Princeton–Rutgers rivalry

The Princeton–Rutgers rivalry is a college rivalry in athletics between the Tigers of Princeton University and Scarlet Knights of Rutgers University – New Brunswick, both of which are located in New Jersey.^[1] The rivalry dates back to the first college football game in history in 1869. Although the football series ended in 1980 due to the two schools going in different directions with their football programs, the rivalry has continued in other sports, primarily in men's basketball.

Princeton–Rutgers rivalry

Princeton Tigers Rutgers Scarlet Knights
Sport	Football, basketball, others

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Locations of Princeton and Rutgers

Background

Princeton and Rutgers are among the Colonial colleges, the nine institutions of higher education founded in the Thirteen Colonies before the American Revolution.^[2] Princeton was founded in 1746 as the College of New Jersey before being renamed Princeton University in 1896.^[3] Rutgers was founded in 1766 as Queen's College and became Rutgers College in 1825. Rutgers won land-grant status in 1864 under the Morrill Act.^[4]

Because the two schools are nearly 17 miles apart along U.S. Route 1,^[5] the rivalry between Princeton and Rutgers is sometimes known as the "Route 1 Rivalry".^[6][7][8]

Football

Princeton–Rutgers football rivalry

Princeton Tigers   Rutgers Scarlet Knights
First meeting	November 6, 1869 Rutgers 6, Princeton 4
Latest meeting	September 27, 1980 Rutgers 44, Princeton 13
Statistics
Meetings total	71
All-time series	Princeton leads, 53–17–1^[9]
Largest victory	Princeton, 82–0 (1888)
Longest win streak	Princeton, 33 (1869–1937)
Current win streak	Rutgers, 5 (1976–present)

See also: 1869 Princeton vs. Rutgers football game

Rutgers declares itself the "birthplace of college football"^[10][11] in memory of the November 6, 1869 game between Princeton (then the College of New Jersey) and Rutgers, the first college football game ever played. Rutgers won 6–4.^[12] However, that game was played using rugby rules, in contrast to the 1875 game between Harvard and Tufts that is considered to be the first college football game played using modern rules.^[13]

From 1869 to 1980, Princeton and Rutgers played each other 71 times, with Princeton leading the all-time series 53–17–1. In this series, 13 games were played at Rutgers and 57 at Princeton.^[9]

As Rutgers invested more resources in its football program in the 1970s in hopes of raising its national prominence, Rutgers dropped Princeton from its 1983 schedule to make room for a stronger opponent. For that reason, Princeton Alumni Weekly speculated in 1977 that the Princeton–Rutgers football series could end in the next decade.^[14] In January 1979, Princeton and Rutgers announced the end of their football series "at the request of Princeton officials, who felt that Rutgers' step toward big‐time football in recent seasons had taken the Scarlet Knights out of the Tigers' desired class of competition."^[15] After the 1981 season, Princeton football and other Ivy League football programs dropped from Division I-A (now FBS) to Division I-AA (now FCS), due to new NCAA attendance and seating capacity requirements that half of Ivy teams could not meet.^[16] In contrast, Rutgers remained in Division I-A.

