Columbia at Dartmouth

Saturday, October 20, 1928

Dartmouth beat Columbia 21–⁠7. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Dartmouth led the series 4–⁠1.

AwayColumbia5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1928
7
HomeDartmouth5–⁠4 in 1928
21

FinalHigh 62°F, low 49°F, 0.09 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: DARTMOUTH ROUTS COLUMBIA, Il TO 7 Does All Scoring in First HaIf-Pass Brings New York Touchdown.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 21, 1928, page 1

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    DARTMOUTH ROUTS COLUMBIA, Il TO 7 Does All Scoring in First HaIf-Pass Brings New York Touchdown. BY the Associated Press Y II ANOVER, N. H., October 90 IL The Dartmouth Indians minus AL MarsterS sent the Columbia l. Il Lion back to New York with 2l-to-7 defeat tagging to its tail today. It was the Indians fourth victory of the season. Marsters was out because of a leg injury received Wednesday. The Dartmouth passing attack was ouened up in real form today and near “ ell Of the forwards attempted were completed. The Lions tried and COM Dleted two passes, but their backfield was satisfied to hammer away at the Green line. TIE Indians started off the first pcriod by scoring two touchdowns. one on tumble by Sheridan, the Column ba safety man. He fumbled punt on his own 2-yard line and the ball rolled over the goal line, where Abner Cole, Dartmouth left tackle. fell on it. The second touchdown same when Breithut heaved a pass to Bankart, who ran 20 Yards for the tally. In the second period Capt. Black was injured and Ed Sutton, substitute, rammed through the Columbia line for gains which placed him in position to cash 10 yards for the Green’s final score In the third period Scott carried the ball to the Dartmouth 2-yard line. The Green forward wall held and Dart mouth took the ball. The Green then tried a forward pass which Liflander. Columbia tackle, intercepted on the 90 ward line. After a line play, Buser threw forward pass to Scott, who crossed the Green goal. Lifiander then kicked the goal. Breithut and Sutton kicked the goals after each touchdown for Dartmouth. Injuries took their toll when Bob Harris and Black were forced from the Dartmouth lineup and Columbia lost the services of Kumpf fullback, for at least six weeks as the result of torn liUonopnt

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 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Dartmouth leads 57–⁠16 in 73 meetings, counting the 68 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Dartmouth 49, Columbia 3
2024Dartmouth 24, Columbia 21
2023Dartmouth 20, Columbia 9
2022Dartmouth 27, Columbia 24
2021Columbia 19, Dartmouth 0
2019Dartmouth 59, Columbia 24

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