Dartmouth at Cornell

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 18, 1956, page 77

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  Dartmouth Licks Cornell, 27–⁠14 ITHACA, N. Y. Nov. II (P1.- Dave Pratt. a 195-pound junior fullback from Winchester, Mass. who has played two seasons in the shadow Of brilliant Bob Rex Igot of two fine runs that made the difference today as Dart mouth trimmed Cornell, 27-l4. Pratt, who got his chance he cause Rex was robbed by a charley horse. intercepted a pass by Art Boland and ran it 81 yards, then caught a pass thrown by Lou Rovero for AZ yards Pratt didn’t score either time Quarterback Mike Brown made those touchdowns. and Rovero added two more in the fourth quarter to hand Cornell its eighth straight defeat. But 1t was the sub fullhack who paved the way for the important scores. Cornell, trying to break its worst losing streak on record had just taken a To lead when Pratt snatched Boland’s pass at the Dartmouth SO and galloped jail the way to the Cornell eight Moments later Pratt took the first pass Rovero had thrown in college football and got to the IL before he was hauled down. Cornell led its ancient rival by mile in statistics, but never got back into the game despite some brilliant running by Irwin Robertson in the last quarter. Dartmouth - - Q “A % t3--2f cornell o Z q I’ll Dartmouth scoring: Touchdowns- Brown. 2 q, runs 2. sneak; Rovero : q, plunge; IA, rum. Conversions Cornell scoring: Touehdowns-Hazrel Unit -

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Dartmouth leads 54–⁠32–⁠1 in 87 meetings, counting the 47 since this game.