Cornell at Dartmouth

Saturday, November 18, 1961

Dartmouth beat Cornell 15–⁠14. It was their 45th meeting; after it, Dartmouth led the series 23–⁠21–⁠1.

AwayCornell3–⁠6 in 1961
14
HomeDartmouth6–⁠3 in 1961
15

FinalHigh 44°F, low 29°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Dartmouth Wins, 1914, As Passes Nip Cornell

    Evening star, November 19, 1961, page 34

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    Dartmouth Wins, 1914, As Passes Nip Cornell HANOVER, N. H., Nov. 18 AP).-Junior Quarterback Bill King turned to desperation passes in the last quarter today to give Dartmouth a 1914 Ivy League football victory over Cornell. The Big Green spotte d Cornell two second-half touch downs before King finally took to the air in earnest. He sparked an 80-yard touchdown march that gave Dartmouth its first touchdown with 51a minutes gone in the last quarter. A 27-yard pass to Tom Span enberg was the key play in the drive, giving Dartmouth a first down on the Cornell 25. A toss to Dave Lawson scored the touchdown from the 9. A two-point conversion pass to John Krumme followed for what proved to be the margin of victory. The second touchdown drive So yards on seven plays-waS completely carried by Kings

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 79% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Dartmouth leads 54–⁠32–⁠1 in 87 meetings, counting the 42 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Dartmouth 24, Cornell 14
2024Cornell 39, Dartmouth 22
2023Dartmouth 30, Cornell 14
2022Cornell 17, Dartmouth 13
2021Dartmouth 41, Cornell 7
2019Cornell 20, Dartmouth 17

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