Cornell at Dartmouth
Saturday, November 12, 1949 Share
Dartmouth beat No. 6 Cornell 16–7. It was their 33rd meeting; after it, the series stood even at 16–16–1.
FinalHigh 45°F, low 26°FAttendance 17,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 13, 1949, page 45
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Dartmouth Ends Cornell Seak Princeton Wins Big Three Title Catholic u. DeadIocks Shoremen, 14–14, in Nip and Tuck Battle By Lewis F. Atchison Rated two-touchdown under dogs in pre-game dope. Catholic University’s red-shirted gridmen lifted up the hopes Of 1000 home coming fans and then let them down-but gently-in battling Washington College to a 14–14 tie yesterday at Brookland. Few fans expected to see the scintillating brand Of football the Mason-Dixon Conference rivals served up for them. Bucky Ennis gave Cardinal fans their biggest thrills with two SEN sational scoring runs. He took left-footed Herb Eisenman’s open ing kickoff Of the third period and sprinted IS yards for the games first touchdown. Later in the third period, after Washington had tied the count, Ennis hauled in a 16-yard pass from reserve Quarterback Jim Yacobi and legged it an additional Is 5>yards to the goal line. Lack Scoring Punch. Bill Holl rushed the ball over for C. us first extra point and Joe Mauiri place kicked the Sec ond, but their efforts were nullifed by the Shoremen’s comeback. With He’ll and Ennis toting most Of the baggage. the Cardimails displayed a smashing ground attack in the first half, but failed to show a scoring punch. Wash ington, with Johnny Wilson aver aging ,48 yards on punts, excelled the Cardinals only in kicking. The ,Shoremen were forced into the air in the second half. how ever, and unwittingly. perhaps. found. the weak spot in their hosts defense. It was the same Wilson who put Washington back on even terms at TT and eventually gained the l4–14 tie with some well placed passes. Runs 49 Yards. Ken Howard’s 49-yard run to the Catholic 10-yard line set up Washington’s first score. A line play failed to gain before Wilson shot pass to Howard on the goal line for the touchdown that matched c. us first score. It ended q 64-yard march. Wilson gambled on q fourth down pass to Howard for a “a yard gain that put the ball on the home teams 19-yard line and paved the way for the next six pointer. A 15-yard toss to Ed Cinaglia. followed by a 4-yard jump throw to Lou Silverii COM pleted this drive of 65 yards. The conversion tied the score Wilson got off three tremendous punts Of 10. 56 and SIS yards, respectively. to gain the ledge on Joe Mauir In q pretty kicking duel. The Cardinal ace got off to a bad start when his first kick slithered off his toe and sailed only six yards out of bounds, but he came back In the second half. The Cardinal line played its best football of the season in holding Washington’s feet ball carriers to 104 yards. but they couldn’t stop Wilson from throw ing and the secondary couldn’t knock them all down. WASHINGTON COLLEGE. Left ends-silyerii, Millner. santulli. Left tackles-Prasalowicz Henderson. Left guard-Nacrelli; Centers-Desmond. Pavling. R!ght guard-Ingarra. Right ends-Plocharski. Burke. Isis saIis.sisowison Ro%ssndo Right halfbacks-Howard. Magliochetti. Tullbacks-Greto, Eisenman. CATHOLIC U. LII LII ‘a.aSh; sseEeeiliotf’ ‘ees1aR orsini Marty Left guards-Scoppetuolo, shoup. Centers-ouinn. Harahan. Right guards-McCarthy, Sislsr, O’Neill Risht tackles-Higgins, App. Right ends--Palmer, Pelerossi, johnson. 0uarterbacks-Holl, Dunn, Yacobi. Right halfbacks-Ennis, Arrone. Fullbacks-Hubert Boegel. Tassinstoa Sssaa1,s y; ------- ~ i I’ll Scoring, Touehdowns-c: U.--Ennis f2); Washington College-Howard, Sill yerri. Extra points-C. U. Holl (Rush). Mauiri (placement); Washington-Wilson e placementS). STATISTICS. ... Wash.
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)
Dartmouth 54% to win. Dartmouth pulled the upset. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Cornell–Dartmouth gameDartmouth leads 54–32–1 in 87 meetings, counting the 54 since this game.
| 2025 | Dartmouth 24, Cornell 14 | |
| 2024 | Cornell 39, Dartmouth 22 | |
| 2023 | Dartmouth 30, Cornell 14 | |
| 2022 | Cornell 17, Dartmouth 13 | |
| 2021 | Dartmouth 41, Cornell 7 | |
| 2019 | Cornell 20, Dartmouth 17 |
Around this game
Cornell
- Next gameat PennsylvaniaNov. 24, 1949
- SeasonCornell in 1949
- ProgramCornell history and records
Dartmouth
- Next gameat PrincetonNov. 19, 1949
- SeasonDartmouth in 1949
- ProgramDartmouth history and records

