Tufts at Dartmouth
Saturday, October 9, 1915 Share
Dartmouth beat Tufts 20–7. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Dartmouth led the series 9–0.
FinalHigh 57°F, low 36°F, 0.27 in. of rain
In the newspapers

The sun, New York [N.Y.], October 10, 1915, page 1
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DARTMOUTH HAS TO FIGHT. Tufts beaten In stubborn Football Battle by 20 70 2. HANovER. n. H.. oct. a.--Dartmouth defeated Tufts here to-day in “A stub bornly fought game. 20 TO :. Dartmouth started of with a rush. scoring from midiield IN a forward pass and a plunge by Duhamel. In the second quarter Tufts held Dartmouth for four downs when Dartmouth had only seven yards to go. but Dartmouth scored soon after on a run by MacDonough and a plunge by Gerrisn. The Dartmouth line and end werp very poor. Tufts opened up wide end plays at the end of the second quarter Trd fine runs by poane and Wescott scored n Touchdown. Gerrish at left half and MacDonough. the diminut!ve quarterback. did the best work for Dartmouth. The lineup:

Clearwater Republican, Orofino, Idaho, October 15, 1915, page 2 (results column)
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SPORTING ITEMS For the eighth time in his career, Ty Cobb is champion batter of the Amer lean league, with percentage of 1863. In one of the most bitterly fought games ever witnessed in Aberdeen, s. d., the University of South Dakota football team triumphed over the Uni versity of Montana last Friday, 10 to Z. Anderson, driving Stutz, won the 350-mile race for the Aston cup and took the biggest share of the $4,000 cash prize at the Sheepshead bay speedway in New York last week. An derson’s time was hours “a minutes AZ seconds, an average of 102.60. 1t took 10 years of almost incessant pummeling to pound some common sense into the head that is carried around on the shoulders of one Bat Ting Nelson, the greatest piece of fighting machinery ever nodded. While he does not say so in as many words, Nelson is through with the ring for ever-so far as his being principal in bout is concerned SATURDAY FOOTBALL GAMES. At Pullman-Washingto State col lege, %; University of Oregon, 8. Al Minneapolis-Min “a; Ames, Is. At st. Louis-Washingt 13; Missouri,, 0. At Seattle-University OF Washing ton, 81; Washington Park, O.. At Hanover, N. H.-Dartmouth, 20; Tufts, 7. At Lincoln, Neb.-Nebraska, 81; Kansas Aggies, o. At Philadelphia-Pe State college, ID; University of Pennsylvania, 3. At Annapolis, Md-University of Pittsburg, AZ; navy, H. At Princeton, N. princeton, 3; Syracuse, 0. At Observation-Disclosures 20; Car isle, T. At New Haven-Yale, z; Lehigh. 6. Worlds Series Wins. First game-Philadelphia--3-1. Second game-Boston-2-1. Third game-BostOn-2-1. Fourth game-Boston-2-1.

The Detroit times, Detroit, Mich., October 11, 1915, page 6 (results column)
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MdftyS Old FelU-HH Record Is Broken By Alexander Football Scores LOCAL – Central high. 81: Grand Rapids Union. o. Northwestern high. 90; wyan- Highland Park. g: cass Tech. 0. windsor Collegiate Institute. %: Ups! sormal! s’ a. Assumption coll Muskegon high. “a: ST. Joseph. o. :. Arthur Hill. 10; Mt Pleasant In dams. o Saginaw Eastern, 10: Jackson. 7. kalamazoo. 10; Coldwater high. IL. Grand Rapids Central so; Alpena battle Creek high. &c: Union olive,. as Adrian College. 0. Grand Ledge. 30: Ionia. n Monroe nigh. Is; Ypsilanti, g.. Pontiac high. I; Flint Central g. hapeer high, ae. bort high. o. NAL, 1s. Holland high. los: Fennvills. 0. Michigan. 35: MI Linton, - NJ A G.. 70: Alma. IL. Ohio state. II; Case, o. Chicago. L. Northwestern o. WISCONSIN: 50: Ma, auette. .. Minnesota, 81: Ames. 9. Illinois. rs Rolla, Z. Toledo Waite. az; Adrian high, o. Notre Dame. 30; Haskell Indians, o. Nebraska, 81: Kansas Aggies, o. Heidelberg. 30; University OF Detroit o. EAST. Warrington and Jefferson. IT; La Harvard. 20; Carlisle. Z. Yale. Z: Lehish. g. Princeton, 3; Syracuse. o. Dartmouth. 20: Tufts, 7. vania, .. Pittsburgh. 81; Navy, IL. -Cornsll,- As, Williams, Army. “a: Gettysburg. o. Cross. o. University OF Maine. IL; University Of Vermont. o.
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 94% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Tufts–Dartmouth gameDartmouth leads 10–1 in 11 meetings, counting the two since this game.
| 1920 | Dartmouth 34, Tufts 7 | |
| 1917 | Tufts 27, Dartmouth 0 | |
| 1915 | Dartmouth 20, Tufts 7 | |
| 1914 | Dartmouth 68, Tufts 0 | |
| 1902 | Dartmouth 29, Tufts 0 | |
| 1901 | Dartmouth 22, Tufts 0 |
Around this game
Tufts
- Next gameat HarvardOct. 7, 1916
- SeasonTufts in 1915
- ProgramTufts history and records
Dartmouth
- Next gamevs. VermontOct. 16, 1915
- SeasonDartmouth in 1915
- ProgramDartmouth history and records
