Dartmouth at Stanford
Saturday, November 26, 1938 Share
Stanford beat No. 13 Dartmouth 23–13. It was their third meeting; after it, Stanford led the series 3–0.
FinalHigh 67°F, low 34°FAttendance 18,000
In the newspapers
The Waterbury Democrat, Connecticut, November 28, 1938, page 16
Read the text
CRUSADERS HAVE. GOOD RECORD; .DOB|E THROUGH? Boston College Coach Vic. tim of Alumni Dart- mouth Surprised Boston, Nov. 28 CUP) - once- beaten Holy Cross, atop the New England gridiron heap, looked for- ward today to possible “bowl’ glory without 8 head football coach. The Crusaders, coached by Eddie Anderson, who resigned last night, completed their regular schedule by walloping their traditional Jesuit hival Boston College 29–7. Holy Cross claim to bowl recogni- tion was based on record which included lop-sided wins over Geor-, gia, Colgate, Temple and Manhat- tan and was marred only by T-6 loss to powerful Carnegie Tech. One Sided Against the previously undefeat- ed Eagles, the dazzling Crusaders scored in every period and never were in danger. Captain Bill Os- manski closed his career in brilliant fashion, averaging over five yards in 24 carries. The veteran Gil Dobie is reported through as head coach at Boston College where his contracts runs out this year. The B. c. Alumni have clamored continuously for his re- moval since he assumed the post three years ago. Darthmouth’s Big Green dropped their second game of the season 23- 13 to Stanford in an intersectional clash at Palo Alto, Cal. It was the final game for Captain Bob Mac- Leod of Dartmouth, 8 probable ale American selection.
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
- DARTMOUTH BEATEN ON COASTDartmouth’s “Big Green” Indians go west to meet the Stanford “Big Red” Indians, trailing the Coast football conference, and are scalped, 23-13, in a thrilling encounter witnessed by 18,000 fans
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Dartmouth 70% to win. Stanford pulled the upset.
The series
Every Dartmouth–Stanford gameStanford leads 4–0 in four meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1939 | Stanford 14, Dartmouth 3 | |
| 1938 | Stanford 23, Dartmouth 13 | |
| 1931 | Stanford 32, Dartmouth 6 | |
| 1930 | Stanford 14, Dartmouth 7 |
Around this game
Dartmouth
- Next gamevs. St. LawrenceSept. 30, 1939
- SeasonDartmouth in 1938
- ProgramDartmouth history and records
Stanford
- Next gamevs. Oregon StateSept. 30, 1939
- SeasonStanford in 1938
- ProgramStanford history and records