Holy Cross vs. Princeton

Holy Cross and Princeton first met in 1910 and have played 4 times; Princeton leads the series 4–⁠0. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Princeton 4–⁠0, and Princeton has won the last 4.

Holy Cross wins
0
Princeton wins
4
Ties
0
First meeting
1910
Longest streak
4 Princeton
Current streak
4 Princeton
Last 10 meetings
Princeton 4–⁠0
Most recent
1916

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s0–⁠4
Average margin
28 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Holy Cross
0–⁠1 Holy Cross’s record at home
At Princeton
3–⁠0 Princeton’s record at home
Shutouts
4

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 Holy Cross and Princeton, 1910 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 Norwich bulletin's story of the 1910 game: PRINCETON WINS, IL TO o. Tigers Not Up to Best Form in Defeat ing Holy Cross.

    1910 · Norwich bulletin, Norwich, Conn., Nov 7, 1910

  • The Evening star's story of the 1911 game: TIGERS GOOD FORM Show Surprisingly Well in Holy Cross Game. |0PEN PLAY FEATURES Long End Runs, Onside Kicks and Forward Passes Win for Princeton.

    1911 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 29, 1911

  • The The Detroit times's story of the 1913 game: GLOOM AT YALE IS THE THICKEST THING IN EAST If You're An Old Yale Player You're Requested to Go and Coach the Ellis HARVARD Is STILL THE CLASS OF THE ELITE Princeton Prospects Now Look Brighter, Following Defeat of Holy Cross

    1913 · The Detroit times, Detroit, Mich., Nov 3, 1913

  • The The sun's story of the 1916 game: Tigers Make Suitable Showing in First Game Punting and Plungng of briggs Help Princeton Defeat Holy Cross, 81 to 0, in Initial Contest of the Season.

    1916 · The sun, Oct 1, 1916

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 30, 1916Princeton 21, Holy Cross 0at Holy Cross
Nov 1, 1913Princeton 54, Holy Cross 0at Princeton
Oct 28, 1911Princeton 20, Holy Cross 0at Princeton
Nov 5, 1910Princeton 17, Holy Cross 0at Princeton

Every game is listed as played on the field.