Dartmouth at Princeton

Saturday, November 23, 1957

Princeton beat Dartmouth 34–⁠14. It was their 37th meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 22–⁠12–⁠3.

AwayDartmouth7–⁠1–⁠1 in 1957
14
HomePrinceton7–⁠2 in 1957
34

FinalHigh 39°F, low 32°F, 0.98 in. of snowAttendance 46,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Princeton Crushes Dartmouth, 34-14

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 24, 1957, page 1

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    Princeton Crushes Dartmouth, 34–⁠14 PRINCETON. NJ, Nov. o. Dan Sachs, all-everything. in Guiding class valedictorian at Emmaus (Pa.) High School, was all the old grads Of Prince tone desired for a hero this cold. snowy afternoon. as ne led the Tigers to a smashing 34–⁠14 victory over Dartmouth for the Ivy League champion ship. A 19-year-old sophomore who stands an even 6 feet and weighs ITO pounds. Sachs passed for one touchdown. plunged over for another. car ried back a pass interception 90 yards for a third and ran back a punt for so yards and the score than broke the hearts of the Dartmouth fans in the sellout crowd Of $4,000 in Pal mer Stadium. The Tigers added one more touchdown without the help of Sachs, who in high school was captain of the basketball team. co-captain in football, a sprint er in track and a star in base ball. BY winning in this traditional rivalry that dates back to 1897. Princeton took the Ivy League championship with a 6–⁠1 record, having been upset by Yale. Dartmouth compiled a SILL league record and was Till overall. tie with Yale the only other blemish. Prince ton lost an outside game to Colgate by two points for an overall GO mark. For IL torrid minutes in the second quarter. the crowd was treated to a barrage of five touchdowns. three by the Tigers, who got no more

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 55% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Dartmouth leads 42–⁠38–⁠3 in 83 meetings, counting the 46 since this game.

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2021Dartmouth 31, Princeton 7
2019Dartmouth 27, Princeton 10

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