Army vs. Princeton

Army and Princeton have 13 meetings on file, the first in 1893; Princeton leads the series 6–⁠4–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s even at 4–⁠4, and Army has won the last 3.

Army wins
4
Princeton wins
6
Ties
3
Earliest on file
1893
Longest streak
3 Army
Current streak
3 Army
Last 10 meetings
even at 4–⁠4
Most recent
1982

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s0–⁠3–⁠1
1900s0–⁠2–⁠2
1930s1–⁠0
1940s1–⁠1
1980s2–⁠0
Average margin
13.2 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Army
2–⁠5–⁠3 Army’s record at home
At Princeton
1–⁠2 Princeton’s record at home
Shutouts
4

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Army’s biggest win1981: Army 34, Princeton 0by 34 points
  2. Princeton’s biggest win1893: Princeton 36, Army 4by 32 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Army and Princeton, 1893 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

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 New-York tribune's story of the 1893 game: CADETS SCORE AGAINST PRINCETON. THE TIGERS WIN THE FOOTBALL GAME AT WEST POINT THIRTYNIX TO EOUR

    1893 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Nov 19, 1893

  • The The sun's story of the 1896 game: CADETS WORRY THE TIGERS PRINCETON'S MEN COMPELLED TO PRAY HARD TO WIN.

    1896 · The sun, New York, Oct 18, 1896

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1898 game: PRINCETON AND WEST POINT TIE. TO ) THE sCORE-A KICKING GAME THROUGH oUT-CApETs IN BETTER CONDITION THAN THE TIGERS.

    1898 · New-York tribune, Nov 6, 1898

  • The The Saint Paul globe's story of the 1899 game: PRINCETON VICTORIOUS. Defeated West Point Cadets by a Score of % to O.

    1899 · The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., Oct 22, 1899

  • The The age-herald's story of the 1901 game: Two Teams Were Evenly Match ed Although Alabama Mas FaVorite in Betting A BATTLE FOR STATE PRIDE. Efforts Being Made to Arrange Game Between Tuscaloosa and Auburn. Manager Bragg Writes Man. aeer Meoueen Letter. RESULTS OF BIG GAMES. <h N Harvard, 33; Pennsylvania, 6. Princeton, 6; West Point,

    1901 · The age-herald, Nov 10, 1901

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 16, 1982Army 20, Princeton 14at Princeton
Oct 17, 1981Army 34, Princeton 0at Army
Nov 21, 1942Army 40, Princeton 7at Army
Nov 23, 1940Princeton 26, Army 19at Princeton
Nov 19, 1938Army 19, Princeton 7at Princeton
Oct 31, 1908Army 0, Princeton 0at Army
Nov 10, 1906Princeton 8, Army 0at Army
Nov 5, 1904Princeton 12, Army 6at Army
Nov 9, 1901Army 6, Princeton 6at Army
Oct 21, 1899Princeton 23, Army 0at Army
Nov 5, 1898Army 5, Princeton 5at Army
Oct 17, 1896Princeton 11, Army 0at Army
Nov 18, 1893Princeton 36, Army 4at Army

Every game is listed as played on the field.