Game results

Princeton victories

Rutgers victories

Tie games

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 November 6, 1869 New Brunswick, NJ Rutgers 6–4 2 November 13, 1869 Princeton, NJ Princeton 8–0 3 November 19, 1870 Princeton, NJ Princeton 6–2 4 November 23, 1872 Princeton, NJ Princeton 4–1 5 November 21, 1874 Princeton, NJ Princeton 6–0 6 November 2, 1878 Princeton, NJ Princeton 5–0 7 November 2, 1880 Princeton, NJ Princeton 8–0 8 October 15, 1881 Princeton, NJ Princeton 3–0 9 November 10, 1881 New Brunswick, NJ Princeton 1–0 10 October 14, 1882 New Brunswick, NJ Princeton 5–0 11 November 14, 1882 New Brunswick, NJ Princeton 3–0 12 October 17, 1883 Princeton, NJ Princeton 20–0 13 October 27, 1883 New Brunswick, NJ Princeton 61–0 14 October 10, 1884 New Brunswick, NJ Princeton 23–5 15 October 18, 1884 Princeton, NJ Princeton 35–0 16 October 12, 1887 New Brunswick, NJ Princeton 30–0 17 October 17, 1888 New Brunswick, NJ Princeton 80–0 18 October 24, 1888 Princeton, NJ Princeton 82–0 19 October 8, 1890 Princeton, NJ Princeton 27–0 20 October 3, 1891 Princeton, NJ Princeton 12–0 21 October 1, 1892 Princeton, NJ Princeton 30–0 22 October 10, 1894 Princeton, NJ Princeton 48–0 23 October 5, 1895 Princeton, NJ Princeton 22–0 24 October 3, 1896 Princeton, NJ Princeton 44–0 25 October 6, 1897 Princeton, NJ Princeton 53–0 26 October 4, 1911 Princeton, NJ Princeton 37–0 27 October 2, 1912 Princeton, NJ Princeton 41–6 28 September 27, 1913 Princeton, NJ Princeton 14–3 29 September 26, 1914 Princeton, NJ Princeton 12–0 30 October 2, 1915 Princeton, NJ Princeton 10–0 31 November 25, 1933 Princeton, NJ Princeton 26–6 32 October 19, 1935 Princeton, NJ Princeton 29–6 33 October 10, 1936 Princeton, NJ Princeton 20–0 34 October 23, 1937 Princeton, NJ Princeton 6–0 35 November 5, 1938 Piscataway, NJ Rutgers 20–18 36 November 2, 1940 Princeton, NJ Princeton 28–13 No. Date Location Winner Score 37 October 27, 1945 Princeton, NJ Princeton 14–6 38 October 19, 1946 Princeton, NJ Princeton 14–7 39 October 11, 1947 Piscataway, NJ Rutgers 13–7 40 October 16, 1948 Princeton, NJ Rutgers 22–6 41 October 29, 1949 Princeton, NJ Princeton 34–14 42 October 7, 1950 Princeton, NJ Princeton 34–28 43 October 4, 1952 Princeton, NJ #13 Princeton 61–19 44 October 10, 1953 Princeton, NJ Princeton 9–7 45 September 25, 1954 Princeton, NJ Princeton 10–8 46 September 24, 1955 Princeton, NJ Princeton 41–7 47 September 29, 1956 Princeton, NJ Princeton 28–6 48 September 28, 1957 Princeton, NJ Princeton 7–0 49 September 27, 1958 Princeton, NJ Rutgers 28–0 50 September 26, 1959 Princeton, NJ Rutgers 8–6 51 September 24, 1960 Princeton, NJ Rutgers 13–8 52 September 30, 1961 Princeton, NJ Rutgers 16–13 53 September 29, 1962 Princeton, NJ Princeton 15–7 54 September 28, 1963 Princeton, NJ Princeton 24–0 55 September 26, 1964 Princeton, NJ Princeton 10–7 56 September 25, 1965 Princeton, NJ Princeton 32–6 57 September 24, 1966 Princeton, NJ Princeton 16–12 58 September 30, 1967 Princeton, NJ Princeton 22–21 59 September 28, 1968 Princeton, NJ Rutgers 20–14 60 September 27, 1969 Piscataway, NJ Rutgers 29–0 61 September 26, 1970 Princeton, NJ Princeton 41–14 62 September 25, 1971 Princeton, NJ Rutgers 33–18 63 September 30, 1972 Princeton, NJ Princeton 7–6 64 September 29, 1973 Princeton, NJ Rutgers 39–14 65 September 28, 1974 Princeton, NJ Tie 6–6 66 September 27, 1975 Princeton, NJ Princeton 10–7 67 September 25, 1976 Princeton, NJ Rutgers 17–0 68 September 24, 1977 Princeton, NJ Rutgers 10–6 69 September 30, 1978 East Rutherford, NJ Rutgers 24–0 70 September 29, 1979 Princeton, NJ Rutgers 38–14 71 September 27, 1980 Piscataway, NJ Rutgers 44–13 Series: Princeton leads 53–17–1

