Penn–Princeton football rivalry

The Penn–Princeton football rivalry is an American college football rivalry^{[citation needed]} between the Penn Quakers and Princeton Tigers.^[1][2][3]

Penn–Princeton football rivalry

Penn Quakers Princeton Tigers
First meeting	November 11, 1876 Princeton 6, Penn 0
Latest meeting	November 23, 2024 Princeton 20, Penn 17
Next meeting	November 22, 2025
Statistics
Meetings total	115
All-time series	Princeton leads 70–44–1
Largest victory	Princeton, 95–0 (1887)
Longest win streak	Princeton, 28 (1876–1891)
Current win streak	Princeton, 2 (2023–present)

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Princeton

Penn

  

Locations of Penn and Princeton

History

Princeton won the first 28 contests in this rivalry that started in 1876. It is the 5th oldest football rivalry in the Ivy League. (Columbia-Yale:1872; Princeton-Yale:1873; Columbia-Princeton:1874; Harvard-Yale: 1875; Penn-Princeton:1876; Columbia-Princeton:1877; Harvard-Princeton:1877; Columbia-Penn:1878; Penn-Yale:1879; Brown-Yale:1880; Harvard-Penn:1881; Dartmouth-Harvard:1882 and Dartmouth-Yale:1884). Penn's first victory over Princeton was in 1892 and after another Penn victory in 1894, the contest was suspended until 1935. Since the resumption of the series Penn has won 42 games and Princeton has won 40 games with one game ending in a tie (1942). Since the Ivy League was officially formed in 1956 Princeton has won 34 games and Penn has won 32 games. Penn and Princeton have played 114 times since 1876. Beginning in 2018 Penn and Princeton will play against each other in the final game of the season.

