Dartmouth at Yale

Saturday, November 3, 1934

Yale beat Dartmouth 7–⁠2. It was their 18th meeting; after it, Yale led the series 15–⁠0–⁠3.

AwayDartmouth6–⁠3 in 1934
2
HomeYale5–⁠3 in 1934
7

FinalHigh 55°F, low 27°FAttendance 40,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Yale, Maintaining Its Jinx Ouer Dartmouth, Again Gets Breaks to Win 18th Time, to 2

    Evening star, November 4, 1934, page 29

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    Yale, Maintaining Its Jinx Ouer Dartmouth, Again Gets Breaks to Win 18th Time, to 2 but 1t was Meredith Scott, q tackle from Gordonsville, Va. who finally smothered the ball for Yale on the 2-yard line. Again Curtin fell back behind the goal line, and again the Hanover line crashed in. This time Henry Bill lings, q guard, rammed his chest against the ball, and there was no Dartmouth man there to save the day the touchdown that could have tied the score. So, with an extra tackle, in stepped the jinx. The ball bounced from the tips Of all the eager Dart mouth fingers, rolled beyond the end zone before 1t could be recovered. It was an automatic safety points. Yale, with Stanford Morton and Berny Rankin pouring through q crumpling right side Of the Dartmouth Continued on Page u, Column 81

  • The The Indianapolis times's story: YALE UPHOLDS JINX DEFEATS DARTMOUTH Ellis Maintain 50-Year Rec ord; Win 7 to 2.

    The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], November 3, 1934, page 1

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    YALE UPHOLDS JINX DEFEATS DARTMOUTH Ellis Maintain 50-Year Rec ord; Win 7 to 2. NEW HAVEN. Conn, Nov. g. Yale maintained its fifty-year jinx over Dartmouth’s football team today by handing the Big Green team its first defeat of the season, 7 to 2.

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)

Yale 51% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Yale leads 50–⁠33–⁠5 in 88 meetings, counting the 70 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Yale 28, Dartmouth 7
2025Dartmouth 17, Yale 16
2024Dartmouth 44, Yale 43
2023Yale 31, Dartmouth 24
2022Yale 24, Dartmouth 21
2021Dartmouth 24, Yale 17

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