Princeton vs. Villanova

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

1. Princeton’s biggest win1905: Princeton 41, Villanova 0by 41 points
2. Villanova’s biggest win1943: Villanova 45, Princeton 22by 23 points

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Princeton’s side (Roper 5–⁠0 against Crolius). 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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  1907 · The Washington herald, District of Columbia, Oct 17, 1907

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  1909 · The Newark star and Newark advertiser, Newark, N.J., Oct 6, 1909

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  1910 · The San Francisco call, California, Oct 6, 1910

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  1911 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 8, 1911

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.

• 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
• Villanova vs. Boston College42 meetings, Villanova 14–⁠27–⁠1
• Villanova vs. Delaware40 meetings, Villanova 26–⁠13–⁠1
• Villanova vs. Detroit Mercy32 meetings, Villanova 18–⁠12–⁠2
• Villanova vs. Temple32 meetings, Villanova 15–⁠16–⁠1