Dartmouth at Harvard

Saturday, October 25, 1924

Dartmouth beat Harvard 6–⁠0. It was their 31st meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 25–⁠4–⁠2.

AwayDartmouth7–⁠0–⁠1 in 1924
6
HomeHarvard4–⁠4 in 1924
0

FinalHigh 70°F, low 38°F

In the newspapers

  • The Daily Kennebec journal's story: DARTMOUTH BLANKS HARVARD GRIDDERS SECOND VICTORY

    Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., October 27, 1924, page 1

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    DARTMOUTH BLANKS HARVARD GRIDDERS SECOND VICTORY Cambridge. Mass, Oct. ss-A mighty Dartmouth football team today defeated Harvard s TO 0. Alert and powerful. the Green for two per- .ods hammered defending line. driven- repeatedly into its own territory. made capital of the most tragic of Earvard’s frequent misplays ami then. in the remaining periods, turned hack the onslaughts of the heavy Crimson backfeid. 1t was the sec end Dartmouth victory over Harvard in two years. Four times at critical moments. the Crimson fumbled badly and four times Dartmouth recovered. Once Adie. Harvard center, sent back 4 pass that bounded along the ground and cost the Crimson eleven wards, Eut that once happened to be the crest of Harvard’s high tide Of for tune. for at the time il was second down for the Crimson on Dart mouths four yard line. Never aSaIn did Harvard have real SCORING chance for n stubborn Green line repulsed repeatedly the fierccst Of Harward attacks.

  • The Atlanta tri-weekly journal's story: ALABAMA DEFEATS TECH; GEORGIA WINS FROM VANDERBILT

    Atlanta tri-weekly journal, Atlanta, Ga., October 28, 1924, page 3 (results column)

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    ALABAMA DEFEATS TECH; GEORGIA WINS FROM VANDERBILT Saturdays football games in the south resulted in the defeat of Georgia Tech by University of Alabama and the victory of University of Georgia over Vanderbilt and of Auburn over Louisiana State. Alabama out, played Tech and won, IA to 0. Both Georgia and Auburn outplayed their opponents but each was able to win only by “a field goal. Mercer won from Howard IA to 5, by late rally, and Citadel beat Fur man, 6 to 0. Kentucky barely won from Sc vance, to 0, While Centre was being defeated by West Virginia, 13 to s, in a game played in New York city. Florida made the long trtA to AUS tin and was held to a to tie by University of Texas. Virginia lost TO Pennsylvania, 81 to 0, while V. NJ. l. was walloping North Carolina State, II to Z, and Maryland was beating University Of North Carolina by two field goals. 49, Mississippi A. & NJ. beat Tennessee, to 2, while University Of Mississippi was being soundly thrashed by Arkansas, 20 to O. In the east, Harvard lost to Dart mouth, to 0; Yale beat Brown, Is | to 3; Notre Dame ran away with Princeton, II to o. Syracuse won from Penn state, 10 to g. Army wal loped Boston college, 30 to 0, and T,3faVette oVerw helnoed Wa of on and Jefferson, 20 to 0. Michigan furnished the big sur. prise in the west. Although terrifi. cally punished the week before by Illinois, the Wolverines came back strong and beat Wisconsin, 81 to z. Iowa won from Minnesota, Chicago tied Ohio State, and Nebraska beat Kansas, IA to Z.

  • The Evening star's story: Scores Of Foremost Foot Ball Games Yesterday

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 26, 1924, page 1 (results column)

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    Scores Of Foremost Foot Ball Games Yesterday Three of Washington’s five college foot ball teams won yes terday. George Washington defeated st. Joseph’s of Philadelphia, Al to 0. and GaIlaudet downed Drexel, also of the Quaker City, 80 to 0, i’m games here, while Maryland scored over North Carolina<at Chapel Hill, 6 to 0. Georgetown sue cumbed to Bucknen here, IA to g., and Catholic University bowed to WESTERN. Maryland at Hanover. Pa, 13 to Z. There was only one startling upset. That was Navy’s defeat at the hands of West Virginia Wesleyan, 10 to Z. However, Dartmouth’s 6-to-0 win over Harvard was somewhat unexpected. Other big games resulted as follows: Notre Dame. 12; Princeton, 0. Yale, 13; Browns. Lafayette, 20; Washington and Jefferson, 6. Syracuse, 10; Penn State, 6. West Virginia.. IS; Centre, 6. Penn, 81: Virginia o. Chicago, 8; Ohio. State, 8. Michigan, 81: Wisconsin. 0. Iowa, 13, Minnesota. 0. Nebraska, IA; Kansas, Z. Alabama, IA; Georgia Tech, 0. Georgia. g.; Vanderbilt. 0. Virginia Poly, o; Washington and Lee. D.

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)

Harvard 55% to win. Dartmouth won as Elo’s underdog.

Harvard leads 63–⁠40–⁠4 in 107 meetings, counting the 76 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Harvard 31, Dartmouth 10
2024Harvard 31, Dartmouth 27
2023Harvard 17, Dartmouth 9
2022Harvard 28, Dartmouth 13
2021Dartmouth 20, Harvard 17
2019Dartmouth 9, Harvard 6

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