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American college football season
The 1947 Dartmouth Indians football team represented
Dartmouth College during the
1947 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach
Tuss McLaughry, the team compiled a 4–4–1 record and was outscored by a total of 127 to 102.
[1]
Dartmouth was ranked at No. 66 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final
Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.
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The team played its home games at
Memorial Field in
Hanover, New Hampshire.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 27 | at
Holy Cross | | T 0–0 | 22,000 |
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October 4 | at
Syracuse | | W 28–7 | 18,000 |
[4]
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October 11 | No. 7
Penn | | L 0–32 | 12,000 |
[5]
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October 18 |
Brown | - Memorial Field
- Hanover, NH
| W 13–10 | 10,000 |
[6]
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October 25 | at
Harvard | | W 14–13 | 35,000 |
[7]
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November 1 | at
Yale | | L 14–23 | 63,000 |
[8]
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November 8 | at No. 17
Columbia | | L 0–15 | 10,000 |
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November 15 |
Cornell | - Memorial Field
- Hanover, NH (
rivalry)
| W 21–13 | 13,000 |
[10]
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November 22 | at
Princeton | | L 12–14 | 26,000 |
[11]
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- Rankings from
AP Poll released prior to the game
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References
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"1947 Dartmouth Big Green Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
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^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 18, 1947).
"Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings". Times. p. 47 – via
Newspapers.com.
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^ Jerry Nason (September 28, 1947).
"Holy Cross Halted Thrice Inside Five, Green Never Threatens in 0-0 Draw". The Boston Globe. p. 27 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Indians Wallop Syracuse: Dartmouth Wins by 28-7". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. October 5, 1947. p. 3D – via
Newspapers.com.
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^ Art Morrow (October 12, 1947).
"Penn's Fourth-Period Drives Crush Dartmouth Eleven, 32-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 2S – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Dartmouth Nips Brown With Tally in Last 11 Seconds Of Game, 13-10". Hartford Courant. October 19, 1947. p. 6C – via
Newspapers.com.
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^ Jerry Nason (October 26, 1947).
"Dartmouth Trips Harvard, 14-13". The Boston Globe. pp. 27, 32 – via
Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Dartmouth Nips Harvard by 14-13 Score".
The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. October 26, 1947. p. 34.
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^ Hy Turkin (November 2, 1947).
"Elis Top Dartmouth, 23-14". The Daily News (New York City). p. C41 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Columbia Beats Dartmouth, 15-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 9, 1947. p. 2S – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Cornell Loses To Dartmouth". The Baltimore Sun. November 16, 1947. p. Sports 2 – via
Newspapers.com.
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^ Jack Woliston (November 23, 1947).
"Princeton Edges Dartmouth, 14-12". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 33 – via
Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Dartmouth Nips Cornell".
The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. November 16, 1947. p. 22.
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