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Georgetown vs. Princeton

Georgetown and Princeton have 9 meetings on file, the first in 1903; Princeton leads the series 8–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 9 meetings it’s Princeton 8–⁠1, and Princeton has won the last 3.

Georgetown wins
1
Princeton wins
8
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1903
Longest streak
5 Princeton
Current streak
3 Princeton
Last 10 meetings
Princeton 8–⁠1
Most recent
2017

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠3
1910s0–⁠1
1920s0–⁠1
2010s1–⁠3
Average margin
15.8 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Georgetown
0–⁠2 Georgetown’s record at home
At Princeton
6–⁠1 Princeton’s record at home
Shutouts
5

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Georgetown’s biggest win2012: Georgetown 21, Princeton 20by 1 points
  2. Princeton’s biggest win1905: Princeton 34, Georgetown 0by 34 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Georgetown and Princeton, 1903 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 sun's story of the 1903 game

    1903 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Oct 4, 1903

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1904 game: HOWARD PLAYERS ARE IN FINE FORM Crimson Eleven Plays as One Man YALE MAKES GOOD START In Game Marked By Brilliant Plays Princeton Defeats Georgetown. Other Results on the Gridlron. YALE MAKES GOOD START

    1904 · The Birmingham age-herald, Oct 2, 1904

  • The The Washington times's story of the 1905 game: BLUE AND GRAY BATTERED DOWN BY PRINCETON Georgetown Unable to Withstand Plunges of Heavy Tigers. SCOREDSIX TOUCHDOWNS Sons Of Nassau Showed Fine SCORED SIX TOUCHDOWNS Sons of Nassau Showed Fine Form in All Departments of the Game.

    1905 · The Washington times, Oct 8, 1905

  • The The sun's story of the 1915 game: GEORGETOWN GIVES PRINCETON BATTLE But Tigers. i'm Their Contest Under Coach Rush. Triumph by Score Of IL to o. AMES SENSATIONAL HERO

    1915 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Sep 26, 1915

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1923 game: PRINCETON TIGERS EASILY WIN FROM GEORGETOWN, I7-O

    1923 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 14, 1923

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 7, 2017Princeton 50, Georgetown 30at Princeton
Oct 8, 2016Princeton 31, Georgetown 17at Georgetown
Sep 28, 2013Princeton 50, Georgetown 22at Georgetown
Sep 21, 2012Georgetown 21, Princeton 20at Princeton
Oct 13, 1923Princeton 17, Georgetown 0at Princeton
Sep 25, 1915Princeton 13, Georgetown 0at Princeton
Oct 7, 1905Princeton 34, Georgetown 0at Princeton
Oct 1, 1904Princeton 10, Georgetown 0at Princeton
Oct 3, 1903Princeton 5, Georgetown 0at Princeton

Every game is listed as played on the field.