Norwich at Dartmouth
Saturday, September 30, 1922 Share
Dartmouth beat Norwich 20–0. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Dartmouth led the series 9–0.
FinalHigh 83°F, low 46°F
In the newspapers

The Barre daily times, Barre, Vt., October 2, 1922, page 2
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NORWICH LOSES TO DARTMOUTH Green BaclSfeld Shows UP Well Against Stubborn Resistance of North field Eleven. Hanover, N. H., Oct. q. Dartmouth got off to good start here Saturday handing Norwich decisive 20 to G beating in the opening game Of the sea son. Although superior in every department, Dartmouth’s showing was far from brilliant. The Green total was held down by stubborn resistance BY the Norwich line when pressed and by several fumbles in The Dartmouth hackfield when touchdown seemed in prospect, The game was played bemeath broiling sun which necessitated many substitutions Hurd. promising guard candidate, broke his ankle in the third period. The Dartmouth backfeld more than lived up TO expectations. but the line was weaker than ii has been In the pre- season scrimmage session. The abb sence Of Eddie Lynch. and Hank Bjorckmann, ends, and Swenson, guard, was partly responsible for the failure Of the Green forwards 10 hold the OPP position more consistently. Fudge Neidlinger, tackle, starting his final year for Dartmouth, was all over the field, making holes for his backfield, and breaking up the Norwich plays with regularity. The Vermonters made but one fret down, while Dartmouth accounted for IA Dartmouth scored early in the first quarter, after Captain Burke’s 20-yard dash around left end had paved the way for Leavitt’s touchdown The lineupi Dartmouth. Norwich. Gordon, ! E e, Mulykeen. Miner, Ferand Goidstein, t.r t, Walker | Taylor, Carpenter, Cubbins, q, Griffiths, Sullivan. Draser | Moore, Ellis, g. ID. Radigan, Whitcomb | sweetster, Hurd, Murphy, rig &, Leaghy | Hatch, t 4 I, Ashton Seavey, r e. e, Rosenthal Smith, q b. .....s......... “a b, Bradley | Calder, Wright. Maroney. b b b, WeWftt, Hope Burke, Bellies, b b b, o’Hara, Marsden Leavitt, Foster, ( b. II b, Walsh, Rice / Score, Dartmouth 20, Norwich 0. Foster 2. Leavitt. Goals from touchdowns, Wright 2. Referee, pendleton OF Bowdoin. Umpire, Bratt If Tufts. Linesman, Canell of Tufts. \

The New York herald, New York, October 2, 1922, page 13 (results column)
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YALE AND HARVARD HAVE TOUGH Time Carnegie Tech and Middlebury Force Blue and Crimson to Limit to Win. GETTYSBURG TEAM GOOD Holds Lehigh Scoreless-COrnell, Princeton and Columbia Display Fine Form. GETTYSBURG TEAM GOOD Although no upsets marked football IN the East Saturday. when practically all of the major and minor colleges swung into action, several of the prominent elevens notably Harvard and Yale, encountered unexpected opposition from supposedly weak aggregations George Owen of the Crimson lived up to his reputation as plunging back field star, scoring two OF his teams three touchdowns, but weaknesses in the line prevented The Cambridge eleven from rolling up a higher score than 20 TO 0 against Middlebury College ia its initial game of the season. Yale, outweighing Carnegie Tech twenty pounds to the man. was out played and held scoreless in the last half. Two field goals by O’Hearn and = touchdown due largely to Tech fun Bile in the first half saved the day for the Bulldog. The Eli eleven fumbed frequently and showed considerably less team development than it’s lighter OPP ponents. Among other leading elevens Penn state found q tartar in William and Mary College. winning by 2S to Z, while .ehlgh was held to a scoreless tie by Gettysburg. University of Pennsylvania was held to 14–0 score by Franklin and Marshall, Dartmouth was extended 10 beat Norwich 20 to 0, and the best Rutgers could do against Penn Military College was 13 to 0. Princeton, Cornell and Columbia an displayed impressive form in their open ing games The Tigers downed Johns Hopkins. 80 to 8; Cornell, after an uncertain start in the first period, rolled up a tally of 55–6 against ST. Bonaventure, while the Blue and White showed under Ursinus, to Z, and uncovered a brilliant backfeld combination. Syracuse rolled up AZ points to none for Muhlenberg. while Colgate opened its season auspiclously with a sos victory over Clarkson. Wesleyan scored over Union. 23 to aioly Cross hung up its second straight victory at the expense of Providence. SO 10 3; Williams had no difficulty trouncans Hamilton. Al to 0: while Brown, with 81 team OF veterans, defeated Rhode Is land State. 81 to 0. in its initial test West Point triumphed in a double header Army aggresations taking the measure of Lebanon Valley, IL to 0, and Springfield, 35 to 0.

