Pennsylvania at Dartmouth
Saturday, November 6, 1915 Share
Dartmouth beat Pennsylvania 7–3. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Dartmouth led the series 3–2.
FinalHigh 44°F, low 31°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 7, 1915, page 60
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PENN STILL LOSING Dartmouth Turns Trick This Time by Score of 7 to 3. STUBBORN BATTLE ALWAYS Quaker Substitutes Play Best Brand of Foot Ball Shown for the Losers. BOSTON, November 6.-University Of Pennsylvania was defeated by Dart mouth today, q to 8. but only after the Red and Blue team, which had been reorganized within the week, had made Q stubborn fight for winners honors. Dartmouth’s onense was erratic, fash ing brilliantly through its opponents’ line at times, but being stopped at other times by alert Pennsylvania for wards. Occasionally the Green faltered and fumbled and Pennsylvania turned these shortcomings to it’s own account. It was a tumble by Holbrook which put Pennsylvania in a position from which Hawley. summoned as pinch kicker from the substituted, bench. drove the ball over the goal from the 22-yard line in the last period. Dart mouth became desperate in the remain ing few minutes OF play and Quarter back Ho1brook launched a forward pass. 1t sped 20 yards over the line of scrimmage, where Emery had evaded every one and stood alone. He had a clear field for the 20-yard dash to the goal line. Spears kicked the goal Except for this aerial success Dart mouths principal factors of offensive play were the rushes of Gerrish and Carolan. Pennsylvania gained its greatest strength from substitutes. Quigley tearing for yards through the Green defense after being called in to replace Williams. He missed q goal from placement in the third period.

The Sunday telegram, Clarksburg, W. Va., November 7, 1915, page 14
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.PENN|A LOSES [ODARTN|0U1’A. Touchdown Scored in the Final. Period Wins Game for Dartmouth. BOSTON, Nov. 6-University of Pennsylvania was defeated by. Dart mouth today 2 to 8. “a tumble by Holbrook put Pennsylvania in POI sition from which Hawley, sum moned as a pinch kicker from the substitutes bench, drove the bali over the goal from the TWENTY-FIVE yard line in the last period. Dart mouth became desperate in the remanning few minutes of play and Quarterback Holbrook launched a forward pass to Emery, who made u twenty yard dash to the goal Line. Spears kicked goal. u Lineup and Summary: Dartmoutli-7. Pennsylynnfn--s DusSosolt .......i....t.. :. &. ...i.s. Hopkins Left; end. 3 McsuliHe Z, s;t Matthews Merrll .................... Henning Left guard. Y. h yt4tsis Baxter Yray Spears ............... ............... Neill Right guard. .fi. Right r iii iiii psse’. Emery .............!..-. ..s.......... Miller Right end sWitxer ....s.. ......... Bell Ill w. Quarterback. KY Gerrish Rockefeller Left ihalfback. +. arr 4 Right lhaifback !. Tyler ....... y ~; $500. Williams Fullback. Score by periods: 3 3, Dartmouth-.O--G--0

Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Ill., November 8, 1915, page 9 (results column)
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FOOTBALL RESULTS HIGH SCHOOL. Davenport, 6; Rock Island, Q. Rockford, 20; Moline, 0. Kewanee, rs; Monmouth, 7. East Aurora, 40; Elgin, 3. Peoria Manual, ii; Normal uni sity, 7, Pekin, l6; Bloomington, t., Decatur, 81; Peoria Central, Q. Beardstown. “a; Jacksonville, :. Cedar Rapids. Z; Iowa City, 0. WEST. Chicago. 25, Haskell @. Northwestern, “a; Missouri, 6. Purdue, 10; iowa, T. Cornell. r. Michigan. 7. Michigan Aggies, IS; Marquette {. Albion, IS, Hillsdale, 0 Ames. :; Morniugside, O. Nebraska, 80. Nebraska Wesleyan, q, Ohio State. 10; indians. 9. Kentucky, Is, Louisville, o. Notre Dame, Z; Army, 0, Kansas, Il; Washburn, 0. Lawrence, 10; Carroll. s. Cincinnati, II; Ohio Wesleyan, g. Grinnell SIS; Drake, 0. Western Reserve, IS; Oberlin, l. washington, y: California. 0. Oklahoma, IA; Kendall, IS. Texas, 27; Sewanee, 6. Creighton q; st. Thomas, I. Lombard. 10; St Louis, 7. Oregon Aggies, 40; Idaho, 0. De PAW. SO; Butler. 0. Winona, {; Rose Poly, 6. Marquette, /; Loyola, 0 tforfeited) Northwestern, 70; Ripon, 0. Carleton college, “a; Beloit Q. Colorado college. u; Utah, I, Franklin, 64 Earlham, 0. EAST. Navy. 10; Bucknel, s Carnegie Tech, 81; Case, 6. Pittsburgh, 10; Washington and jefferson. o Dartmouth, 7; Penn, 3 Brown, 3 Yale, O. Harvard, 10; Princeton, 6. Layfayette, II; Swarthmore, @. Franklin and Marshall, 10; Haverford, 0. Columbus, II; Connecticut Aggies, 6. Maine, %; Bowdoin, 1S. Virginia, 80; Vanderbilt TO- Colby. %; Bates, O. Springfield Y. NJ. c. A. 20; An. herst. :. Syracuse, 70; Mount Union, 0. Carlisle, %: Holy Cross, q. Wesleyan. Al; Williams, 6. Boston college, 3; Fordham, o. Georgia Tech, q; Alabama, Z Georgia, 81; Florida, 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)
Dartmouth 79% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Pennsylvania–Dartmouth gameDartmouth leads 36–34–2 in 72 meetings, counting the 67 since this game.
Around this game
Pennsylvania
- Next gamevs. MichiganNov. 13, 1915
- SeasonPennsylvania in 1915
- ProgramPennsylvania history and records
Dartmouth
- Next gamevs. BatesNov. 13, 1915
- SeasonDartmouth in 1915
- ProgramDartmouth history and records

