Dartmouth at Princeton

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 23, 1947, page 44

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  Penn Stare Crushes Pitt; Princeton 14–⁠12 Winner{ Tigers Barely Survive Biq Dartmouth Rally To Bag Tilt, 14–⁠12 PRINCETON, N. j., Nov. 22.- Princeton’s new-crowned Big Three champions barely survived. Joe Sui livan’s dazzling last quarter aerial attack today to nose out underdop Dartmouth, 14–⁠12, on two perfect placement points by Ken Keuffel. Coach Charley Caldwell’s Tigers showed the invalid Indians around in scandalous fashion for three periods in damp chill of a bleak November afternoon before Sullivan. a 19-year-old passer, began to hit his targets. Trailing, 14–⁠0, early in the final period, Dartmouth gave the 27,000 Palmer Stadium customers some extra chills with a surprise attack that almost ruined the Tigers finale. Three neatly pitched forwards from Sullivan resulted in a Dart mouth score when Bill FELTON, caught a Sullivan 6-yard pitch for touchdown with the quarter only two minutes old. Dartmouth Scores Again. Another Suilivan-inspired squirt rode “a yards for second six pointer with the Indians quarter back tossing Is yards to Harold Fit kin for the score. Both times Herb Casey missed the extra point and that meant the ball game. Dartmouth missed its last chance when it gave up the ball trying to pass from its IS with amout min utes to go. It was all Princeton in the early stages although the Tigers had to be content with a TO lead at half time. Crunching through the Dartmouth line for 67 yards and five straight first downs on 16 plays, they scored in the first period when Capt. Dick West strobe into the end zone after taking an 11-yard pass from Val Wagner. Another sustained drive, fitted largely around a series from spread formation with Fullback John Pow ers carrying, clicked for a touch down in the third period with George FRANKIE crashing across from the ! on fourth down. The drive covered 66 yards. Princeton Score Nullified. A Princeton score was nullifled in the first quarter when George Sella ran 81 yards returning Jud Hannigan’s punt, but there was clipping on the play and it was called back.

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Dartmouth leads 42–⁠38–⁠3 in 83 meetings, counting the 56 since this game.