Princeton vs. Washington & Jefferson
Princeton and Washington & Jefferson first met in 1899 and have played 6 times; Princeton leads the series 6–0. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Princeton 6–0, and Princeton has won the last 6. Share
- Princeton wins
- 6
- Washington & Jefferson wins
- 0
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1899
- Longest streak
- 6 Princeton
- Current streak
- 6 Princeton
- Last 10 meetings
- Princeton 6–0
- Most recent
- 1907
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 18.2 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Princeton
- 6–0 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 win1907: Princeton 40, Washington & Jefferson 0by 40 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
1899 · The Topeka state journal, Kansas, Nov 21, 1899
1902 · The Washington times, Oct 19, 1902
1904 · The Birmingham age-herald, Birmingham, Ala., Oct 9, 1904
1905 · The semi-weekly messenger, Wilmington, N.C., Oct 3, 1905
1906 · The semi-weekly messenger, Wilmington, N.C., Oct 9, 1906
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 19, 1907 | Princeton 40, Washington & Jefferson 0 | at Princeton | ||
| Oct 6, 1906 | Princeton 6, Washington & Jefferson 0 | at Princeton | ||
| Sep 30, 1905 | Princeton 23, Washington & Jefferson 0 | at Princeton | ||
| Oct 8, 1904 | Princeton 16, Washington & Jefferson 0 | at Princeton | ||
| Oct 18, 1902 | Princeton 23, Washington & Jefferson 5 | at Princeton | ||
| Nov 18, 1899 | Princeton 6, Washington & Jefferson 0 | at Princeton |
Every game is listed as played on the field.