Men's basketball

Princeton–Rutgers men's basketball rivalry

Princeton Tigers   Rutgers Scarlet Knights
First meeting	February 22, 1917 Princeton 36, Rutgers 17
Latest meeting	December 11, 2013 Princeton 78, Rutgers 73
Statistics
Meetings total	120
All-time series	Princeton leads, 75–45^[17]
Largest victory	Princeton, 101–62 (1958)
Longest win streak	Princeton, 18 (1954–1964)
Current win streak	Princeton, 1 (2013–present)

As of the 2016–17 season, Rutgers is Princeton's most-played out-of-conference opponent.^[18] In a series dating back to the 1916–17 season and last played in the 2013–14 season, Princeton has a 75–45 series lead.^[17]

The Princeton Tigers men's basketball began varsity competition in the 1900–01 season,^[19] and the Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball team began competition in basketball in the 1906–07 season as the Queensmen, before the mascot became the Scarlet Knights effective in the 1955–56 season.^[20][21] Their first head-to-head matchup was on February 22, 1917, a 36–17 win for Princeton.^[17] The series continued through the 1919–20 season and went on hiatus before resuming for the 1922–23 season then was played annually from the 1926–27 through 1994–95 seasons.^[17]

The February 2, 1976 Princeton–Rutgers matchup had an Associated Press 15th-ranked Princeton hosting a fifth-ranked Rutgers in Jadwin Gym.^[22] In its recap of the game, The New York Times described the Princeton offense: "Down by only 2 points with 11½ minutes to go, Coach Pete Carril of Princeton ordered a weaving, ballhandling slowdown to kill time and set up perfect shots."^[23] In contrast, Rutgers played a more uptempo offense under head coach Tom Young.^[23] Then on a 16-game winning streak, Rutgers won 75–62 before a sellout crowd of 7,556, the first sellout at Jadwin in four years.^[24][23]

The two teams would meet again on March 13, 1976, at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Down 10 early in the second half, Princeton rallied to pull within 54–53 with four seconds remaining, when Eddie Jordan of Rutgers fouled Princeton reserve guard Pete Molloy. Rutgers coach Tom Young called two timeouts before Molloy attempted the front end of the one-and-one free throws. Molloy missed, and Rutgers guard Mike Dabney grabbed the rebound to secure the 54–53 win.^[24] Rutgers advanced to the Final Four round, in which Michigan snapped the Scarlet Knights' 30-game winning streak.^[25] Jordan went on to play in the NBA and served as Rutgers head coach from 2013 to 2016.

Due to scheduling problems related to Rutgers moving from the Atlantic 10 Conference to the Big East Conference, the series went on hiatus for the 1995–96 season.^[26] The series resumed in the 1996–97 season and continued to be played annually through the 2013–14 season.^[27] Princeton beat Rutgers 78–73 at the Louis Brown Athletic Center on December 11, 2013, in a game that The Trentonian dubbed the "battle for New Jersey."^[8]

On March 30, 2014, the Home News Tribune reported that Princeton and Rutgers would not play each other in the upcoming season and that Princeton coach Mitch Henderson expressed hope that the series would resume in the near future.^[28] The series was also not played in the 2015–16 season.^[29]

In 2016, Rutgers hired Steve Pikiell as head coach after firing Jordan. Asbury Park Press columnist Jerry Carino wrote: "There is hope that Rutgers’ hiring of Steve Pikiell...will open the door for Princeton." Carino also added: "As for Rutgers, it’s a bad look for the state university to dodge a century-old rival because they beat you a couple of times."^[30] Ultimately, the series was not scheduled in the 2016–17 season.^[31] The two schools are scheduled to renew the series in a neutral site game during the 2023 - 2024 season.^[32]

Game results

Winning team is shown. Ranking of the team at the time of the game by the AP poll is shown by the team name.^[33][34]

