Dartmouth at Columbia

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  Evening star, November 8, 1953, page 69

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  Lions Take Thriller As Carr Passes for Four TouchdoWns NEW YORK, Nov. 7.-Dick Carr. playing his seventh straight Commute ball game, threw four touchdown passes today = the last with only a minute and % seconds to go-for Columbia’s thrilling 25–⁠19 victory over Dart mouth today before a crowd of 5000. Three of Carr’s scoring pitches were caught by End Dale Hopp. George Seitz caught the other. Bill Beagle and Leo McKenna, Dartmouth sophomore quarter backs, also put on spectacular display in a game that saw all seven touchdowns scored on passes To wiring the last drama from this wide open struggle, Guard Neil Opdyke intercepted a Beagle pass in the Columbia end zone to Stave off a final threat with only II seconds to play. Although snow plows had to clear the Baker Field turf this morning. the two clubs did little but throw the ball all through the chill, damp afternoon. The small crowd saw a total of ST passes, 36 by Columbia’S Carr and 81 by Dartmouth. Only two were intercepted. Carr, a 6-foot junior, COM pleted 19 of 36 for a total of 1853 yards and four touchdowns in a spectacular display. The wild game bounced back and forth all day, tied at TT, 1913 and again at 1919 before Carr’s pass and Hopp’s fine catch won 1t. Hopp drove across from the 6 with a Dartmouth defend er around his neck for his third score on a 38-yard play. Dartmouth ------- 9 13 g o-Ie Dartmouth scoring: Touchdowns- | McLaughlin, Thielscher, Nicolette. Conversion-McKenna – Columbia scoring: Touchdowns- Hopp 90. Seitz. CONGRATULATIONS

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Dartmouth leads 57–⁠16 in 73 meetings, counting the 49 since this game.