Princeton vs. Swarthmore
Princeton and Swarthmore first met in 1902 and have played 9 times; Princeton leads the series 9–0. Over the last 9 meetings it’s Princeton 9–0, and Princeton has won the last 9. Share
- Princeton wins
- 9
- Swarthmore wins
- 0
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1902
- Longest streak
- 9 Princeton
- Current streak
- 9 Princeton
- Last 10 meetings
- Princeton 9–0
- Most recent
- 1926
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 18.8 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Princeton
- 9–0 Princeton’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 3
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Princeton’s biggest win1903: Princeton 34, Swarthmore 0by 34 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
1902 · Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., Oct 2, 1902
1903 · Waterbury evening Democrat, Connecticut, Oct 1, 1903
1920 · The Washington herald, District of Columbia, Oct 3, 1920
1921 · Evening public ledger, Philadelphia [Pa.], Oct 3, 1921
1922 · Evening star, Nov 5, 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 30, 1926 | Princeton 27, Swarthmore 0 | at Princeton | ||
| Oct 31, 1925 | Princeton 19, Swarthmore 7 | at Princeton | ||
| Nov 1, 1924 | Princeton 21, Swarthmore 6 | at Princeton | ||
| Nov 3, 1923 | Princeton 35, Swarthmore 6 | at Princeton | ||
| Nov 4, 1922 | Princeton 22, Swarthmore 13 | at Princeton | ||
| Oct 1, 1921 | Princeton 21, Swarthmore 7 | at Princeton | ||
| Oct 2, 1920 | Princeton 17, Swarthmore 6 | at Princeton | ||
| Sep 26, 1903 | Princeton 34, Swarthmore 0 | at Princeton | ||
| Sep 27, 1902 | Princeton 18, Swarthmore 0 | at Princeton |
Every game is listed as played on the field.