Columbia at Dartmouth

Saturday, November 6, 1954

Dartmouth beat Columbia 26–⁠0. It was their 25th meeting; after it, Dartmouth led the series 16–⁠9.

AwayColumbia1–⁠8 in 1954
0
HomeDartmouth3–⁠6 in 1954
26

FinalHigh 46°F, low 27°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Dartmouth Blanks Lions 26-0, as McKenno Stars

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 7, 1954, page 63

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    Dartmouth Blanks Lions 26–⁠0, as McKenno Stars HANOVER, N. H., Nov. 6 up. Dartmouth Quarterback Leo McKenna – who suffered a broken wrist on his throwing arm only a month ago-tossed for one touchdown and set up another today to lead the Big Green to a 26–⁠0 Ivy League triumph over Columbia. McKenna was pressed into service when the doctors ruled last night that the Ivy Leagues top passer. Bill Beagle, couldn’t play because of a hip injury. The chunky junior from Concord, Mass. moved 24-yards, aided by Columbia penalty for unnecessary roughness on a keep” play and set up the first score with q l2-yard throw to Monte Pascoe. sophomore end. Sophomore Fullback Dick Smith then builed the last 2 yards. Sophomore Quarterback Mike Brown, son OF the Cleveland Browns coach. Paul Brown. connected on three straight throws with Pascoe. Halfback Bob Char man and End Ron Fraser. The last one was q bullet over the line to Fraser with only 81 Sec onds left in the half. McKenna hit Smith with a “a yard diagonal pass for the third I’d in the third quarter as the sophomore fullback stood all alone In the end zone. Another famed football name broke into the action in the flnal period when senior Quarterback Johnny Dell Isola. jr.son oi the Dartmouth line coach scored from ! foot out. Columbia ---- Q Q 0 o. Dartmouth --- 5–⁠9t snia E y: Fraser. Deli isoiS. convef ainY1 Mex anna Trainer

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 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Dartmouth leads 57–⁠16 in 73 meetings, counting the 48 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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