Dartmouth at Pennsylvania
Saturday, October 7, 1944 Share
Pennsylvania beat Dartmouth 20–6. It was their 15th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 7–6–2.
FinalHigh 85°F, low 62°FAttendance 40,000
In the newspapers

The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 9, 1944, page 1 (results column)
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CRIDDERS PROVIDE FEWER SURPRISES Iowa Seahawks Knock Superbombers From Ranks OF Unbeaten ! NEW YORK, Oct. g. Up Cob lege football games ran pretty close to form over the weekend. Where a week ago the dope bucket was kicked lopsided, it was only dented on Saturday. The Iowa Seahawks provided the big flare of the few surprises. They toppled the Second Air Force Superbombers from the ranks Of the undefeated in corn belt Army Navy classic” at Lincoln, Neb. A 33-yard run by Bus Mertes in the third quarter provided the winning margin of IL to 6 score. Michigan unexpectedly beat Minnesota, % to 10, in their an nual battle for the Little Brown Jug” while Pennsylvania demon strated its surprise win over Duke was no fluke by overcoming Dart mouth, 20 to 6. Yale up and whipped favored Cornell, 116 to 7; California tied Southern California, &C, just miss ing a winning touchdown in the final seconds when quarterback sneak failed and Clemson handed North Carolia State its first defeat, 1877. Notre Dame, Navy, Army, Pur. due, Ohio State, Randolph Field. Wake Forest, Wisconsin, Great Lakes, North Carolina Preflight, Pitt, Georgia Tech, Missouri, Tulsa, Oklahoma and Tennessee, along with most favorites, won as anticipated. The South Bend Irish, who play Dartmouth at Boston this week, walloped Tulane, $50, Navy, on the rebound after a surprise set back by North Carolina Preflighters, trampled Penn State, SIS to IA. Army Walked over Brown, 59–7, while Randolph Field handed Tex as its worst defeat in years, 42–6. Rice, 14–13 winner over Louisiana State, tangles with Tulane at New Orleans in one of this week s top games. Other headliners, in addition to Notre Dame-Dartmouth, includ Georgia Tech-Au, burn; Observation-Disclosures; 10 wa-Illinois; Ohio State–Wisconsin; Colgate-Cornell; Pitt-Army; Will liam & Mary-Penn; Duke-Navy; California College of Pacific; Tex as-Oklahoma; Texas Tech-Tulsa; and SMU-Randolph Field. The first british raid m Dienne
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)
Pennsylvania 60% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Dartmouth–Pennsylvania gameDartmouth leads 36–34–2 in 72 meetings, counting the 57 since this game.
Around this game
Dartmouth
- Next gamevs. Notre DameOct. 14, 1944
- SeasonDartmouth in 1944
- ProgramDartmouth history and records
Pennsylvania
- Next gamevs. William & MaryOct. 14, 1944
- SeasonPennsylvania in 1944
- ProgramPennsylvania history and records

