History Programs Cornell vs. Princeton Cornell vs. Princeton Cornell and Princeton first met in 1891 and have played 86 times; Princeton leads the series 54–30–2. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Princeton 7–3, and Cornell has won the last 2. Share
Cornell wins 30
Princeton wins 54
Ties 2
Longest streak 7 Princeton
Current streak 2 Cornell
Last 10 meetings Princeton 7–3
The series at a glance Deeper color: bigger margin
Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner ’0 ’1 ’2 ’3 ’4 ’5 ’6 ’7 ’8 ’9 W–L 1890s 1–7 1900s 2–6 1920s 1–2 1930s 4–3–1 1940s 4–1 1950s 3–7 1960s 2–8 1970s 4–5–1 1980s 1–1 2000s 2–5 2010s 4–6 2020s 2–3
Both ranked 1 meeting: Cornell 0, Princeton 1
Average margin 15.7 points; 36 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Cornell 16–20–1 Cornell’s record at home
At Princeton 34–14–1 Princeton’s record at home
Shutouts 23 Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Coach against coach Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Cornell’s side (Dobie 2–2 against Roper). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years Ticks under the axis: each meeting, in the winner’s color
End-of-season Elo ratings of Cornell and Princeton, 1891 on 1300 1500 1700 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 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 1891 , Wilmington, Del. , Nov 19, 1891
1893 , Indianapolis [Ind.] , Oct 22, 1893
1894 , Alabama , Oct 21, 1894
1895 , New York [N.Y.] , Nov 10, 1895
1897 , Minnesota , Oct 24, 1897
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 31, 2026 Cornell at Princeton upcoming at Princeton Nov 1, 2025 Cornell 20, Princeton 17 at Cornell Nov 2, 2024 Cornell 49, Princeton 35 at Princeton Oct 28, 2023 Princeton 14, Cornell 3 at Cornell Oct 29, 2022 Princeton 35, Cornell 9 at Princeton Oct 29, 2021 Princeton 34, Cornell 16 at Cornell Nov 1, 2019 Princeton 21, Cornell 7 at Cornell Oct 27, 2018 Princeton 66, Cornell 0 at Princeton Oct 28, 2017 Cornell 29, Princeton 28 at Princeton Oct 29, 2016 Princeton 56, Cornell 7 at Cornell Oct 31, 2015 Princeton 47, Cornell 21 at Princeton Nov 1, 2014 Princeton 38, Cornell 27 at Cornell Nov 2, 2013 Princeton 53, Cornell 20 at Princeton Oct 27, 2012 Cornell 37, Princeton 35 at Cornell Oct 29, 2011 Cornell 24, Princeton 7 at Princeton Oct 30, 2010 Cornell 21, Princeton 19 at Cornell Oct 31, 2009 Princeton 17, Cornell 13 at Princeton Nov 1, 2008 Princeton 31, Cornell 26 at Cornell Oct 26, 2007 Princeton 34, Cornell 31 at Princeton Oct 28, 2006 Cornell 14, Princeton 7 at Cornell Oct 29, 2005 Princeton 20, Cornell 17 at Princeton Oct 30, 2004 Cornell 21, Princeton 20 at Cornell Nov 1, 2003 Princeton 28, Cornell 6 at Princeton Nov 21, 1981 Princeton 37, Cornell 14 at Princeton Sep 20, 1980 Cornell 17, Princeton 7 at Cornell Nov 17, 1979 Princeton 26, Cornell 14 at Princeton Sep 23, 1978 Cornell 14, Princeton 14 at Cornell Nov 12, 1977 Princeton 34, Cornell 0 