Princeton victories

Rutgers victories

Tie games

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 February 22, 1917 University Gymnasium Princeton 36–17 2 February 13, 1918 College Avenue Gymnasium (original) Princeton 41–14 3 January 17, 1919 University Gymnasium Princeton 28–21 4 February 7, 1919 College Avenue Gymnasium (original) Princeton 22–20^OT 5 February 11, 1920 College Avenue Gymnasium (original) Rutgers 31–30^OT 6 January 31, 1923 University Gymnasium Princeton 33–14 7 February 1, 1927 College Avenue Gymnasium (original) Rutgers 28–27 8 February 15, 1928 University Gymnasium Rutgers 29–27^OT 9 February 27, 1929 University Gymnasium Princeton 33–26 10 March 8, 1930 University Gymnasium Rutgers 40–28 11 March 4, 1931 University Gymnasium Princeton 34–33 12 March 4, 1932 College Avenue Gymnasium Rutgers 28–26 13 January 4, 1933 College Avenue Gymnasium Princeton 42–26 14 March 8, 1933 University Gymnasium Princeton 44–18 15 December 18, 1933 College Avenue Gymnasium Princeton 37–26 16 January 20, 1934 University Gymnasium Princeton 41–24 17 December 20, 1934 University Gymnasium Rutgers 42–25 18 January 3, 1935 College Avenue Gymnasium Rutgers 37–25 19 December 14, 1935 University Gymnasium Princeton 32–29 20 February 8, 1936 College Avenue Gymnasium Rutgers 44–33 21 December 19, 1936 College Avenue Gymnasium Rutgers 44–35 22 March 10, 1937 University Gymnasium Rutgers 43–34 23 December 18, 1937 College Avenue Gymnasium Rutgers 34–33 24 February 19, 1938 University Gymnasium Princeton 49–41 25 December 16, 1938 University Gymnasium Rutgers 28–25 26 February 8, 1939 College Avenue Gymnasium Princeton 44–33 27 December 11, 1939 University Gymnasium Princeton 30–29 28 February 7, 1940 College Avenue Gymnasium Princeton 34–26 29 December 20, 1940 College Avenue Gymnasium Rutgers 43–38 30 February 5, 1941 University Gymnasium Princeton 42–33 31 December 19, 1941 College Avenue Gymnasium Princeton 39–36 32 January 10, 1942 University Gymnasium Princeton 46–28 33 December 16, 1942 College Avenue Gymnasium Princeton 51–48 34 February 3, 1943 University Gymnasium Princeton 40–24 35 January 31, 1944 Hobey Baker Memorial Rink Princeton 37–30 36 December 12, 1945 College Avenue Gymnasium Princeton 49–40 37 January 9, 1946 Hobey Baker Memorial Rink Princeton 50–37 38 December 20, 1946 College Avenue Gymnasium Rutgers 60–40 39 March 12, 1947 Dillon Gymnasium Princeton 47–39 40 December 19, 1947 College Avenue Gymnasium Rutgers 65–53 41 January 31, 1948 Dillon Gymnasium Princeton 63–38 42 December 17, 1948 College Avenue Gymnasium Rutgers 65–53 43 January 29, 1949 Dillon Gymnasium Rutgers 48–44 44 December 14, 1949 College Avenue Gymnasium Rutgers 66–55 45 January 30, 1950 Dillon Gymnasium Princeton 80–62 46 December 12, 1950 College Avenue Gymnasium Princeton 57–51 47 January 29, 1951 Dillon Gymnasium Princeton 73–56 48 December 8, 1951 College Avenue Gymnasium Princeton 87–65 49 March 4, 1952 Dillon Gymnasium Princeton 60–52 50 December 19, 1952 College Avenue Gymnasium Rutgers 83–68 51 March 4, 1953 Dillon Gymnasium Princeton 74–59 52 December 18, 1953 College Avenue Gymnasium Rutgers 74–72 53 March 3, 1954 Dillon Gymnasium Princeton 90–68 54 December 11, 1954 College Avenue Gymnasium Princeton 92–50 55 February 2, 1955 Dillon Gymnasium Princeton 75–37 56 December 16, 1955 College Avenue Gymnasium Princeton 84–67 57 February 1, 1956 Dillon Gymnasium Princeton 74–40 58 December 19, 1956 College Avenue Gymnasium Princeton 79–42 59 February 6, 1957 Dillon Gymnasium Princeton 69–53 60 December 19, 1957 College Avenue Gymnasium Princeton 80–47 61 February 3, 1958 Dillon Gymnasium Princeton 101–62 No. Date Location Winner Score 62 December 18, 1958 College Avenue Gymnasium Princeton 70–47 63 January 31, 1959 Dillon