New York University vs. Princeton

New York University and Princeton first met in 1901 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.

New York University wins
0
Princeton wins
4
Ties
0
First meeting
1901
Longest streak
4 Princeton
Current streak
4 Princeton
Last 10 meetings
Princeton 4–⁠0
Most recent
1951

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠1
1910s0–⁠2
1950s0–⁠1
Average margin
30.8 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Princeton
4–⁠0 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 New York University and Princeton, 1901 on13001500170019101920193019401950

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 Minneapolis journal's story of the 1901 game: Slight Improvement.

    1901 · The Minneapolis journal, Oct 10, 1901

  • The The Spokane press's story of the 1910 game: FOOTBALL

    1910 · The Spokane press, Spokane, Wash., Oct 8, 1910

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 29, 195118Princeton 54, New York University 20at Princeton
Nov 9, 1912Princeton 54, New York University 0at Princeton
Oct 8, 1910Princeton 12, New York University 0at Princeton
Oct 5, 1901Princeton 23, New York University 0at Princeton

Every game is listed as played on the field.