Tufts at Dartmouth

Saturday, October 30, 1920

Dartmouth beat Tufts 34–⁠7. It was their 11th meeting; Dartmouth leads the series 10–⁠1.

AwayTufts0–⁠1 in 1920
7
HomeDartmouth7–⁠2 in 1920
34

FinalHigh 44°F, low 32°F

In the newspapers

  • The The New York herald's story: TUFTS OUTPLAYED BY DARTMOUTH Team, of Substitutes Wins Easily by 81 to 2.

    The New York herald, New York, N.Y., October 31, 1920, page 1

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    TUFTS OUTPLAYED BY DARTMOUTH Team, of Substitutes Wins Easily by 81 to 2. Special Despatch TO THE Nrw YoRK HEai’ D. HANOVER. n. H.. Oct. 30.--Using a long string of substitutes, Dartmouth gained an easy al victory over the Tufts eleven on Alumni Oval here today. Only five regulars We’re sent in by the Green to start the game. and Sec ond string men were sent in frequently thereafter. Tufts only score came through 65-yard dash by tn Brown and Blue fleet end. MacChia. who repeated his performance of the West Point game by scooping up tumble and tearing through the opposing defence for n score. Dartmouth outplayed the visitors In every DEPARTMENT. Long runs featured the work OF the Green backfeld. Bower, I’m particular. broke away on many occasions and went down the field for long gains before being stopped. His record for the day included Il 72-yard run for touchdown through the entire Tufts team from kick formation. Bower was the biggest factor in the marches down the field during the first half. while Burke and Grundman dented the Tufts line at frequent intervals in the third and fourth quarters.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Dartmouth 87% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Dartmouth leads 10–⁠1 in 11 meetings.

Recent meetings
1920Dartmouth 34, Tufts 7
1917Tufts 27, Dartmouth 0
1915Dartmouth 20, Tufts 7
1914Dartmouth 68, Tufts 0
1902Dartmouth 29, Tufts 0
1901Dartmouth 22, Tufts 0

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