Penn State vs. Princeton
Penn State and Princeton have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1896; Princeton leads the series 5–0 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Princeton 5–0, and Princeton has won the last 5. Share
- Penn State wins
- 0
- Princeton wins
- 5
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1896
- Longest streak
- 5 Princeton
- Current streak
- 5 Princeton
- Last 10 meetings
- Princeton 5–0
- Most recent
- 1900
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 23.2 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- 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
- Princeton’s biggest win1896: Princeton 39, Penn State 0by 39 points
Both programs through the years
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
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 10, 1900 | Princeton 26, Penn State 0 | at Princeton | ||
| Oct 18, 1899 | Princeton 12, Penn State 0 | at Princeton | ||
| Oct 26, 1898 | Princeton 5, Penn State 0 | at Princeton | ||
| Oct 13, 1897 | Princeton 34, Penn State 0 | at Princeton | ||
| Oct 24, 1896 | Princeton 39, Penn State 0 | at Princeton |
Every game is listed as played on the field.