Lafayette vs. Princeton

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

1. Lafayette’s biggest win2003: Lafayette 28, Princeton 13by 15 points
2. Princeton’s biggest win1884: Princeton 140, Lafayette 0by 140 points
3. Upset2023: Lafayette 12, Princeton 9Lafayette had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset2012: Princeton 35, Lafayette 14Princeton had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset2025: Princeton 38, Lafayette 28Princeton had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Lafayette’s side (Bull 0–⁠3 against Hillebrand). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1892 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 9, 1892

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  1894 · Richmond dispatch, Richmond, Va., Sep 30, 1894

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  1895 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 13, 1895

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  1896 · The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., Oct 8, 1896

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  1897 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Nov 7, 1897

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Lafayette vs. Lehigh88 meetings, Lafayette 46–⁠38–⁠4
• Lafayette vs. Pennsylvania80 meetings, Lafayette 21–⁠55–⁠4
• Lafayette vs. Rutgers52 meetings, Lafayette 16–⁠35–⁠1
• Lafayette vs. Colgate49 meetings, Lafayette 11–⁠35–⁠3
• Princeton vs. Yale126 meetings, Princeton 45–⁠71–⁠10
• Princeton vs. Pennsylvania95 meetings, Princeton 63–⁠31–⁠1
• Princeton vs. Harvard95 meetings, Princeton 51–⁠37–⁠7
• Princeton vs. Cornell86 meetings, Princeton 54–⁠30–⁠2