Columbia at Dartmouth

Saturday, November 11, 1950

Dartmouth beat Columbia 14–⁠7. It was their 21st meeting; after it, Dartmouth led the series 14–⁠7.

AwayColumbia4–⁠5 in 1950
7
HomeDartmouth3–⁠5–⁠1 in 1950
14

FinalHigh 42°F, low 29°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 12, 1950, page 46

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    HANOVER, N. H., Nov. IL Banging Bill Roberts, in addition to averaging 10 yards on each of his Is carries, sprinted 43 and SO yards for touchdowns to give Dartmouth a 14–⁠7 victory over Columbia today before a $4,000 crowd. Roberts first dash into the Co. lumbia end zone came during the ninth minute of play and Offset the Lions counter, which was set up by Dartmouth tumble on its 17-yard line when it tried to advance with the opening kickoff. AL Reich made that bobble which Bob OFT smothered. Seven plays later Howie Hansen sneakec over from less than q, foot out. Seven minutes later Dartmouth Bob Tyler booted a terrific punt that Ralph White fumbled on Co. lumbia’s 43. where Red Bailey smothered the ball and opened the gates Tor Roberts Initial tally. During the third session, just when the competent Mitch Price appeared to have Columbia’s pass ing attack in high gear, he failed with a fourth-doWn heave on Dart mouths 20. Two plays later Dart mouth clinched its triumph, for Tyler smashed to midfield and Roberts raced the rest of the way down the right sideline. Johnny Clayton. the Dartmouth sharpshooter who completed five of his nine overheads for 80 yards, uncorked his longest toss to Ed Isbey, 28-yarder, early in the second quarter. That came while the Indians were driving from midfield to Columbia’s five. But

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 75% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Dartmouth leads 57–⁠16 in 73 meetings, counting the 52 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Dartmouth 49, Columbia 3
2024Dartmouth 24, Columbia 21
2023Dartmouth 20, Columbia 9
2022Dartmouth 27, Columbia 24
2021Columbia 19, Dartmouth 0
2019Dartmouth 59, Columbia 24

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