Gymnasium Princeton 75–48 64 December 17, 1959 Dillon Gymnasium Princeton 79–63 65 January 30, 1960 College Avenue Gymnasium Princeton 94–79^OT 66 February 15, 1960 College Avenue Gymnasium Princeton 94–92^OT 67 December 20, 1961 Dillon Gymnasium Princeton 81–65 68 December 19, 1962 College Avenue Gymnasium Princeton 84–69 69 December 17, 1963 Dillon Gymnasium Princeton 79–50 70 December 14, 1964 College Avenue Gymnasium Princeton 92–79 71 December 13, 1965 Dillon Gymnasium Rutgers 68–66 72 January 30, 1967 College Avenue Gymnasium Princeton 97–74 73 February 11, 1967 Dillon Gymnasium Princeton 83–54 74 December 17, 1968 College Avenue Gymnasium Rutgers 61–60 75 January 3, 1970 Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton 75–50 76 January 30, 1971 College Avenue Gymnasium Princeton 66–58 77 February 1, 1971 Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton 99–68 78 December 7, 1972 Madison Square Garden Princeton 51–47 79 December 11, 1973 Jadwin Gymnasium Rutgers 62–55 80 December 17, 1974 College Avenue Gymnasium Rutgers 73–67 81 February 2, 1976 Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton 75–62 82 March 13, 1976 Providence Civic Center Rutgers 54–53 83 December 18, 1976 College Avenue Gymnasium Rutgers 59–54 84 December 17, 1977 Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton 68–57 85 December 16, 1978 Rutgers Athletic Center Rutgers 54–51 86 February 5, 1980 Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton 65–63 87 December 2, 1980 Rutgers Athletic Center Rutgers 57–47 88 November 30, 1981 Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton 48–46 89 November 30, 1982 Rutgers Athletic Center Rutgers 60–55 90 November 29, 1983 Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton 52–40 91 December 4, 1984 Rutgers Athletic Center Rutgers 54–41 92 December 23, 1985 Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton 54–47 93 December 20, 1986 Louis Brown Athletic Center Princeton 72–68 94 December 5, 1987 Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton 69–49 95 December 17, 1988 Louis Brown Athletic Center Rutgers 69–63 96 December 16, 1989 Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton 65–60 97 December 15, 1990 Louis Brown Athletic Center Princeton 58–45 98 December 3, 1991 Jadwin Gymnasium Rutgers 46–41 99 January 5, 1993 Louis Brown Athletic Center Rutgers 64–47 100 December 7, 1993 Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton 70–54 101 January 3, 1995 Louis Brown Athletic Center Princeton 79–70 102 January 6, 1997 Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton 71–66 103 November 22, 1997 Louis Brown Athletic Center Princeton 64–52 104 December 22, 1998 Jadwin Gymnasium Rutgers 60–49 105 December 12, 1999 Louis Brown Athletic Center Princeton 66–60^OT 106 December 14, 2000 Jadwin Gymnasium Rutgers 46–44 107 December 27, 2000 Madison Square Garden Rutgers 53–39 108 December 29, 2001 Louis Brown Athletic Center Rutgers 70–62 109 December 14, 2002 Jadwin Gymnasium Rutgers 76–70 110 December 13, 2003 Louis Brown Athletic Center Rutgers 51–49 111 December 8, 2004 Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton 53–40 112 December 31, 2005 Louis Brown Athletic Center Rutgers 54–44 113 December 9, 2006 Jadwin Gymnasium Rutgers 53–47 114 December 1, 2007 Louis Brown Athletic Center Rutgers 54–50 115 December 10, 2008 Jadwin Gymnasium Rutgers 49–44 116 December 3, 2009 Louis Brown Athletic Center Rutgers 58–44 117 November 12, 2010 Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton 78–73^OT 118 December 7, 2011 Louis Brown Athletic Center Princeton 59–57 119 November 16, 2012 Jadwin Gymnasium Rutgers 58–52 120 December 11, 2013 Louis Brown Athletic Center Princeton 78–73 Series: Princeton leads 75–45

