Georgetown at Princeton

Saturday, September 25, 1915

Princeton beat Georgetown 13–⁠0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 4–⁠0.

AwayGeorgetown7–⁠2 in 1915
0
HomePrinceton6–⁠2 in 1915
13

FinalHigh 77°F, low 51°F

In the newspapers

  • The The sun's story: GEORGETOWN GIVES PRINCETON BATTLE But Tigers. i'm Their Contest Under Coach Rush. Triumph by Score Of IL to o. AMES SENSATIONAL HERO

    The sun, New York [N.Y.], September 26, 1915, page 1

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    GEORGETOWN GIVES PRINCETON BATTLE But Tigers. i’m Their Contest Under Coach Rush. Triumph by Score Of IL to o. AMES SENSATIONAL HERO PRINCETON. Sept. 25-John r. Rush. his bow to the Eastern football world In the stadium here this afternoon when his Tigers defeated the heavy and agg~rcsslve Georgetown team by a IL to o score. The contest was one in which Old style football prevailed. lire bucking and simple plays being abundant, with only a sprinkiing Of attempts al forward passing or trick plays. The work Of Dempsey, the freshman fulIback Of the Georgetown cOmbina,iuu. was sensa- .t.oual as regards both kicking and run ming. on the first two klckofrs he pro- PEELED the bal! across the goal line, n his puutS were long and We’ll directed. one run in the third quarter Ounted his team t~hirty-seven yards. His ou,y error was a costly fumblr OF his own l. ward line. Am”S was the iumiuary OF the Tiger team. HIS sensational runs brought the stands to their feet time aud again. At the start OF the second half he ran the ball back some forty-hve yards and shortly after pulled down a forward pass from shea and had gone “A full twenty-five yards before he was tacklel, ringing the leather within one yard OF the goal. \ play straight through the line cnbaled him TO carry the ball over at once. making princeton’s second touchdown. The first score came in the second quarter. but was due 10 Demp- “eN’s tumble rather thar TO any IN trirs’c merit of the Tigers. IN tn” fourth period Princeton started a march down the field. and with the help Of a startling thirty yard pass. Drigrs 10 ltayhill. came within “A foot and a half OF the lire before time was called. Rush removed Click from the fray as soon rs she urSt touchdown was made, ANA beginning with the second half in Jeytcd ~‘rubS into the lineup with notice ‘”I’ frequency. The entire line was changed at least once. while the bach heId also had its full quota Of substitu. IONS. The last tive quarters were inarked by more open play and frequent passing ON the part Of the Tigers. The lineup.

  • The The Sunday telegram's story: PRINCETON TEAM WINS OPENING GAME 0f the Season from George town by a Score Of s13 to-

    The Sunday telegram, Clarksburg, W. Va., September 26, 1915, page 11

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    PRINCETON TEAM WINS OPENING GAME 0f the Season from George town by a Score Of s13 to- PRINCETON N. u, Sept Is & ceton g eleven took advantage OF Georgetown’s weakness In fundaan4ntals this afternoon and defeated the visitors rs 20 in the first foot < Dali game Of the season here. Dis sastrors fumbles enabled Princeton ) tn score the first tally, while fash i ing runs by Ames and Moore, coupled with forward passes, gave The home eleven the second. Dempsex and Wall played q star game Tor Georgetown. The lineup and sum- \ mary Princeton. Positions Georgetown: j’s.. q Left end Highley cusack Mclean Ward Left guard sasnnert Mecarty Right tackle Kaufman Gormley Right end ‘ssl Quarterback Click Maloney Left halfbaek Right haitback Shea Wall briggs. Dempsey score by eprteds: Princeton. $50. o. 6 0–⁠13 GEORGETOWN. Z. u. 0 % 0 O. y Referee Morris, of Pennsylvania. Umpire Marshall. OF Harvard. Field Murphy. Of Harvard. Pennsylvania. as = ,...i Is Time of periods-1o, 8. 10. 9 minutes. Princeton scoring: Touchdowns, Shea Ames; Coal from touchdown, Love. Substitutions: Princeton, Heyniger for Halsey. Ames for stGlick, Latrobe for Kaufman. Hogg I for Love, Love for HogS Parisette ! for Mclean, Rahill for Hignley, Wilson for Brown, Semmens for GeHnert, Brasier for Love, Hogg for Brasier. Haas for. Moore. Mathtason for Shea. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES for Maloney, Fitzgerald for McCarty. Showalter for Gormley. Mcguire for Cusack, Green for O’Connnor. v =. ] ll. - 80 Z.

  • The Norwich bulletin's story: PRINCETON SCORES TWO ToUcHDoWNs ON GEORGETOWN Tigers Used Much Open Work and Worked Forward Pass.

    Norwich bulletin, Connecticut, September 27, 1915, page 1

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    PRINCETON SCORES TWO ToUcHDoWNs ON GEORGETOWN Tigers Used Much Open Work and Worked Forward Pass. Princeton opened the season with n victory over Georgetown at Prince ton Saturday. scoring two touchdowns and ending the game with the ball in her possession on the visitors one foot line. The score was 13 to o. A tumble by Dempsey in the second period gave Princeton the ball on Georgetown’s IL yard line. Shea carry ing IL over after several tries The second score came in the next period when Shea made a fine pass to. Ames, who ran Is yards to the vineyard line, from where he took II over on the next play. The Tigers were within scoring dis lance several other times, but the

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

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Our ratings (scores only)

Princeton 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Princeton leads 8–⁠1 in nine meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
2017Princeton 50, Georgetown 30
2016Princeton 31, Georgetown 17
2013Princeton 50, Georgetown 22
2012Georgetown 21, Princeton 20
1923Princeton 17, Georgetown 0
1915Princeton 13, Georgetown 0

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