Fordham vs. Princeton

Fordham and Princeton have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1908; Princeton leads the series 3–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Princeton 3–⁠0, and Princeton has won the last 3.

Fordham wins
0
Princeton wins
3
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1908
Longest streak
3 Princeton
Current streak
3 Princeton
Last 10 meetings
Princeton 3–⁠0
Most recent
1913

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠2
1910s0–⁠1
Average margin
29.7 points; 1 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 Fordham and Princeton, 1908 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 morning journal-courier's story of the 1908 game: FIND FORDHAM EASY Princeton Rolls Up Seventeen Points in First Half of Midweek Game. NO SCORE IN SECOND HALF Fordham scares Tiger Subs by Ad- vancing Ball Close to Goal Line Work at Other Colleges.

    1908 · The morning journal-courier, Connecticut, Oct 22, 1908

  • The Evening star's story of the 1909 game: TIGERS SCARED. Fordham Holds Princeton Down to q 3.to.0 Score.

    1909 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 10, 1909

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1913 game: PRINCETON PLAYS SOME REAL" FOOTBALL Toys with Fordham. Scoring Touchdown After Touch. down at Will. WHOLE SQUAD HAS A TRY Freak Play Begins Game STREET Scores Four Times for Tigers-Law Also a Star.

    1913 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 5, 1913

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 4, 1913Princeton 69, Fordham 0at Princeton
Oct 9, 1909Princeton 3, Fordham 0at Princeton
Oct 21, 1908Princeton 17, Fordham 0at Princeton

Every game is listed as played on the field.