Dartmouth at Princeton
Saturday, November 6, 1937 Share
No. 9 Dartmouth beat Princeton 33–9. It was their 18th meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 12–4–2.
FinalHigh 54°F, low 39°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 7, 1937, page 26
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FAST DARTMOUTH ROUTS PRINCETON Arouses After Tigers Get Early Lead, Drives to 33–9 Victory. ~ RINCETON. N. j.. Nov. g. l. Dartmouth’s slick running Green Indians, already bitten 4 by the Rose Bowl bug, convinced their followers that they are one of the Nations topmost teams by slamming a demoralized Princeton eleven around, 33 to 9. in a grand Of fensive display before $4,000 in Palmer Stadium today. 1t wasn’t until the alert Prince tons had taken advantage of a pair Of breaks to score a touchdown and a field goal that the bouncing boys from New Hampshire rolled up their sleeves and started taking the Tigers apart. Sixty yards they went for their first touchdown just before the half, long pass. Hollingsworth to Davis, eating up the last %. They tore down the green turf 80 yards, then rs yards for two more in the third period. Their fourth climaxed a parade of so yards early in the final heat, and Colby Howe, a slippery substitute. reeled OF . punt return of 10 yards to set up the last one.

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 8, 1937, page 3 (results column)
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FOOT BAIL @ lA{5SW{5 IFS Nl The following are final scores oi principal football games played las Saturday afternoon: Kansas 13; Nebraska 13, tie. Minnesota 35; Iowa 10. Stanford 2; Southern California 6 University of Washington 0; Cali fornia 0. Washington State 6; Oregon 10. Washington State Freshmen O. University of Washington Freshmen 13. Brown o; Yale 19 Alabama 9; Tulane 6. Gonzaga O; Montana 23. Willamette O; Oregon State 20. Duquesne 0; Carnegie Tech 6. Chicago 12; Michigan 13. Purdue 3; Fordham 21. Dartmouth 33; Princeton 9 Penn State T; Penn 0. Michigan State 13; Temple 0. Army ‘; Harvard 6. Illinois 6; Northwestern o. p Pittsburgh 21; Notre Dame 6. Navy 13; Columbia 6.
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.
On the newsreel
- FASCISTS MARK ANNIVERSARYDartmouth conquers the wavering Tiger, 33 to 9, in a thriller on Princeton’s home grounds
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Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Dartmouth 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Dartmouth–Princeton gameDartmouth leads 42–38–3 in 83 meetings, counting the 65 since this game.
| 2025 | Dartmouth 20, Princeton 17 | |
| 2024 | Dartmouth 26, Princeton 17 | |
| 2023 | Dartmouth 23, Princeton 21 | |
| 2022 | Princeton 17, Dartmouth 14 | |
| 2021 | Dartmouth 31, Princeton 7 | |
| 2019 | Dartmouth 27, Princeton 10 |
Around this game
Dartmouth
- Next gamevs. CornellNov. 13, 1937
- SeasonDartmouth in 1937
- ProgramDartmouth history and records
Princeton
- Next gameat YaleNov. 13, 1937
- SeasonPrinceton in 1937
- ProgramPrinceton history and records

