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Amherst vs. Princeton

Amherst and Princeton first met in 1907 and have played 11 times; Princeton leads the series 11–⁠0. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Princeton 10–⁠0, and Princeton has won the last 11.

Amherst wins
0
Princeton wins
11
Ties
0
First meeting
1907
Longest streak
11 Princeton
Current streak
11 Princeton
Last 10 meetings
Princeton 10–⁠0
Most recent
1934

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠1
1920s0–⁠5
1930s0–⁠5
Average margin
25.7 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Princeton
11–⁠0 Princeton’s record at home
Shutouts
9

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Princeton’s biggest win1934: Princeton 75, Amherst 0by 75 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Amherst and Princeton, 1907 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1907 game: PRINCETON TIGERS DEFEAT AMHERST.

    1907 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Nov 10, 1907

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1924 game: PRINCETON EASILY DEFEATS AMHERST

    1924 · The Birmingham age-herald, Birmingham, Ala., Oct 5, 1924

  • The Evening star's story of the 1925 game: Yesterdays Foot Ball Results

    1925 · Evening star, Oct 4, 1925

  • The Evening star's story of the 1929 game: PRINCETON BARELY DEFEATS AMHERST Tiger Eleven Hard Pressed to Exc Out 10 Victory in Opening Game. BY the Associated Press.

    1929 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 6, 1929

  • The Evening star's story of the 1931 game: PRINCETON TOPPLES AMHERST IN STARTER Druadt Leads Offensive, Netting Tigers 30 Win-Gains lo7 Yards by Rushing.

    1931 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 4, 1931

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Oct 6, 1934Princeton 75, Amherst 0at Princeton
Oct 7, 1933Princeton 40, Amherst 0at Princeton
Oct 1, 1932Princeton 22, Amherst 0at Princeton
Oct 3, 1931Princeton 27, Amherst 0at Princeton
Oct 4, 1930Princeton 23, Amherst 0at Princeton
Oct 5, 1929Princeton 7, Amherst 0at Princeton
Oct 1, 1927Princeton 14, Amherst 0at Princeton
Oct 2, 1926Princeton 14, Amherst 7at Princeton
Oct 3, 1925Princeton 20, Amherst 0at Princeton
Oct 4, 1924Princeton 40, Amherst 6at Princeton
Nov 9, 1907Princeton 14, Amherst 0at Princeton

Every game is listed as played on the field.