Dickinson vs. Princeton

Dickinson and Princeton first met in 1901 and have played 3 times; Princeton leads the series 3–⁠0. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Princeton 3–⁠0, and Princeton has won the last 3.

Dickinson wins
0
Princeton wins
3
Ties
0
First meeting
1901
Longest streak
3 Princeton
Current streak
3 Princeton
Last 10 meetings
Princeton 3–⁠0
Most recent
1904

The series at a glance

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

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Dickinson and Princeton, 1901 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 New-York tribune's story of the 1901 game: Bowdoin. PRINCETON, %; DICKINSON. o.

    1901 · New-York tribune, New York, Oct 17, 1901

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1902 game: FOOTBALL. PRINCETON WINS IN LOOSE GAME TIGERS BEAT DICKINSON % To 0. But ARE NOT PROUD or THEIR SHOWING.

    1902 · New-York tribune, Oct 23, 1902

  • The The Minneapolis journal's story of the 1904 game: PRINCETON WAS RATIFIED Small Score Made by Tigers Against Dickinson

    1904 · The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., Sep 29, 1904

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

Sep 28, 1904Princeton 12, Dickinson 0at Princeton
Oct 22, 1902Princeton 23, Dickinson 0at Princeton
Oct 16, 1901Princeton 23, Dickinson 0at Princeton

Every game is listed as played on the field.