Grand Forks herald, Grand Forks, N.D., October 2, 1922, page 1 (results column)
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NO UPSETS in EASTERN Tits Several of Leading Elevens Meet Unexpectedly Strong Opposition. New York. Oct.~ although. no upsets marked football in the east Saturday, practically all of the major and minor colleges swung into action, several of the prominent elevens, notably Harvard and Yale, encountered unexpected opposition from supposedly weak aggregations. George Owen of the Crimson lived up to his reputation as a plunging backfeld star, scoring two of his teams three touchdowns, but weak nesses in the line prevented the cam bridge eleven from rolling up a high er score than 20 to 0 against Middle bury college in it’s initial game Of the season. Yale. outweighing Carnegie Tech twenty pounds to the man, was OUT played and held scoreless in the sec ond half after rolling up but thirteen points in the first, on two field goals BIZ O’Hearn, and a, touchdown, largely to a Tech tumble. The Eli eleven fumbled frequently and showed considerably less team development than it’s lighter opponnents. Penn. State found a tartar in Will liam and Mary college, winning by rs to Z. University Of Pennsylvania was held to a 14–0 score by Franklin and Marshall, and Dartmouth was extended to beat Norwich 20 to o.. Princeton. Cornell and Columbia all displayed impressive form in their opening games. The Tigers downed Johns Hopkins 30 to o; Cornell, after an uncertain start in the first period, rolled UP a tally OF 55–6 against st. Bonaventure; while the Blue and White showed under Ursinus 48 to Z and uncovered a brilliant backfeld combination. Colgate opened it’s season auspiciously with a sos victory over Clark son. Brown, with a team of veterans defeated Rhode Island state “a to 0 in its initial test. West Point triumphed in a ..dou- BILE header” Army aggregations TAX ing the measure of Lebanon Valley AZ to 0, and Springfield So to O.

South Bend news-times, South Bend, Ind., October 1, 1922, page 8 (results column)
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otre Dame Snother Kalamazoo College Opene Football Results Army So; Springfield 0. Fordham 1S; Canisius 0. Harvard 20; MiddIeburyO. Williams Al: Hamilton o. New Hampshire 21; Bates 7. Vermont z: Maine 0. Tufts 10; Connecticut Aggies o. Syracuse AZ; Muhlenburg 0. Yale Is; Carnegie Tech. o. Butter “A; Franklin 0. Dartmouth 20: Norwich 0. Lafayette 81; Richmond 0. New York 80; n. Y. Aggies 0. Wabash 16: Hanover o. Rochester Z; ST. Lawrence Z. L Of Detroit Z: Wilmington o. Coe College Il; Upper Iowa L. o.. Lehign 0; Gettysburg 0. (te) Wittenberg 3; Thiel 0. Army 70; Lebanon Valley 0. Pennsylvania IA; Franklin and Marshall 0. Trinity Q; Lowell School 2. Centre 81: Clemson 0. W. and J. 35, Westminster o. Colgate So; GARRISON 6. Penn STATE 2s; william and Mary Z. Bucknell Al: Alfred 0. Colby 3; Boston University 3. (tie) Holy Cross SO: Providence 8. Brown 27; Rhode Island state o. Rutgers 10; Penn Military 0. Wooster Z; Ashland 0. Virginia 81; George Washington o. Cornell So; Bonaventure 6. Culver Nil. Acad. 10; Badin Hall ,Notre Dance 0. Maryland Z; Third Corps Area 0. Western Reserve University As; Akron University 0. Albridge “a; Juanita 0. Akron university 45; Western Re serve university 0. L. of NJ. z: Third Corps Area 0. Princeton 80; John Hopkins o. Villa Nova Is: West Maryland D. University of Alabama 10; Marion Military Inst. 0. Marquette university 50; Campion college 0. Eureka 16; Western Teachers col eye 0. Iowa Wesleyan 16; Knox college 6. Washington and Jefferson 80; college 0. West Virginia university 20; West Virginia Wesleyan 3. St. Louis university 40; Cape Cir .rdeau state normal o.
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 92% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Norwich–Dartmouth gameDartmouth leads 24–0 in 24 meetings, counting the 15 since this game.
| 1941 | Dartmouth 35, Norwich 0 | |
| 1936 | Dartmouth 58, Norwich 0 | |
| 1935 | Dartmouth 39, Norwich 0 | |
| 1934 | Dartmouth 39, Norwich 0 | |
| 1933 | Dartmouth 41, Norwich 0 | |
| 1932 | Dartmouth 73, Norwich 0 |
Around this game
Norwich
- Next gameat DartmouthSept. 29, 1923
- SeasonNorwich in 1922
- ProgramNorwich history and records
Dartmouth
- Next gamevs. MaineOct. 7, 1922
- SeasonDartmouth in 1922
- ProgramDartmouth history and records
