Dartmouth at Pennsylvania
Saturday, October 16, 1897 Share
Pennsylvania beat Dartmouth 34–0. It was their second meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 2–0.
FinalAttendance 5,000
In the newspapers

New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 17, 1897, page 4
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PENNSYLVANIA DEFEATS DARTMOUTH THE NEW HAMPSHIRE BOYS ouTcIAssED AND prArEX RY \ SCORE or “a TO o. PHILADELPHIA oct. 1G.-The PENNSYLVANIA Football eleven defeated Dartmouth to-day by ‘hc score OF “a 70 O-ls in the FIRST and IS in the second nan oo noints more than Harvard scored against the Game team last Saturday Pennsylvania was weak ened hy the absence OF Captain Minds at fulioack and Carnett at left tackle. Bnt even with ms handicap the Dartmouth boys were no match Tor the sturdy cnnsylvanans At no time did me visitors menace the Red and Blues goal. for Yarmouth crol,us and McAndrew played good football rs did also Walker AT guard “alk”r Jackson and Boyle did the best work Tor the Reu and Blue Jacksons OF sixty yards beihs a prettv piece Of work When time was called the Pennsylvania boys had the ball on Dartmouth nfteeu-ysrd line and would have scored another touchdoyn in a few seconds, as they were pound Ing Dartmouths line to pieces. The teams lined up as follows:
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)
Pennsylvania 82% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Dartmouth–Pennsylvania gameDartmouth leads 36–34–2 in 72 meetings, counting the 70 since this game.
Around this game
Dartmouth
- Next gameat PrincetonOct. 30, 1897
- SeasonDartmouth in 1897
- ProgramDartmouth history and records
Pennsylvania
- Next gamevs. Penn StateOct. 20, 1897
- SeasonPennsylvania in 1897
- ProgramPennsylvania history and records