Game results

Penn victories

Princeton victories

Tie games

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 November 11, 1876 University Field Princeton 6–0 2 November 25, 1876 Princeton, N.J. Princeton 6–0 3 October 19, 1878 Princeton, N.J. Princeton 2–0 4 November 9, 1878 University Field Princeton 2–1 5 October 18, 1879 Princeton, N.J. Princeton 6–0 6 November 6, 1880 Princeton, N.J. Princeton 1–0 7 October 29, 1881 University Field Princeton 7–0 8 November 5, 1881 Princeton, N.J. Princeton 4–0 9 October 28, 1882 Princeton, N.J. Princeton 8–0 10 November 11, 1882 University Field Princeton 10–0 11 November 3, 1883 Princeton, N.J. Princeton 39–6 12 October 25, 1884 University Field Princeton 31–0 13 October 24, 1885 University Field Princeton 57–0 14 October 31, 1885 Princeton, N.J. Princeton 80–10 15 November 26, 1885 University Field Princeton 76–10 16 October 16, 1886 Princeton, N.J. Princeton 30–0 17 October 23, 1886 University Field Princeton 55–9 18 November 6, 1886 University Field Princeton 28–6 19 October 19, 1887 University Field Princeton 57–0 20 October 22, 1887 Princeton, N.J. Princeton 42–0 21 November 5, 1887 University Field Princeton 95–0 22 October 10, 1888 Princeton, N.J. Princeton 63–0 23 October 20, 1888 Princeton, N.J. Princeton 38–0 24 November 10, 1888 University Field Princeton 4–0 25 October 26, 1889 University Field Princeton 72–4 26 October 15, 1890 Princeton, N.J. Princeton 18–0 27 November 8, 1890 Princeton, N.J. Princeton 6–0 28 November 7, 1891 Germantown Cricket Club Princeton 24–0 29 November 5, 1892 Germantown Cricket Club Penn 6–4 30 November 4, 1893 Germantown Cricket Club Princeton 4–0 31 November 10, 1894 Trenton, N.J. Penn 12–0 32 October 5, 1935 Palmer Stadium Princeton 7–6 33 October 17, 1936 Franklin Field Penn 7–0 34 October 15, 1938 Palmer Stadium Princeton 13–0 35 October 19, 1940 Franklin Field Penn 46–28 36 October 18, 1941 Palmer Stadium Penn 23–0 37 October 17, 1942 Franklin Field Tie 6–6 38 September 25, 1943 Franklin Field Penn 47–9 39 November 3, 1945 Franklin Field Penn 28–0 40 November 2, 1946 Franklin Field Princeton 17–14 41 November 1, 1947 Palmer Stadium Penn 26–7 42 October 9, 1948 Franklin Field Penn 29–7 43 October 8, 1949 Palmer Stadium Penn 14–13 44 October 13, 1951 Franklin Field Princeton 13–7 45 October 11, 1952 Palmer Stadium Penn 13–7 46 October 9, 1954 Palmer Stadium Princeton 13–7 47 October 8, 1955 Franklin Field Princeton 7–0 48 October 13, 1956 Franklin Field Princeton 34–0 49 October 12, 1957 Palmer Stadium Princeton 13–9 50 October 11, 1958 Franklin Field Princeton 20–14 51 October 10, 1959 Palmer Stadium Penn 18–0 52 October 8, 1960 Franklin Field Princeton 21–0 53 October 14, 1961 Palmer Stadium Princeton 9–3 54 October 13, 1962 Franklin Field Princeton 21–8 55 October 12, 1963 Palmer Stadium Princeton 34–0 56 October 24, 1964 Franklin Field Princeton 55–0 57 October 23, 1965 Palmer Stadium Princeton 51–0 58 October 22, 1966 Franklin Field Princeton 30–13 No. Date Location Winner Score 59 October 28, 1967 Palmer Stadium Princeton 28–14 60 October 26, 1968 Franklin Field Penn 19–14 61 October 25, 1969 Palmer Stadium Princeton 42–0 62 October 24, 1970 Franklin Field Princeton 22–16 63 October 23, 1971 Palmer Stadium Princeton 31–0 64 October 28, 1972 Franklin Field Penn 15–10 65 October 27, 1973 Palmer Stadium Penn 24–0 66 October 26, 1974 Franklin Field Penn 20–18 67 October 25, 1975 Palmer Stadium Penn 24–20 68 October 30, 1976 Palmer Stadium Penn 10–9 69 October 29, 1977 Franklin Field Penn 21–10 70 November 4, 1978 Palmer Stadium Princeton 21–0 71 November 3, 1979 Franklin Field Princeton 38–10 72 November 1, 1980 Palmer Stadium Princeton 28–21 73 October 31, 1981 Franklin Field Princeton 38–30 74 October 30, 1982 Palmer Stadium Princeton 17–14 75 October 29, 1983 Franklin Field Penn 28–27 76 November 3, 1984 Palmer Stadium Penn 27–17 77 November 2, 1985 Franklin Field Penn 31–21 78 November 1, 1986 Palmer Stadium Penn 23–10 79 October 31, 1987 Franklin Field Princeton 17–7 80 October 29, 1988 Palmer Stadium Penn 31–23 81 November 4, 1989 Franklin Field Princeton 30–8 82 November 3, 1990 Palmer Stadium Princeton 34–20 83 November 9, 1991 Franklin Field Princeton 17–12 84 November 7, 1992 Palmer Stadium Princeton 20–14 85 November 6, 1993 Franklin Field Penn 30–14 86 November 5, 1994 Palmer Stadium Penn 33–19 87 November 4, 1995 Franklin Field Princeton 22–9 88 November 9, 1996 Palmer Stadium Penn 10–6 89 November 8, 1997 Franklin Field Penn 20–17 90 November 7, 1998 Princeton Stadium Penn 27–14 91 November 6, 1999 Franklin Field Penn 41–13 92 November 4, 2000 Princeton Stadium Penn 40–24 93 November 3, 2001 Franklin Field Penn 21–10 94 November 9, 2002 Princeton Stadium Penn 44–13 95 November 8, 2003 Franklin Field Penn 37–7 96 November 6, 2004 Princeton Stadium Penn 16–15 97 November 5, 2005 Franklin Field Princeton 30–13 98 November 4, 2006 Princeton Stadium Princeton 31–30 99 November 1, 2007 Franklin Field Penn 7–0 100 November 8, 2008 Princeton Stadium Penn 14–9 101 November 7, 2009 Franklin Field Penn 42–7 102 November 6, 2010 Princeton Stadium Penn 52–10 103 November 5, 2011 Franklin Field Penn 37–9 104 November 3, 2012 Princeton Stadium Penn 28–21 105 November 9, 2013 Franklin Field Princeton 38–26 106 November 8, 2014 Princeton Stadium Princeton 22–17 107 November 7, 2015 Franklin Field Penn 26–23OT 108 November 5, 2016 Princeton Stadium Princeton 28–0 109 November 4, 2017 Franklin Field Penn 38–35 110 November 17, 2018 Princeton Stadium Princeton 42–14 111 November 23, 2019 Franklin Field Princeton 28–7 112 November 20, 2021 Franklin Field Princeton 34–14 113 November 19, 2022 Princeton Stadium Penn 20–19 114 November 18, 2023 Franklin Field Princeton 31–24 115 November 23, 2024 Princeton Stadium Princeton 20–17 Series: Princeton leads 70–44–1

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games
• List of most-played college football series in NCAA Division I
• Penn–Princeton men's basketball rivalry

References

1. "Penn-Princeton Football Rivalry One Of The Best". PennAthletics.com. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
2. "107th Princeton-Penn game comes down to one thing: 'Everything'".
3. "The picks are in: Penn football vs. Princeton". The Daily Pennsylvanian. November 16, 2023. Retrieved February 28, 2024.