Johns Hopkins vs. Princeton

Johns Hopkins and Princeton first met in 1884 and have played 6 times; Princeton leads the series 6–⁠0. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Princeton 6–⁠0, and Princeton has won the last 6.

Johns Hopkins wins
0
Princeton wins
6
Ties
0
First meeting
1884
Longest streak
6 Princeton
Current streak
6 Princeton
Last 10 meetings
Princeton 6–⁠0
Most recent
1923

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1880s0–⁠3
1900s0–⁠1
1920s0–⁠2
Average margin
36.8 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Johns Hopkins
0–⁠1 Johns Hopkins’s record at home
At Princeton
5–⁠0 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. Princeton’s biggest win1888: Princeton 104, Johns Hopkins 0by 104 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Johns Hopkins and Princeton, 1884 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

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 Washington herald's story of the 1922 game: Princeton Easily Stops Hopkins EleUen, 30 to 0

    1922 · The Washington herald, District of Columbia, Oct 1, 1922

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 6, 1923Princeton 16, Johns Hopkins 7at Princeton
Sep 30, 1922Princeton 30, Johns Hopkins 0at Princeton
Oct 12, 1900Princeton 11, Johns Hopkins 0at Johns Hopkins
Oct 31, 1888Princeton 104, Johns Hopkins 0at Princeton
Nov 11, 1885Princeton 10, Johns Hopkins 0at Princeton
Nov 8, 1884Princeton 57, Johns Hopkins 0at Princeton

Every game is listed as played on the field.