The 1880 season
20 games on file. The AP poll didn’t exist yet. Princeton claims the national title. Share
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Yale Against Princeton. A Draw Game-The Result a Great Dis . appointment to Yale Men. Draw Game-The Result a Great Dis appointment to Yale Men. Notwithstanding the snow and the cold nearly five thousand spectators assembled at the polo grounds, New York, Thursday after noon, to witness the champion football game between Princeton and Yale. The game was advertised to begin at 2 o’clock, but as the men engaged in sweeping of the snow from the limits of the ground assigned to the play CTS had not finished their work at that hour, play was not called until half hour later. The Yale men were so confident of winning that they offered Princeton two to one on the result, but even then the latter were timid in taking the offers. The game was unsatisfac- tory in its results and was decided ‘‘crawl’ on the part of Princeton, who, by slow play ing and long delays. killed time and thereby prevented Yale from scoring. The actions of the Princeton men were disgusting and are worthy of the severest censure. They were greeted with misses several times, and choruses of spectators rang out, Baby play l’‘ and ‘sWhy don’t you play football ?n Some twenty stages and hotel coaches were present,