Princeton vs. Yale

Princeton and Yale first met in 1873 and have played 126 times; Yale leads the series 71–⁠45–⁠10. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Yale 7–⁠3, and Yale has won the last 4. Share

Next meetingSaturday, November 14, 2026Princeton at Yale, Yale BowlElo ratings today: Princeton 1,353 · Yale 1,392

Princeton wins: 45
Yale wins: 71
Ties: 10
First meeting: 1873
Longest streak: 14 Yale
Current streak: 4 Yale
Last 10 meetings: Yale 7–⁠3
Most recent: 2025

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
	’0	’1	’2	’3	’4	’5	’6	’7	’8	’9	W–L
1870s											2–⁠1–⁠2
1880s											2–⁠4–⁠4
1890s											4–⁠6
1900s											1–⁠8–⁠1
1910s											2–⁠4–⁠2
1920s											5–⁠5
1930s											4–⁠5–⁠1
1940s											5–⁠4
1950s											6–⁠4
1960s											6–⁠4
1970s											0–⁠10
1980s											1–⁠1
2000s											2–⁠5
2010s											4–⁠6
2020s											1–⁠4

Average margin: 11.9 points; 52 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Princeton: 22–⁠31–⁠4 Princeton’s record at home
At Yale: 39–⁠23–⁠6 Yale’s record at home
Neutral sites: 0–⁠1 Princeton first
Shutouts: 29

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

Games that tell the story

Princeton’s biggest win2013: Princeton 59, Yale 23by 36 points
Yale’s biggest win2019: Yale 51, Princeton 14by 37 points
Upset1981: Princeton 35, Yale 31Princeton had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Upset1934: Yale 7, Princeton 0Yale had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Upset1925: Princeton 25, Yale 12Princeton had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

Years	Princeton	Series	Yale
1920–⁠1927	Bill Roper	4–⁠4	Tad Jones
1928–⁠1930	Bill Roper	1–⁠2	Mal Stevens
1934–⁠1937	Fritz Crisler	1–⁠3	Ducky Pond
1938–⁠1940	Tad Wieman	3–⁠0	Ducky Pond
1945–⁠1947	Charles Caldwell	1–⁠2	Howard Odell
1948–⁠1951	Charles Caldwell	4–⁠0	Herman Hickman
1952–⁠1956	Charles Caldwell	3–⁠2	Jordan Olivar
1957–⁠1962	Richard Colman	3–⁠3	Jordan Olivar
1965–⁠1968	Richard Colman	2–⁠2	Carmen Cozza
1969–⁠1972	Jake McCandless	0–⁠4	Carmen Cozza
1973–⁠1977	Robert Casciola	0–⁠5	Carmen Cozza
1978–⁠1981	Frank Navarro	1–⁠3	Carmen Cozza

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Princeton’s side (Roper 4–⁠4 against Jones). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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

1878 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Nov 29, 1878
1880 · Morning journal and courier, Connecticut, Nov 27, 1880
1883 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Nov 25, 1883
1885 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Nov 22, 1885
1886 · Morning journal and courier, Connecticut, Nov 27, 1886

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.

Photos

Yale-Princeton game, 11/16/46Photo: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, no known restrictions on publication
The 1946 game
Yale – Princeton football game, Nov. 13, 1915, New HavenPhoto: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Panoramic photographs, no known restrictions on publication
The 1915 game

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited), and the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division (no known restrictions on publication).