Men's lacrosse

Princeton–Rutgers lacrosse rivalry

Princeton Tigers   Rutgers Scarlet Knights
First meeting	May 20, 1922 Princeton 6, Rutgers 1
Latest meeting	March 11, 2023 Rutgers 14, Princeton 13^OT
Stadiums	Class of 1952 Stadium and SHI Stadium
Trophy	Tots Meistrell Cup
Statistics
Meetings total	100
All-time series	Princeton leads, 65–31–3
Largest victory	Princeton, 17–0 (1942)
Longest win streak	Princeton, 16 (1990–2004)
Current win streak	Rutgers, 1 (2023–present)

The two schools share a historically significant rivalry in men's lacrosse. The series is the seventh longest continuous intercollegiate lacrosse rivalry in the nation, with 100 meetings through 2023.^[35] The programs compete for the Meistrell Cup, named after Hall of Famer Harland (Tots) Meistrell, who helped restart the lacrosse teams at both schools in the 1920s.^[35][36] Princeton had disbanded its team in 1894 before its resumption in 1920,^[37] while Rutgers discontinued its program in 1889, before its 1920 revival.^[38] Current Tigers head coach Matt Madalon described the consistently exciting nature of the series prior to the 2020 meeting as "The Princeton-Rutgers game has always been a great game, a good rivalry. [We’re] two extremely competitive programs at crucial points in [our] seasons, and we expect another very tight game."^[39]

The series began on May 20, 1922, and ended with the Tigers victorious by a 6–1 margin. Princeton would dominate the early years of the rivalry, including a 17–0 pounding of the Scarlet Knights in 1942.^[38] In 1981, Rutgers downed the Tigers after four overtime periods, the longest game in Scarlet Knights program history.^[38] From the 1960s to late 1980s the series was relatively even, but beginning in 1990, Princeton would win the first of 15 straight meetings as the Tigers dominated the national stage.^[38] Princeton won six national championships during this period. The teams would meet in the postseason in 2004, with #6 Princeton defeating the Scarlet Knights by a score of 12 to 4 in the first round of the tournament. In 2005, Rutgers would snap the streak and get revenge for the tourney loss with an 8 to 5 victory. In the past few years, the teams have split the last four games, with the Scarlet Knights winning the most recent by an overtime score of 14-13 in 2023.^[40] After the 100th meeting, Princeton leads the annual series by a count of 65–32–3.

Game results

Princeton rankings are accurate from 2003 to present; Rutgers rankings are accurate from 2015 to present.

