Word: jerseymen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...their last minute drive for the typing score, the Crimson eleven uncovered several very effective trick plays in which Elis broke away for long gains. For the rest of the week the coaches will work especially on this type of offensive, perfecting further the tricks used against the Jerseymen and developing the forward passing game which proved so timely in carrying over the first touchdown against the Tigers...
Last Saturday the team defeated 6-0 by Yale 1925. Although handicapped by injuries and greatly out-weighed, the Jerseymen held their opponents until the third quarter and threatened the Blue goal often during the second period. The winning score finally came when Yale marched down the field and shot over a forward pass for the score in the third quarter...
Hampered by lack of proper coaching and revealing clearly their want of practice and team-play, Princeton was unable to show a thing. Knox, star forward for the Jerseymen and leader in scoring to date, was well cared for by the University's checking defense, and failed to splash. The remainder of the line never really got under way and only twice was there any semblance of a passing offensive developing against Captain Bigelow's team...
...deciding game of their series at the Polo Grounds at New York. The Orange and Black was the victor at New Haven by a score of 6 to 5 in the first game of the series, while Yale came back in the second game at Princeton and gave the Jerseymen a 4 to 2 defeat, thus necessitating a third contest. A victory today will give Princeton fair claim to the "Big Three" championship, while a triumph for the Blue would mean that the decision would rest on the outcome of the Harvard-Yale series...