Lot # 1455: 1912 & 1921 Princeton vs. Yale Football Program Pair

It was a clash of titans when Yale and Princeton faced each other from the 1870s through the 1920s, and here we have a pair of antique programs from the Yale versus Princeton rivalry. In the formative years of the great American game of football, college teams such as Princeton, Yale, Harvard, and Pennsylvania were dominant forces, while pro football had to take a back seat. Times have certainly changed. A hundred years later, the Ivy League plays games that only matter to its member teams, the Big 10 and SEC are the dominant forces at the collegiate level, and the electrifying NFL is "can't miss" TV. Still, it's fascinating to look back at the ancient rivalries from football's early days, with gamedays souvenirs such as these.

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1912 Yale versus Princeton program Gd. The centerfold is detached but present and is formatted with a two-page panorama photograph of Princeton's University Field that's suitable for framing. Pictured inside are, Yale captain Spalding, Princeton captain Pendelton, and full-page team photographs of both squads. Other players of note are Yale Bulldogs Walter Camp Jr. and N.S. Talbot. Both teams finished this season with an identical 7-1-1 record, and they played this game to a 6-6 tie.

1921 Princeton versus Yale program is a very desirable Vg-Ex example, with a dynamic cover. An extensive array of interior photographs encompasses the teams, numerous individual player images, the Yale coaching staff, the Yale cheerleaders, game action shots, the 1920 Yale-Harvard game in panorama across the centerfold, and the Yale Bowl. Subjects of note are Yale head coach T.A.D. Jones, Yale captain M.P. Aldrich, Princeton head coach W.W. Roper, Princeton captain J.S. Keck, Princeton end A.B. Snively, and Princeton center Al Wittmer. Yale finished on top in this contest, by a score of 13-7.