Princeton victories

Rutgers victories

Tie games

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 Unknown, 1922 Piscataway, NJ Princeton 6–1 2 Unknown, 1923 Princeton, NJ Princeton 13–1 3 Unknown, 1924 Piscataway, NJ Princeton 2–1 4 Unknown, 1926 Princeton, NJ Princeton 7–4 5 Unknown, 1927 Piscataway, NJ Princeton 4–3 6 Unknown, 1928 Princeton, NJ Rutgers 5–4 7 Unknown, 1929 Princeton, NJ Princeton 9–1 8 Unknown, 1930 Piscataway, NJ Rutgers 5–1 9 Unknown, 1931 Piscataway, NJ Rutgers 9–2 10 Unknown, 1932 Princeton, NJ Tie 4–4 11 Unknown, 1933 Piscataway, NJ Princeton 4–3 12 Unknown, 1934 Princeton, NJ Princeton 7–5 13 Unknown, 1935 Piscataway, NJ Princeton 4–2 14 Unknown, 1936 Princeton, NJ Princeton 11–6 15 Unknown, 1937 Piscataway, NJ Princeton 8–7 16 Unknown, 1938 Princeton, NJ Princeton 4–2 17 Unknown, 1939 Piscataway, NJ Princeton 10–3 18 Unknown, 1940 Princeton, NJ Princeton 7–1 19 Unknown, 1941 Piscataway, NJ Princeton 9–3 20 Unknown, 1942 Princeton, NJ Princeton 17–0 21 Unknown, 1943 Piscataway, NJ Rutgers 7–5 22 Unknown, 1946 Piscataway, NJ Princeton 18–3 23 Unknown, 1947 Piscataway, NJ Princeton 9–2 24 Unknown, 1948 Piscataway, NJ Princeton 12–1 25 Unknown, 1949 Princeton, NJ Princeton 8–7 26 Unknown, 1950 Piscataway, NJ Princeton 11–6 27 Unknown, 1951 Princeton, NJ Princeton 19–7 28 Unknown, 1952 Piscataway, NJ Princeton 7–5 29 Unknown, 1953 Princeton, NJ Princeton 19–10 30 Unknown, 1954 Piscataway, NJ Princeton 11–9 31 Unknown, 1955 Princeton, NJ Tie 14–14 32 Unknown, 1956 Piscataway, NJ Rutgers 17–11 33 Unknown, 1957 Princeton, NJ Princeton 8–7 34 Unknown, 1958 Piscataway, NJ Rutgers 11–9 35 Unknown, 1959 Princeton, NJ Rutgers 9–6 36 Unknown, 1960 Piscataway, NJ Princeton 9–6 37 Unknown, 1961 Princeton, NJ Princeton 7–5 38 Unknown, 1962 Piscataway, NJ Princeton 13–7 39 Unknown, 1963 Princeton, NJ Princeton 11–7 40 Unknown, 1964 Piscataway, NJ Rutgers 15–10 41 Unknown, 1965 Princeton, NJ Rutgers 10–6 42 Unknown, 1966 Piscataway, NJ Rutgers 11–6 43 Unknown, 1967 Princeton, NJ Tie 5–5 44 Unknown, 1968 Piscataway, NJ Rutgers 5–2 45 Unknown, 1969 Piscataway, NJ Princeton 3–2 46 Unknown, 1969 Princeton, NJ Princeton 15–13 47 Unknown, 1970 Piscataway, NJ Rutgers 11–6 48 Unknown, 1971 Princeton, NJ Rutgers 13–7 49 Unknown, 1972 Piscataway, NJ Rutgers 9–6 50 Unknown, 1973 Princeton, NJ Rutgers 14–6 No. Date Location Winner Score 51 Unknown, 1974 Piscataway, NJ Rutgers 15–12 52 Unknown, 1975 Princeton, NJ Rutgers 13–11 53 Unknown, 1976 Piscataway, NJ Princeton 16–6 54 Unknown, 1977 Princeton, NJ Princeton 12–7 55 Unknown, 1978 Piscataway, NJ Rutgers 17–8 56 Unknown, 1979 Princeton, NJ Rutgers 16–15 57 Unknown, 1980 Piscataway, NJ Rutgers 16–11 58 Unknown, 1981 Princeton, NJ Rutgers 10–9^4OT 59 Unknown, 1982 Piscataway, NJ Rutgers 11–10 60 Unknown, 1983 Princeton, NJ Princeton 17–16 61 Unknown, 1984 Piscataway, NJ Rutgers 18–9 62 Unknown, 1985 Princeton, NJ Rutgers 8–4 63 Unknown, 1986 Piscataway, NJ Rutgers 8–7 64 Unknown, 1987 Princeton, NJ Rutgers 6–4 65 Unknown, 1988 Piscataway, NJ Rutgers 10–5 66 Unknown, 1989 Princeton, NJ Rutgers 10–7 67 Unknown, 1990 Piscataway, NJ Princeton 12–7 68 Unknown, 1991 Princeton, NJ Princeton 9–6 69 Unknown, 1992 Piscataway, NJ Princeton 11–10 70 Unknown, 1993 Piscataway, NJ Princeton 14–7 71 Unknown, 1994 Piscataway, NJ Princeton 15–5 72 Unknown, 1995 Princeton, NJ Princeton 13–9 73 Unknown, 1996 Princeton, NJ Princeton 16–7 74 Unknown, 1997 Piscataway, NJ Princeton 19–8 75 Unknown, 1998 Princeton, NJ Princeton 19–7 76 Unknown, 1999 Piscataway, NJ Princeton 13–3 77 Unknown, 2000 Princeton, NJ Princeton 15–5 78 Unknown, 2001 Piscataway, NJ Princeton 14–5 79 March 26, 2002 Princeton, NJ Princeton 16–6 80 April 10, 2004 Princeton, NJ #6 Princeton 9–7 81 May 15-16, 2004 Princeton, NJ #6 Princeton 12–4 82 April 9, 2005 Piscataway, NJ Rutgers 8–5 83 April 25, 2006 Princeton, NJ #7 Princeton 11–5 84 March 13, 2007 Piscataway, NJ #9 Princeton 15–8 85 March 25, 2008 Princeton, NJ Princeton 7–6 86 March 24, 2009 Piscataway, NJ #5 Princeton 13–6 87 April 13, 2010 Princeton, NJ #5 Princeton 10–8 88 April 12, 2011 Piscataway, NJ Princeton 11–10 89 April 10, 2012 Princeton, NJ #15 Princeton 13–4 90 April 9, 2013 Piscataway, NJ Princeton 13–8 91 April 5, 2014 Princeton, NJ #17 Princeton 15–11 92 March 17, 2015 Piscataway, NJ #10 Princeton 12–11 93 March 14, 2016 Princeton, NJ Princeton 10–7 94 March 15, 2017 Piscataway, NJ #5 Rutgers 16–11 95 March 10, 2018 Princeton, NJ Princeton 15–14^OT 96 March 9, 2019 Piscataway, NJ #20 Rutgers 9–8 97 March 7, 2020 Princeton, NJ #3 Princeton 16–11 98 March 11, 2022 Princeton, NJ #7 Princeton 16–11 99 March 11, 2023 Piscataway, NJ #6 Rutgers 14–13^OT Series: Princeton leads 64–32–3

