The Penn–Princeton football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Penn Quakers and Princeton Tigers.
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). The contest was suspended from 1895 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 116 times since 1876. Beginning in 2018 Penn and Princeton will play against each other in the final game of the season.
Game results
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
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