Every game

Nov 14, 2026	Princeton at Yale upcoming	at Yale
Nov 15, 2025	Yale 13, Princeton 10	at Princeton
Nov 16, 2024	Yale 42, Princeton 28	at Yale
Nov 11, 2023	Yale 36, Princeton 28	at Princeton
Nov 12, 2022	Yale 24, Princeton 20	at Yale
Nov 13, 2021	Princeton 35, Yale 20	at Princeton
Nov 16, 2019	Yale 51, Princeton 14	at Princeton
Nov 10, 2018	Princeton 59, Yale 43	at Yale
Nov 11, 2017	Yale 35, Princeton 31	at Princeton
Nov 12, 2016	Princeton 31, Yale 3	at Yale
Nov 14, 2015	Yale 35, Princeton 28	at Princeton
Nov 15, 2014	Yale 44, Princeton 30	at Yale
Nov 16, 2013	Princeton 59, Yale 23	at Princeton
Nov 10, 2012	Princeton 29, Yale 7	at Yale
Nov 12, 2011	Yale 33, Princeton 24	at Princeton
Nov 13, 2010	Yale 14, Princeton 13	at Yale
Nov 14, 2009	Princeton 24, Yale 17	at Princeton
Nov 15, 2008	Yale 14, Princeton 0	at Yale
Nov 10, 2007	Yale 27, Princeton 6	at Princeton
Nov 11, 2006	Princeton 34, Yale 31	at Yale
Nov 12, 2005	Yale 21, Princeton 14	at Princeton
Nov 13, 2004	Yale 21, Princeton 9	at Yale
Nov 15, 2003	Yale 27, Princeton 24	at Princeton
Nov 14, 1981	Princeton 35, Yale 31	at Princeton
Nov 15, 1980	Yale 25, Princeton 13	at Yale
Nov 10, 1979	Yale 35, Princeton 10	at Princeton
Nov 11, 1978	Yale 23, Princeton 7	at Yale
Nov 5, 1977	Yale 44, Princeton 8	at Princeton
Nov 6, 1976	Yale 39, Princeton 7	at Yale
Nov 15, 1975	Yale 24, Princeton 13	at Princeton
Nov 16, 1974	Yale 19, Princeton 6	at Yale
Nov 17, 1973	Yale 30, Princeton 13	at Princeton
Nov 18, 1972	Yale 31, Princeton 7	at Yale
Nov 13, 1971	Yale 10, Princeton 6	at Princeton
Nov 14, 1970	Yale 27, Princeton 22	at Yale
Nov 15, 1969	Yale 17, Princeton 14	at Princeton
Nov 16, 1968	Yale 42, Princeton 17	at Yale
Nov 18, 1967	Yale 29, Princeton 7	at Princeton
Nov 12, 1966	Princeton 13, Yale 7	at Yale
Nov 13, 1965	Princeton 31, Yale 6	at Princeton
Nov 14, 1964	Princeton 35, Yale 14	at Yale
Nov 16, 1963	Princeton 27, Yale 7	at Princeton
Nov 17, 1962	Princeton 14, Yale 10	at Yale
Nov 18, 1961	Princeton 26, Yale 16	at Princeton
Nov 12, 1960	17Yale 43, Princeton 22	at Yale
Nov 14, 1959	Yale 38, Princeton 20	at Princeton
Nov 15, 1958	Princeton 50, Yale 14	at Yale
Nov 16, 1957	Yale 20, Princeton 13	at Princeton
Nov 17, 1956	Yale 42, 20Princeton 20	at Yale
Nov 12, 1955	Princeton 13, Yale 0	at Princeton
Nov 13, 1954	Princeton 21, Yale 14	at Yale
Nov 14, 1953	Yale 26, Princeton 24	at Princeton
Nov 15, 1952	16Princeton 27, Yale 21	at Yale
Nov 17, 1951	6Princeton 27, Yale 0	at Princeton
Nov 18, 1950	7Princeton 47, Yale 12	at Yale
Nov 12, 1949	Princeton 21, Yale 13	at Princeton
Nov 13, 1948	Princeton 20, Yale 14	at Yale
Nov 15, 1947	Princeton 17, Yale 0	at Princeton
Nov 16, 1946	18Yale 30, Princeton 2	at Yale
Nov 24, 1945	Yale 20, Princeton 14	at Princeton
Nov 13, 1943	Yale 27, Princeton 6	at Yale
Nov 14, 1942	Yale 13, Princeton 6	Neutral site
Nov 15, 1941	Princeton 20, Yale 6	at Yale
