North Carolina vs. Princeton

North Carolina and Princeton have 2 meetings on file, the first in 1899; Princeton leads the series 2–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 2 meetings it’s Princeton 2–⁠0, and Princeton has won the last 2.

North Carolina wins
0
Princeton wins
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1899
Longest streak
2 Princeton
Current streak
2 Princeton
Last 10 meetings
Princeton 2–⁠0
Most recent
1916

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of North Carolina and Princeton, 1899 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 times's story of the 1899 game: TIRE TIGERS. RBSIS3LBSS North Carolina University Beaten by a Score of 80 to 0. The Southern Champions Tackle a Hard PrOblem-EiEhtecn Points in Fifteen Minutes by Mass Playa Team of Substitutes in the second Half - Princeton's OG-Side work.

    1899 · The times, Nov 9, 1899

  • The The sun's story of the 1916 game: NORTH CAROLINA Is EASY FOR PRINCETON SOutherncrs, Outclassed From Start, Are Defeated by Score Of 20 to q. TIGER SUBS ARE USED

    1916 · The sun, New York, Oct 8, 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

Oct 7, 1916Princeton 29, North Carolina 0at Princeton
Nov 8, 1899Princeton 30, North Carolina 0at Princeton

Every game is listed as played on the field.