Wesleyan (CT) at Princeton
Saturday, October 31, 1891 Share
Princeton beat Wesleyan (CT) 73–0. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 9–0.
FinalAttendance 3,000
In the newspapers

The Sunday morning news, November 1, 1891, page 2
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FAVORITES IN FORM. A Big Crowd at Gutenberg Yesterday Saw Exciting Races. NEW JERSEY SHOOTING Clubs MEET. Princeton Defeats Wesleyan-Athletics, Football and Lacrosse. NEW JERSEY SHOOTING Clubs MEET. The mild weather had happy influence on the attendance at Gutenberg yesterday. 1t was the largest crowd OF the present meeting, and they thoroughly enjoyed the sport, as the Jockey Club presented u splendid card. The results are appended First race, for two-year-olds, five fur longs-Batsman, 1; Faux Pas colt, y Gonzales, s. Time, 103X. Fourteen started. Betting-Batsman. and to 1; Faux Pas colt, to for place. Second race, mile and a sixteenth Perlid, /: Bohemian. q Insight, 8. Time, 1902. Betting z to 10, no place betting; Bohemian, 5 to 2 place. Third race, selling allowance, six fur longs-Tioga, l; Flambeau. 2; Bob Arthur 3. Time. 1.16H. Eight run. Betting Tioga, 2 to 5, no place betting; Flambeau. even for place. Fourth race, for all ages one mile Major Domo, /; Maidstone, Q; Tulla Black burn, 8. Time, LAX. Six ran. Betting Major Domo. z 10 2 and to 5; Mad stone. 2 TO s for place. Fifth race. for two year olds, selling al lowapces. six furlongs-Take Back, 1; Irregular. 3; Majestic. 8. Time, 1.16; sew en- ran. Betting-Take Back, 13 to 5, and 4to5; Irregular 2 to 5. place. Sixth rNce. selling allowances. six and n half furiongs- |; Torchlight, 2; Deraph.o, 3. Time, 1925: six ran. Bet ting-Epaftan, 4 to 5, no place bets; TorchiR4t, 2 10 /, place.

Pittsburg dispatch, Pittsburg [Pa.], November 1, 1891, page 5
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were the two teams as they ENDED IN DISASTER A Broken Wrist and a Onesidcd Score Stops the Princeton and Wesleyan Game. New YoRK, Oct. 3l-[Specidi. IA broken wrist and a onesded score put an end to the first game of the Intercollegiate Football Associations championship series on Man. haitian field this afternoon, when only 80 minutes of the second had been occupied. The opposing teams were the Princeton and Wesleyr.l e.evens; the score was 13 to 0 in Princeton’s favor and the player whose wrist was snapped was Howard, who played at lett tackle Un the Wesleyan team. There was crowd of about 5000 persons on the grounds. The Wesleyan men were a plucky lot, but put up a weak game. As for Princeton, no one would have recognized the team which met the Crescent Athletic Cubs eleven a few weeks ago. The Prince ton game has improved wonderfully, but it is still crude, and some hard work VIII nave TO he done to make the team strong enough 10 hold up its end against Yale on Thanks giving Day. In the first half of 45 minutes Princeton scored 46 points Princeton made 27 points in the second half
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 95% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Wesleyan (CT)–Princeton gamePrinceton leads 13–0 in 13 meetings, counting the four since this game.
Around this game
Wesleyan (CT)
- Next gameat HarvardNov. 4, 1891
- SeasonWesleyan (CT) in 1891
- ProgramWesleyan (CT) history and records
Princeton
- Next gameat Orange A.C.Nov. 4, 1891
- SeasonPrinceton in 1891
- ProgramPrinceton history and records