Nov 16, 1940	Princeton 10, Yale 7	at Princeton
Nov 18, 1939	Princeton 13, Yale 7	at Yale
Nov 12, 1938	Princeton 20, Yale 7	at Princeton
Nov 13, 1937	6Yale 26, Princeton 0	at Yale
Nov 14, 1936	Yale 26, Princeton 23	at Princeton
Nov 30, 1935	Princeton 38, Yale 7	at Yale
Nov 17, 1934	Yale 7, Princeton 0	at Princeton
Dec 2, 1933	Princeton 27, Yale 2	at Yale
Nov 12, 1932	Princeton 7, Yale 7	at Princeton
Nov 28, 1931	Yale 51, Princeton 14	at Yale
Nov 15, 1930	Yale 10, Princeton 7	at Princeton
Nov 16, 1929	Yale 13, Princeton 0	at Yale
Nov 17, 1928	Princeton 12, Yale 2	at Princeton
Nov 12, 1927	Yale 14, Princeton 6	at Yale
Nov 13, 1926	Princeton 10, Yale 7	at Princeton
Nov 14, 1925	Princeton 25, Yale 12	at Yale
Nov 15, 1924	Yale 10, Princeton 0	at Princeton
Nov 17, 1923	Yale 27, Princeton 0	at Yale
Nov 18, 1922	Princeton 3, Yale 0	at Princeton
Nov 12, 1921	Yale 13, Princeton 7	at Yale
Nov 13, 1920	Princeton 20, Yale 0	at Princeton
Nov 15, 1919	Princeton 13, Yale 6	at Yale
Nov 18, 1916	Yale 10, Princeton 0	at Princeton
Nov 13, 1915	Yale 13, Princeton 7	at Yale
Nov 14, 1914	Yale 19, Princeton 14	at Princeton
Nov 15, 1913	Yale 3, Princeton 3	at Yale
Nov 16, 1912	Princeton 6, Yale 6	at Princeton
Nov 18, 1911	Princeton 6, Yale 3	at Yale
Nov 12, 1910	Yale 5, Princeton 3	at Princeton
Nov 13, 1909	Yale 17, Princeton 0	at Yale
Nov 14, 1908	Yale 11, Princeton 6	at Princeton
Nov 16, 1907	Yale 12, Princeton 10	at Yale
Nov 17, 1906	Princeton 0, Yale 0	at Princeton
Nov 18, 1905	Yale 23, Princeton 4	at Yale
Nov 12, 1904	Yale 12, Princeton 0	at Princeton
Nov 14, 1903	Princeton 11, Yale 6	at Yale
Nov 15, 1902	Yale 12, Princeton 5	at Princeton
Nov 16, 1901	Yale 12, Princeton 0	at Yale
Nov 17, 1900	Yale 29, Princeton 5	at Princeton
Nov 25, 1899	Princeton 11, Yale 10	at Yale
Nov 12, 1898	Princeton 6, Yale 0	at Princeton
Nov 20, 1897	Yale 6, Princeton 0	at Yale
Nov 21, 1896	Princeton 24, Yale 6	at Princeton
Nov 23, 1895	Yale 20, Princeton 10	at Yale
Dec 1, 1894	Yale 24, Princeton 0	at Yale
Nov 30, 1893	Princeton 6, Yale 0	at Princeton
Nov 24, 1892	Yale 12, Princeton 0	at Yale
Nov 26, 1891	Yale 19, Princeton 0	at Yale
Nov 27, 1890	Yale 32, Princeton 0	at Yale
Nov 28, 1889	Princeton 10, Yale 0	at Princeton
Nov 24, 1888	Yale 10, Princeton 0	at Yale
Nov 19, 1887	Yale 12, Princeton 0	at Yale
Nov 25, 1886	Princeton 0, Yale 0	at Princeton
Nov 21, 1885	Princeton 6, Yale 5	at Yale
Nov 27, 1884	Yale 0, Princeton 0	at Yale
Nov 24, 1883	Yale 6, Princeton 0	at Yale
Dec 1, 1882	Yale 2, Princeton 1	at Yale
Nov 24, 1881	Yale 0, Princeton 0	at Yale
Nov 25, 1880	Yale 0, Princeton 0	at Yale
Nov 27, 1879	Yale 0, Princeton 0	at Yale
Nov 28, 1878	Princeton 1, Yale 0	at Princeton
Dec 8, 1877	Yale 0, Princeton 0	at Yale
Nov 30, 1876	Yale 2, Princeton 0	at Yale
Nov 15, 1873	Princeton 3, Yale 0	at Yale

Every game is listed as played on the field.