Dartmouth at Pennsylvania

Saturday, November 14, 1914

Dartmouth beat Pennsylvania 41–⁠0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 2–⁠2.

AwayDartmouth8–⁠1 in 1914
41
HomePennsylvania4–⁠4–⁠1 in 1914
0

FinalHigh 58°F, low 28°F

In the newspapers

  • The Norwich bulletin's story: DARTMOUTH WIPED OUT PENN. Highest Score Ever Registered Against Red and Blue on Home FisId-seore 41 to 0.

    Norwich bulletin, Connecticut, November 16, 1914, page 3

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    DARTMOUTH WIPED OUT PENN. Highest Score Ever Registered Against Red and Blue on Home FisId-seore 41 to 0. The Dartmouth football team defeat- ed Pennsylyania at Philadelphia Sat urday Al to 0. the highest score ever registered against Red and Blue team on Franklin field Although Dartmouth did not score until the second period, the Geren’s goal was never in danger, the play being in Pennsylvania’s terri tory throughout the game Dartmouth used fake pass successfully for many gains, while forward passes resulted in several touchdowns. The second string freely during the closing periods and performed as brilliantly as the first squad Cornisky, who substituted for Ghee, making several startling runs and scoring one touchdown on fake pass, while Thielscher bucked the line for five yards and touchdown within a few seconds after he had relieved AIurdock at right halfback. Pennsylvania showed to the best ad- vantage in the first half, when the Red and Blue held the big Green team for downs when only five yards were need ed for touchdown. Tucker then threw two successful forward passes for short gains, and the ball was on Penn the first period was called. Murdock scored Dartmouth’s first touchdown on @ succession of line plunges after Curtis had intercepted a forward pass. on Pennsylvania’s 20- yard line. Winship scored the second on forward pass which he caught be- hind the goal line. The third touch down was made on line plunge by Murdock after a sensational run by Ghee. Gerrish made the fourth touch down on a forward pass.

  • The The Washington herald's story: Prineefon Tear Things up. DARTMOUTH ROLLS UP SCORE ON PENN Big Green Eleven Smsshes Keystones' Defense and After First Period Scores a VIII.

    The Washington herald, November 15, 1914, page 28

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    Prineefon Tear Things up. DARTMOUTH ROLLS UP SCORE ON PENN Big Green Eleven Smsshes Keystones’ Defense and After First Period Scores a VIII. Philadelphias Nov. 1E-Smashing PensyIvania’s defense to bits the heavy Dartmouth eleven today rolled up Il points. at the same time holding its sopponents scoreless It was the most overwhelming defeat in the gridiron history Of the University Of Pennsylvania. After the frst period when Penn held the visitors better than even, the Dartmouth team scored almost at will. Two touchdowns in the. second period took the fight out Of Penn. and from then on the game developed into a football slaughter. Curtis intercept ed q forward pass and carried IL 70 the S-yard line, whence the next play put the ball over for the first score. The second also resulted from. long pass Ghee to Winship. Two more touchdowns came in the third and two in the final period, Dart mouth apparently getting stronger as the game progressed Three OF these scores resulted from forward passes; two from straight plunging and end runs

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 56% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Dartmouth leads 36–⁠34–⁠2 in 72 meetings, counting the 68 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Dartmouth 14, Pennsylvania 10
2025Pennsylvania 36, Dartmouth 24
2024Dartmouth 20, Pennsylvania 17
2023Dartmouth 23, Pennsylvania 20
2022Pennsylvania 23, Dartmouth 17
2021Dartmouth 31, Pennsylvania 7

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