Dartmouth at Princeton

Saturday, November 3, 1906

Princeton beat Dartmouth 42–⁠0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 3–⁠1.

AwayDartmouth6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1906
0
HomePrinceton9–⁠0–⁠1 in 1906
42

FinalHigh 61°F, low 32°FAttendance 8,000

In the newspapers

  • The The sun's story: DARTMOUTH is SCORED on. But The Princeton Tigers succeed In Making Only Al Points

    The sun, New York [N.Y.], November 4, 1906, page 1

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    DARTMOUTH is SCORED on. But The Princeton Tigers succeed In Making Only Al Points PRINCETON, N. j., Nov. s.-Dartmouth proved TO be a surprise to-day when they met the Tigers. but the surprise lay In their weakness rather than their strength. The score was ~ to o In favor OF Princeton. 1t was a magnificent game hat Old Nassau Put up, the kind that wins championships. Never was a more finished and cleaner article of football revealed by a Princeton eleven than that of to-day. Every man dug into the play with vim. Mccormick. Rulon-Mllcr aud Harlan mad up a back field which worked in perfect unison. Stanard and Cooney ripped open holes In the Dartmouth line big enough for a pair OF horses to go through. While she ends responded to kicks consist emily. Eddie Dillon had a return to form and drove his team well. His running back az kicks was spectacular In the extreme. Tibbott made the most hair raising play OF the afternoon. Glaze had punted to z. Dill lon, who ran back twelve yards. Then TRbbot took the ball. lie sklrted just outside of c, Smith and broke away with ten second speed. The entire Dartmouth eleven chased after him, but he was too fast. He ran over eighty yards for a touchdown. Dartmouth was a big disappointment, because she was not in the game as a dangerous opponent At any time The Green couldn’t Inc Tigers started OF, by moving so rapidly that they dazed the visitors. In less than three RIng1Ss + D cT6%d ran Ri afsy yaESe efn aarG sOSeh sse Ne scored the first touchdown Wister tai lied next on the most accurate forward pass ever seen here. The Tiger quarterback threw The ball over twenty-five yards high In the air. The next touchdown was creditedt to Her ring. who got hold Of a loose ball. The score NJ the end Of the first half was Is to o. IN the second round the Tigers scored through Mister, Rulon-Miller, Mccormick, and Tihl OFT. Wister again showed that he j. an adept handler Of fumbles. Rulon-Miller secured his points on line plungtng, a. did Mccormick. 1ibbott went over on his long run. COoney had seven chances to kick goals from t~ouchdowns and he La good every time. This town is all smiles tonight and rather happy over the result Of the lale-W West Point gnme. The Tigers were penaliZed frequently to-day for holding in the line. A crowd OF about 5000 persons saw the contest. The

  • The The Washington herald's story: PRINCETON TRIUMPHO Tiger GridirOn Warriors Beat Dartmouth Il to @. FORWARD PASSES SUCCESSFUL Winners Alternate Their End Runs by Using Mccormick and RuIon- MILLER as Battering Rams-Fum- bling of the Losers Directly Re- spOnsibIe for seven TOuchdowns.

    The Washington herald, November 4, 1906, page 9

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    PRINCETON TRIUMPHO Tiger GridirOn Warriors Beat Dartmouth Il to @. FORWARD PASSES SUCCESSFUL Winners Alternate Their End Runs by Using Mccormick and RuIon- MILLER as Battering Rams-Fumbling of the Losers Directly RespOnsibIe for seven TOuchdowns. Princeton, y. J., Nov. 3.-Before q crowd of 6J0) persons, Princeton swamped the Dartmouth eleven here to-day by the score Of A. to Q. Al no time was Prince tens g-al in danger. Princeton started TIE game with a dash that was in marked contrast 10 the way she contested her game with Cornell in New York, and the scoring was fast. Forward passes succeeded to-day better than in any previOus game. showing the perfection which has been obtained by experience. Only cnce did Dartmouth succeed TO any extent with its pIay-when Sterns broke through for . yards at the close Of the second half Princeton alternated Ter END -uls by using Mccormick and RUlon- Miller as battering rams. both men prov ing effective. Constant following Of the bali, coupled with speed ard aggressiveness, may be attributed TO the high score. Dartmouth s fumbling proved costly. directly resulting in seven tOuchdowns DaTtmouth’s kick ing was weak al all times. Princeton played together much better to-day. siving the runners confidence Lineup and

  • The Omaha daily bee's story: PRINCETON TAKES REVENGE Dartmouth Foot Ball Team is Defeated by the Score Of AZ to O. TIGERS PLAY A SENSATIONAL GAM New Hampshire Men Put Up Pluck y Fight, hut Are HOpeIessIy Out cIHssed, Making but Two First Downs.

    Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, November 4, 1906, page 1

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    PRINCETON TAKES REVENGE Dartmouth Foot Ball Team is Defeated by the Score Of AZ to O. TIGERS PLAY A SENSATIONAL GAM New Hampshire Men Put Up Pluck y Fight, hut Are HOpeIessIy Out cIHssed, Making but Two First Downs. PRINCETON. n. j., Nov. S.-Princeton took revenge on Dartmouth today for last years defeat by rolling up AZ points against the New Hampshire eleven. Prince ton started the game i’m whirlwind fashion and scored in the first two minutes of play. Glaze caught the ball on the ldckoff. but his team failed to gain, and he punted to e. Dillon, who picked his way through the whole Dartmouth team and sprinted over the goal line for a touchdown. The visit ors fought plucHily through the game, but they were hopelessly outclassed and only made two first downs during the contest. Their line was heavy and fast and their backs speedy. but they made scarcely any use of the new rules and could not gain through Princetons line After f. Dillon’s sensational touchdown. Princeton, by a series of plays around end and between end and tackle soon had the ball on Dart mouths thirty-five-yard line, from which point Wister ran for a touchdown, after catching the ball on a forward pass, The other touchdowns came in rapid succession.

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 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Dartmouth leads 42–⁠38–⁠3 in 83 meetings, counting the 79 since this game.

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