at Princeton Sep 18, 1976 Princeton 3, Cornell 0 at Cornell Oct 11, 1975 Princeton 16, Cornell 8 at Cornell Nov 23, 1974 Princeton 41, Cornell 20 at Princeton Oct 13, 1973 Cornell 37, Princeton 6 at Cornell Nov 25, 1972 Cornell 22, Princeton 15 at Princeton Oct 9, 1971 Cornell 19, Princeton 8 at Cornell Nov 21, 1970 Cornell 6, Princeton 3 at Princeton Oct 11, 1969 Princeton 24, Cornell 17 at Cornell Nov 23, 1968 Princeton 41, Cornell 13 at Princeton Oct 14, 1967 Cornell 47, Princeton 13 at Cornell Nov 19, 1966 Princeton 7, Cornell 0 at Princeton Oct 9, 1965 Princeton 36, Cornell 27 at Cornell Nov 21, 1964 Princeton 17, Cornell 12 at Princeton Oct 26, 1963 Princeton 51, Cornell 14 at Princeton Oct 27, 1962 Cornell 35, Princeton 34 at Cornell Oct 28, 1961 Princeton 30, Cornell 25 at Princeton Oct 22, 1960 Princeton 21, Cornell 18 at Cornell Oct 24, 1959 Princeton 20, Cornell 0 at Princeton Oct 25, 1958 Cornell 34, Princeton 8 at Cornell Oct 26, 1957 Princeton 47, Cornell 14 at Princeton Oct 27, 1956 Princeton 32, Cornell 21 at Cornell Oct 22, 1955 Princeton 26, Cornell 20 at Cornell Oct 23, 1954 Cornell 27, Princeton 0 at Princeton Oct 24, 1953 Cornell 26, Princeton 19 at Princeton Oct 25, 1952 Princeton 27, Cornell 0 at Cornell Oct 27, 1951 8 Princeton 53,12 Cornell 15at Princeton Oct 28, 1950 Princeton 27, 10 Cornell 0at Princeton Oct 22, 1949 8 Cornell 14,Princeton 12 at Cornell Oct 25, 1947 Cornell 28, Princeton 21 at Princeton Oct 26, 1946 Cornell 14, Princeton 7 at Princeton Oct 20, 1945 Princeton 14, Cornell 6 at Cornell Oct 9, 1943 Cornell 30, Princeton 0 at Princeton Oct 14, 1939 Cornell 20, Princeton 7 at Princeton Oct 9, 1937 Cornell 20, Princeton 7 at Princeton Nov 7, 1936 Princeton 41, Cornell 13 at Princeton Oct 26, 1935 Princeton 54, Cornell 0 at Cornell Oct 27, 1934 Princeton 45, Cornell 0 at Princeton Oct 15, 1932 Princeton 0, Cornell 0 at Princeton Oct 17, 1931 Cornell 33, Princeton 0 at Cornell Oct 18, 1930 Cornell 12, Princeton 7 at Princeton Oct 19, 1929 Cornell 13, Princeton 7 at Cornell Oct 27, 1928 Princeton 3, Cornell 0 at Princeton Oct 22, 1927 Princeton 21, Cornell 10 at Cornell Oct 26, 1907 Cornell 6, Princeton 5 at Cornell Oct 27, 1906 Princeton 14, Cornell 5 at Princeton Nov 11, 1905 Princeton 16, Cornell 6 at Princeton Oct 29, 1904 Princeton 18, Cornell 6 at Cornell Oct 31, 1903 Princeton 44, Cornell 0 at Princeton Nov 1, 1902 Princeton 10, Cornell 0 at Princeton Nov 2, 1901 Princeton 8, Cornell 6 at Cornell Nov 3, 1900 Cornell 12, Princeton 0 at Princeton Nov 1, 1899 Cornell 5, Princeton 0 at Cornell Oct 22, 1898 Princeton 6, Cornell 0 at Princeton Oct 23, 1897 Princeton 10, Cornell 0 at Cornell Oct 31, 1896 Princeton 37, Cornell 0 at Princeton Nov 9, 1895 Princeton 6, Cornell 0 at Princeton Oct 20, 1894 Princeton 12, Cornell 4 at Princeton Oct 21, 1893 Princeton 46, Cornell 0 at Princeton Nov 14, 1891 Princeton 6, Cornell 0 at Princeton
Every game is listed as played on the field.
