Rutgers at Princeton

Saturday, September 26, 1914

Princeton beat Rutgers 12–⁠0. It was their 29th meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 28–⁠1.

AwayRutgers5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1914
0
HomePrinceton5–⁠2–⁠1 in 1914
12

FinalHigh 65°F, low 45°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: VICTORY FOR TIGERS Princeton Employs Open Play and Defeats Rutgers, 1870. FEATURES FORWARD PASS Defeated Eleven Uses New Forma- tion, Massing Behind Center, But Without Result. FEATURES FORWARD PASS

    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 The Birmingham age-herald's story: Princeton Defeats Rutgers

    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.

  • The Tulsa daily world's story: RUTGERS NOT so LAZY Held Princeton Eleven to a IL To q Score.

    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.

Princeton leads 53–⁠17–⁠1 in 71 meetings, counting the 42 since this game.

Recent meetings
1980Rutgers 44, Princeton 13
1979Rutgers 38, Princeton 14
1978Rutgers 24, Princeton 0
1977Rutgers 10, Princeton 6
1976Rutgers 17, Princeton 0
1975Princeton 10, Rutgers 7

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