Dartmouth at Harvard
Saturday, October 17, 1942 Share
Dartmouth beat Harvard 14–2. It was their 49th meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 30–16–3.
FinalHigh 59°F, low 46°F, 1.2 in. of rain
In the newspapers

Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, October 18, 1942, page 1
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Dartmouth Rally Trims Harvard CAMBRIDGE Mass. oct. II Dartmouth, after a slug gish first half, staged a sustained attack to come from behind today and defeat Harvard. 14–2, in the fcrsy-ninth renewal Of their Ivy League classic. Dartmouth’s first touchdown was made on the only Dartmouth pass of the day with freshman halfback Lawrence Bartnick pitch ing a 12-yardcr 10 end Joe Crow ley. who had drifted into the Harvard end zone, in the third quarter. A tumble, midway in the final prriod, ted 10 me second -bsTtmoth score In four plays Ray Wolfe crashed tho tackles 10 bring DartmouthS final score. Capt Ed Kast converted after both touchdownS.
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)
Harvard 54% to win. Dartmouth won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Dartmouth–Harvard gameHarvard leads 63–40–4 in 107 meetings, counting the 58 since this game.
| 2025 | Harvard 31, Dartmouth 10 | |
| 2024 | Harvard 31, Dartmouth 27 | |
| 2023 | Harvard 17, Dartmouth 9 | |
| 2022 | Harvard 28, Dartmouth 13 | |
| 2021 | Dartmouth 20, Harvard 17 | |
| 2019 | Dartmouth 9, Harvard 6 |
Around this game
Dartmouth
- Next gameat YaleOct. 24, 1942
- SeasonDartmouth in 1942
- ProgramDartmouth history and records
Harvard
- Next gamevs. ArmyOct. 24, 1942
- SeasonHarvard in 1942
- ProgramHarvard history and records

