Dartmouth at Princeton

Saturday, November 19, 1955

Princeton beat Dartmouth 6–⁠3. It was their 35th meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 21–⁠11–⁠3.

AwayDartmouth3–⁠6 in 1955
3
HomePrinceton7–⁠2 in 1955
6

FinalHigh 40°F, low 32°F, 2.8 in. of snow, 2.01 in. on the ground

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Princeton Wins Ivy Title Nippinq Dartmouth, 6-3

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 20, 1955, page 69

    Read the text

    Princeton Wins Ivy Title Nippinq Dartmouth, 6–⁠3 named Edward Nelson and Half back Jack Nicolette put on a stout offensive display for a while. After Princeton had been thwarted in its touchdown push In the second half, the team took a kick on the Dartmouth So and marched resolutely goal ward. The drive was temporarlily interrupted by a Flippin fum- BILE but Agnew shot to a first down on the II and then, after q two-yard gain by. Martin, he took a handoff from Flippin and scored. Dartmouth --- o. Princeton -a.. q b--t Dartmouth scorins-Fisld goal: Beasi’ (1l-yard hnel.f Princeton seorina--To Touchdown: Asnsv %. rum.

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)

Princeton 78% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Dartmouth leads 42–⁠38–⁠3 in 83 meetings, counting the 48 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Dartmouth 20, Princeton 17
2024Dartmouth 26, Princeton 17
2023Dartmouth 23, Princeton 21
2022Princeton 17, Dartmouth 14
2021Dartmouth 31, Princeton 7
2019Dartmouth 27, Princeton 10

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