Dartmouth at Yale
Saturday, November 3, 1951 Share
Dartmouth beat Yale 14–10. It was their 35th meeting; after it, Yale led the series 21–10–4.
FinalHigh 52°F, low 31°F, 0.12 in. of snowAttendance 20,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 4, 1951, page 52
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ITwo-Touchdown Rally By Dartmouth Beats Yale, 1910, in Rain NEW HAVEN, Conn, Nov. s. Two touchdowns by Gene Howard, the clincher. a 55-yard run about midway in the final quarter, gave Dartmouth a IA to 10. Ivy League football triumph over Yale in the bowl today. Just when the 35th renewal in this series was threatening to turn out to be a dud in miserable rain and snow, Howard pulled the crowd Of 10000 out of its seats. Actually there were two diff ferent games here. Yale won the first half. 10 to 0. after dominating most Of the play. Dartmouth won the final half. IA to 0, and that was the payoff. Victory Belongs to Howard. Dartmouth’s victory belongs mainly to Howard. l80-pound jun ior from Winnetka. Ill. His touchdown. in the third period. climaxed a 69-yard drive The score put the Indians back in the game. Even so Yale appeared to have the game wrapped up on Ed Mol loy’s first-period touchdown and Bob Parcell’s 24-yard field goal just before the half ended. But, with the bali on Darthmouths As, Howard raced to his left, swung to the right and went down the middle to score. Hank Fry converted after both Of the touchdowns. Blocked Kick Yields Score | Yale’S touchdown in the OPEN ing quarter was scored after Yale had been stopped on Dartmouth S 80 and 81. Ray Bright and Bob Spears combined to set up the score. Bright blocked Gene How ards punt on Dartmouth’s IA and Spears fell on it on the three. Molloy tried the line for two and then bullied through the mid die Bob PARCELS converted. Then, in the second quarter, after Yale bottled up Dartmouth on its % and 90. the Blue launched an 87-yard offensive to the 4 from where PARCELS stepped back 10 yards and booted three pointer
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 53% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Dartmouth–Yale gameYale leads 50–33–5 in 88 meetings, counting the 53 since this game.
| 2026 | Yale 28, Dartmouth 7 | |
| 2025 | Dartmouth 17, Yale 16 | |
| 2024 | Dartmouth 44, Yale 43 | |
| 2023 | Yale 31, Dartmouth 24 | |
| 2022 | Yale 24, Dartmouth 21 | |
| 2021 | Dartmouth 24, Yale 17 |
Around this game
Dartmouth
- Next gameat ColumbiaNov. 10, 1951
- SeasonDartmouth in 1951
- ProgramDartmouth history and records
Yale
- Next gameat PrincetonNov. 17, 1951
- SeasonYale in 1951
- ProgramYale history and records

