Pennsylvania at Dartmouth

Saturday, October 11, 1947

No. 7 Pennsylvania beat Dartmouth 32–⁠0. It was their 18th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 10–⁠6–⁠2.

Away7Pennsylvania7–⁠0–⁠1 in 1947
32
HomeDartmouth4–⁠4–⁠1 in 1947
0

FinalHigh 72°F, low 33°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Mighty Penn Crushes 'Serappy Dartmouth

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 12, 1947, page 34

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    Mighty Penn Crushes ‘Serappy Dartmouth HANOVER, N H., Oct. n.-After holding mighty Pennsylvania under “a close check through SO bruising minutes. Dartmouth’s hard-fighting Indians wilted and the fleet Quakers romped to 32–⁠0 victory today to celebrate their first football visit here before $4,000. The outweighed Dartmouth forces. overloaded with inexperienced sophomore talent, gave the well-seasoned Penn team an early touchdown and then turned back two other first. half drives.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: Gsy1o FOOTBALL \ SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 13, 1947, page 3 (results column)

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    Gsy1o FOOTBALL \ SCORES Scores oI principal football games played during the weekend are as follows: St. Marys 6; Washington 26. San Jose s. 28; Puget Sound 0. Idaho G. Oregon State 33. Michigan s. 21 Washington s. T. Santa Clara 13; Stanford 2. OCLA 24; Oregon ‘ Alabama 26; Duquesene 0. Mississippi State 21 University of San Francisco 14. University of Hawaii IA; Mon tana State 0. Illinois 0; Army 0. Duke 14; Navy 14. California 48; Wisconsin 2. Gettysburg IS; LaFayette IA. Boston University 38; New York University ‘. Pittsburgh 0; Michigan 69 Bowdoin 61; Amherst 6. Main T; New Hampshire 28 Rutgers 13; Princeton T. Ohio University T; Western Re- serve 20. Bucknell 13; Delaware 12. Georgia Teach 20s VNII O. Wake Forest IS; N Carolina T. Cornell 27; Colgate IS. Chattanooga T; Tennessee 26. Vermont T; Union 20. Tulane 0; Rice B. William and Mary 21; Virginia Teach 6. Nebraska IA; Iowa State T. Indiana l4; Iowa 27. Quantico Marines 29; Davis and Elkins 0. Dennison 50; Beloit T. George Washington 0; Washing ton and Lee 15. Furman 8; South Carolina 26. Catholic University T; Western Maryland 21. Northwestern 21; Minnesota 37. Texas 34; Oklahoma A. Drake 13; Wichita 21. S. Dakota s. 6; Kansas 86. Harvard O. Virginia 47. University of Manitoba 0; North Dakota University 47 Tulsa T; Texast Tech A. Arkansas 9; Baylor IT. Florida IA; Auburn 20. University of Mississippi G.; Vanderbilt 10. Texas ARM IS; Louisiana s. 19. Georgia 0; Kentucky 26. Wyoming 53; Colorado School of mines 6. University of Nevada 51; Univer- city of Portland 6. California Aggie 20; San Fran cisco State 0. Brigham Young 6; Utah 28. New Mexico ARM 0; University of New Mexico 20 Texas Mines o; Texas State IA. Colorado ARM 13; Denver 13. Penn 32; Dartmouth 0. Middlebury T; Trinity 31. Villanova 13;; Holy Cross G. Penn State 75; Fordham 0. Hawaiian All Stars IA; Idaho State 12. San Diego Naval Air 45; Seattle Naval Air 0. Fort Lewis ‘; Bremerton Navy 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.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Pennsylvania 62% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Dartmouth leads 36–⁠34–⁠2 in 72 meetings, counting the 54 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Dartmouth 14, Pennsylvania 10
2025Pennsylvania 36, Dartmouth 24
2024Dartmouth 20, Pennsylvania 17
2023Dartmouth 23, Pennsylvania 20
2022Pennsylvania 23, Dartmouth 17
2021Dartmouth 31, Pennsylvania 7

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