Penn–Princeton football rivalry explained

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Penn–Princeton football rivalry
Team1:Penn Quakers
Team1logo:Penn Quakers logo.svg
Team2:Princeton Tigers
Team2logo:Princeton Tigers logo.svg
Firstmeeting:November 11, 1876
Princeton 6, Penn 0
Mostrecent:November 18, 2023
Princeton 31, Penn 24
Nextmeeting:November 23, 2024
Total:114
Series:Princeton leads 69–44–1
Largestvictory:Princeton, 95–0 (1887)
Longeststreak:Princeton, 28 (1876–1891)
Currentstreak:Princeton, 1 (2023–present)

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

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Penn-Princeton Football Rivalry One Of The Best . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151208151823/http://www.pennathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=1700&ATCLID=51810 . December 8, 2015 . December 4, 2015 . PennAthletics.com.
  2. Web site: 107th Princeton-Penn game comes down to one thing: 'Everything' .
  3. Web site: November 16, 2023 . The picks are in: Penn football vs. Princeton . 2024-02-28 . The Daily Pennsylvanian . en-us.