Dartmouth at Pennsylvania
Saturday, November 8, 1913 Share
Dartmouth beat Pennsylvania 34–21. It was their third meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 2–1.
FinalHigh 58°F, low 36°F, 0.5 in. of rain
In the newspapers

Atlanta Georgian, Atlanta, Ga., November 9, 1913, page 32
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PENN LOSES To DARTMOUTH IN FIERCE BATTLE Big Green Team Scores Five Touchdowns and the Quakers Three During ARRAY. ~ PHILADELPHIA, Nov. SIN one Of the most bitterly fought games of the season, the Dart mouth eleven defeated the Uni yersity Of Pennsylvania on Franklin Field this afternoon by a score of “a to n. 1t was the heaviest scoring game of the year by the big teams Dartmouth scoring five and the Qua kers three touchdowns. That there was so much scoring is directly attributable to the use of open football by both teams. All Of the touchdowns except Dartmouth’s first were the immediate result of good forward passing on the part of Minds, the Quakers’ big fullback. and Ghee, the active little quarterback from Hanover. Neither team could make consistent gains through the others line or around the ends. Whit ney and Curtis, Dartmouths brilliant Vernon halfhacks, were tower of defense against the vicious onslaughts of the Quakers’ line breakers, and the few substantial gains which were made by the Hanover eleven through the Red and Blue forwards We’re by these two men. For the first Ave minutes OF the opening period the Quakers outplayed the big Green team, but after scoring their first touchdown the Red and Blue team seemed TO lose It’s snap and speed, and Dartmouth, aided largely by a series of brilliantly executed forward passes by Ghee, Hogsett and Loudon, com

The Salt Lake tribune. (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, Utah, November 9, 1913, page 1
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DARTMOUTH ELEVEN BEATS pennsylvania Struggle on Rain-soaked Field Where Unusual Plays Are Necessity. PHILADELPHIA, Nov, S.-Dartmouth defeated the University Of Pennsylvania on a rain-soaked field here today by a score Of 81 TO 81 Neither team was able TO make consistept gains by straight football, and each frequently resorted to forward passes and Kicks. Fumbles OF the slip perry ball and unusual plays were responsible for a majority of the touch downs. Pennsylvania s thirteen punts averaged more than forty-fou yards; Dartmouth’s seventeen averaged thirty-nine yards ca CHI The superiority of Ghee and Llewellyn in running back kicks. how et OF. gave Dartmouth an advantage in the kicking game. Pennsylvania at tempted forward passes twenty-one times and was successful in eight instances, Dartmouth succeeded seven times in thirteen attempts, Each suffered equally In penalties, being set back fifteen yards for holding and fifteen yards for Off side e play Lineup and summary:

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 9, 1913, page 58
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PENNSYLVANIA DEFEATED BY DARTMOUTH ON MUDDY FIELD Met for First Time in Sixteen Years Before Big Crowd-Forward Passes and Kicks Features of Game. PHILADELPHIA Pa. November S.-Dar1nouth defeated the an-soaked field here Of OF tons gridiron despite the rain. able make consistent gains by straight forward the slippery ball and unusual plays responsible for majority of the touchdown thirteen averaged than yards each while Darmouths averaged yards each The periority Lewelyn back kicks gave advantage the kicking Pennsylvania attempted forward twenone times and successful III suffered equally penalties each being back X wards holding IS yards for off side play for majority of the touchdowns. yvania threw hers
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)
Pennsylvania 61% to win. Dartmouth won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Dartmouth–Pennsylvania gameDartmouth leads 36–34–2 in 72 meetings, counting the 69 since this game.
Around this game
Dartmouth
- Next gameat CarlisleNov. 15, 1913
- SeasonDartmouth in 1913
- ProgramDartmouth history and records
Pennsylvania
- Next gameat MichiganNov. 15, 1913
- SeasonPennsylvania in 1913
- ProgramPennsylvania history and records

