Swarthmore at Dickinson
Saturday, November 4, 1899 Share
Swarthmore beat Dickinson 6–5. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Dickinson led the series 3–2.
FinalHigh 45°F, low 25°F, 0.01 in. of rain
In the newspapers

The news & observer. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, North Carolina, November 5, 1899, page 10 (results column)
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BATTLES WAGED OVER HoGsKIN Carolina Badly Beaten by the Mary land Bows, Annapolis, Nd, Nov. 4.-The Naval Cadets won victory this afternoon from the University of North Carolina by score of II to O. No score was made in the first half, but in the second Wade and Halligan made touchdowns and Workman kicked goal. HARVARD SCORES A VICTORY. Philadelphia, Pa, Nov. As had been anticipated the University of Penn sylvania football team was defeated by the Harvard eleven by a score of 1G to ON Franklin Field this afternoon in the presence of nearly 10000 speetators. Harvard deserved the victory because she played the better game. At no time during the contest did Penn sylvania have Il chance to win, and the crimson goal line was never, even for a moment menaced by the players of the red and blue BROWNS VULNERABLE LINE. Princeton, n j., Nov. lin the pres ence of 5000 people, with cold north west wind blowing, Princeton defeated Brown here today by the score of Is to q, The game throughout was characteri1ed by Princeton’s heavy line hit ting and her strong defence. Browns line was vulnerable iii nearly every part. 4 TOUCH DOWNS FOR YALE West Point, n. Y, Nov. 4.-The Yale football team defeated West Point Today “a to 0. BY hard line bucking Through the center and tackles, principally by Mcbride, Yale carried the ball three times across the goal lime and got a fourth touchdown ON a decision of the umpire, which was questioned by some OF those on the side lines, who believed that instead of touchdown by Yale the bal should have gone to West Point on their thirty yard line. West Point was ON the defensive most of the time, but made gafns through Yale’s left tackle several times. HARD LINE FOR VIRGINIA. Detroit, Mich, Nov. 4.-IBy a score 81 80 to o. the University of Michigan defeated the University of Virginia today at Bennett Park. Virginia’s light lime was no matcln for the heavyweights from Arm Aatbor, and in the second half went all to pieces, the Michigan mon gaining almost at win. The field was rather heaVy as TcSlmt Vi ufe IeceiiI lt’hifS On” this was in Mich7gam’s favor. There WA, considerable punting and in this the Vir ginians made better Showing. BetweeT $500 and 1900 people witnessed the game, among whom were about 1,20o stu dents from aam Albor. Nate Williams of Yale refereed ard J. G. knight, u Princeton qrmpired the two thirty mipute halves. OTHER FOOTBALL GAMES. Lafayette, II; Lehigh 0. University of Chicago, Al; Purdue Uni yersity, 0. Washington and Lee University, 6 famFden-Sidney, .. Swarthmore 6; Dickinson, 5. Carlisle Indians, 80; Hamilton College O.
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)
Dickinson 88% to win. Swarthmore pulled the upset.
The series
Every Swarthmore–Dickinson gameDickinson leads 5–2–1 in eight meetings, counting the three since this game.
| 1912 | Swarthmore 0, Dickinson 0 | |
| 1901 | Dickinson 28, Swarthmore 6 | |
| 1900 | Dickinson 12, Swarthmore 0 | |
| 1899 | Swarthmore 6, Dickinson 5 | |
| 1897 | Dickinson 20, Swarthmore 4 | |
| 1891 | Swarthmore 46, Dickinson 0 |
Around this game
Swarthmore
- Next gamevs. DickinsonOct. 6, 1900
- SeasonSwarthmore in 1899
- ProgramSwarthmore history and records
Dickinson
- Next gamevs. Mount St. Mary’sNov. 8, 1899
- SeasonDickinson in 1899
- ProgramDickinson history and records