Colgate vs. Princeton

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

1. Colgate’s biggest win2010: Colgate 44, Princeton 10by 34 points
2. Princeton’s biggest win1963: Princeton 42, Colgate 0by 42 points
3. Upset1957: Colgate 12, Princeton 10Colgate had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1962: Colgate 16, Princeton 15Colgate had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1961: Colgate 15, Princeton 0Colgate had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Colgate’s side (Lahar 1–⁠1–⁠1 against Caldwell). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1911 · The Washington herald, District of Columbia, Oct 15, 1911

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  1919 · Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, Oct 26, 1919

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  1921 · The New York herald, New York, Oct 9, 1921

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  1922 · The New York herald, New York, Oct 15, 1922

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  1950 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 5, 1950

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Colgate vs. Cornell90 meetings, Colgate 39–⁠48–⁠3
• Colgate vs. Holy Cross67 meetings, Colgate 32–⁠30–⁠5
• Colgate vs. Syracuse61 meetings, Colgate 25–⁠32–⁠4
• Colgate vs. Bucknell55 meetings, Colgate 42–⁠13
• Princeton vs. Yale126 meetings, Princeton 45–⁠71–⁠10
• Princeton vs. Pennsylvania95 meetings, Princeton 63–⁠31–⁠1
• Princeton vs. Harvard95 meetings, Princeton 51–⁠37–⁠7
• Princeton vs. Cornell86 meetings, Princeton 54–⁠30–⁠2