Fordham at Dartmouth

Saturday, September 29, 1951

Fordham beat Dartmouth 14–⁠6. It was their first meeting; after it, Fordham led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayFordham5–⁠4 in 1951
14
HomeDartmouth4–⁠5 in 1951
6

FinalHigh 50°F, low 34°F, 0.01 in. of rainAttendance 11,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 30, 1951, page 1

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    HANOVER, N. H., Sept. 90 Roger Franz. an 18-year-old sophomore from Norwood, Ohio, dis played all the poise of Sammy Baugh while passing Fordham to Ia 14–⁠6 victory over Dartmouth today. The young marksman scenes able to click with an aerial when ever one of his teammates man. aged to block for him. After Dartmouth managed tt open the scoring with Gene How. ards 40-yard touchdown pass tt Al Reich in the first period, Ford ham discovered it’s running at. tack and placed Franz in sole charge. Franz Crosses Up Opposition. The cool-headed youngster. with time running out in. the first half clicked off three long overheads to George Rambour, Joe Yalct and Ed Brown to move the Rams from their IS to Dartmouth. eight. There Franz crossed ul the opposition by sneaking to thu 1-yard line. from where Kozdebs slammed over. Only % seconds remained wher Ed Kozdeba, the Fordham cen ter. converted. Hank Fry, Dart mouths toe artist, had been wild,

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)

Fordham 51% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Dartmouth leads 2–⁠1 in three meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Dartmouth 30, Fordham 13
2024Dartmouth 45, Fordham 13
1951Fordham 14, Dartmouth 6

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