeton 6 | |
| 1976 | Rutgers 17, Princeton 0 | |
| 1975 | Princeton 10, Rutgers 7 |
Around this game
Rutgers
- Next gamevs. RensselaerOct. 3, 1914
- SeasonRutgers in 1914
- ProgramRutgers history and records
Princeton
- Next gamevs. BucknellOct. 3, 1914
- SeasonPrinceton in 1914
- ProgramPrinceton history and records

