Cornell at Dartmouth

Saturday, November 17, 1951

Cornell beat Dartmouth 21–⁠13. It was their 35th meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 18–⁠16–⁠1.

AwayCornell6–⁠3 in 1951
21
HomeDartmouth4–⁠5 in 1951
13

FinalHigh 40°F, low 30°F, 0.12 in. of snow

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Three FumbIes Hurt Big Green Chances in Hard drought Game

    Evening star, November 18, 1951, page 61

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    Three FumbIes Hurt Big Green Chances in Hard drought Game HANOVER, N. H. Nov. IT, On one of Coach Lefty James favored short pass pitches from Jack Jaeckel. Bill Whelan raced 1873 yards for the clinching touch down today as favored Cornell defeated Dartmouth. 21–⁠13 in their 35th football meeting. The other Ithacan markers were provided by pair of two-yard

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)

Cornell 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Dartmouth leads 54–⁠32–⁠1 in 87 meetings, counting the 52 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Dartmouth 24, Cornell 14
2024Cornell 39, Dartmouth 22
2023Dartmouth 30, Cornell 14
2022Cornell 17, Dartmouth 13
2021Dartmouth 41, Cornell 7
2019Cornell 20, Dartmouth 17

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