Dartmouth at Princeton
Saturday, October 24, 1903 Share
Princeton beat Dartmouth 17–0. It was their second meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 2–0.
FinalHigh 52°F, low 40°F
In the newspapers

The St. Louis Republic, October 25, 1903, page 31
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PRINCETON IL, DARTMOUTH o. Tigers Have Hard Struggle and Win Affer Eight IN the EInish Princeton, y. J.. Oct. 24.-Princeton defeated Dartmouth this afternoon by a score Of Il to 0. The game was fight to the finish, and instead Of giving way in the second half, Dartmouth played 4 much better offense. Up to the first score the game was chiefly an exchange of kicks on the third down, in which Prince ton steadily gained. The visitors fumbled on the eight-yard line, and kaffer scored on a hurdle. After Dartmouth had made her first down. Vaughan crawled from under the pile and stole down the field for siNty-fivp yards. when Miller Outran him and prevented a score. First half, 6 - .. Dewitt started the second half by a SEN sauOnal run Of eighty-five yards Prince ton struck the heavy line eight TINES. US ing Miller and Hart Then Cooney made the second touchdown. Lineup:

The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., October 25, 1903, page 1
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TIGERS DEFEAT, DARTMOUTH. Princeton Has Hart fight All Through the Game. PRINCETON, N. j. Oct. 24.-Princea score of IL to 0. The game was fight to the finish, and instead of giving way in the second half Dartmouth playeu a much better offense; Up to the first of kicks on the third down, in which Princeton steadily gained. The visitors fumbled on the eight-yard line, and Kafer scored on a hurdle. After Dartmouth had made her first down, Vaughan crawl ed from under the pile and stole down the field for sixty-ive yards, when Miller outran him and prevented score. First half, 6 to O. Dewitt started the second half by sensational run of eighty-fv yards. Princeton struck the heavy line eight Cooney made the second touchdown. The

The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., October 26, 1903, page 9
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osts. Bruce kicked goal. goal posts TIGERS HAVE HARD GAME Dartmouth Holds Princeton Eleven to q Low Score. Princeton, N. j., Oct. 26.-The tigers played the hardest combination OF gridiron warriors Saturday afternoon that has appeared on university field this year when they met Dartmouth. The average weight of the Dartmouth team from tackle to tackle was 220 pounds, and end to end they out weighed Princeton twenty pounds to the man. The back fields were of about the same weight, tho here also Dartmouth had a slight advantage. However, speed and aggressiveness were more marked in the Princeton lineup, and the tigers won by the score Of II to 0. .-
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 65% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Dartmouth–Princeton gameDartmouth leads 42–38–3 in 83 meetings, counting the 81 since this game.
| 2025 | Dartmouth 20, Princeton 17 | |
| 2024 | Dartmouth 26, Princeton 17 | |
| 2023 | Dartmouth 23, Princeton 21 | |
| 2022 | Princeton 17, Dartmouth 14 | |
| 2021 | Dartmouth 31, Princeton 7 | |
| 2019 | Dartmouth 27, Princeton 10 |
Around this game
Dartmouth
- Next gamevs. Wesleyan (CT)Oct. 31, 1903
- SeasonDartmouth in 1903
- ProgramDartmouth history and records
Princeton
- Next gamevs. CornellOct. 31, 1903
- SeasonPrinceton in 1903
- ProgramPrinceton history and records