Other sports

Women's basketball

The Princeton Tigers women's basketball team began varsity competition in the 1971–72 season,^[41] and the Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball team began varsity competition in the 1974–75 season.^[42] The first meeting in women's basketball between Princeton and Rutgers was on December 17, 1974, a 76–60 Rutgers win. Rutgers has a 17–6 lead in the series, which was most recently played on December 15, 2022, with a 77–56 Princeton win in Piscataway.^[43]

Men's soccer

Princeton has a 29–22–10 lead over Rutgers in men's soccer as of 2023 in a series dating back to 1942.^[44][45] Princeton has competed in men's soccer since 1909,^[46] nearly three decades before Rutgers launched its program in 1938.^[47]

Women's soccer

Rutgers has a 19–11–4 lead over Princeton in the all-time series, first played in 1980 and last in 2022.^[48][49][50]

Princeton hosted Rutgers in the second round of the 2001 College Cup on November 18, 2001; Rutgers won 1–0. Carli Lloyd of Rutgers, a future member of the US national team, scored the lone goal and broke the single-season scoring record for Rutgers.^[51] Earlier in the season, Princeton beat Rutgers at Rutgers 2–1 at Yurcak Field on October 2, 2001.^[52]

Women's volleyball

As of the 2022 season, Rutgers has a 21–15 series lead over Princeton in women's volleyball, dating back to 1977.^[53][54] Since 2010, Princeton has faced Rutgers five times in the Rutgers Invitational and won the tournament in 2015^[55] and 2016.^[54]

Baseball

The first Princeton–Rutgers baseball game was in 1866, with Princeton winning 40–2.^[56] Rutgers has a 78–75–3 lead in the all-time series, which was last played on May 3, 2023, when Rutgers won 8–7 at home on Bainton Field.^[57]

Softball

Rutgers softball began varsity competition in 1975;^[58] Princeton softball began in 1982. Princeton has a 31–25 series lead over Rutgers; the series began in 1985 and was last played in 2022.^[59]

Wrestling

The Rutgers-Princeton wrestling rivalry dates back to the Scarlet Knights' first season in 1931. The winner takes home the B1G-Ivy Rivalry Trophy. Rutgers leads the all-time series 46-34-5.

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games
• Rutgers–Princeton Cannon War

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