Our Worthy Opponents

PENNSYLVANIA

The Dartmouth-Pennsylvania series comes to another intermission this year with the Big Green holding the edge, 6 games to 5, as a result of its 14-7 victory on October 21. Two ties have also been played among the 13 games since 1896. Penn won the first two games in 1896 and 1897, and the series then lapsed until 1913, when Dartmouth won the first of nine games extending through 1921. The series was resumed last year, and Penn won 14-7 to even the standing.

HARVARD

This year's contest marked the thirtieth anniversary of Dartmouth's first victory over Harvard—the famous n-o game of 1903 which dedicated Soldiers Field. It was also the fortieth meeting between the two. Harvard has an overwhelming edge in the full series, which began in 1882, with 29 victories to Dartmouth's 8 victories and 2 ties. The Big Green entered this year's battle with a slight lead, 6 victories to 5, in the modern series which has been running since 1922.

YALE

In this unusual series, which has been running intermittently since 1884, Dartmouth has been unable to capture a single victory in 16 tries. Ties were played in 1924, 0 to 0; 1930, 0 to 0; and in 1931, 33 to 33. In 1925, when Dartmouth had her championship team, Yale was not on the Green schedule. The present portion of the series has been running since 1924, with the exception of the 1925 season.

PRINCETON

Dartmouth and Princeton will meet this year for the first time since 1916. Relations began in 1897, with a 30-0 victory for the Tigers, of the 13 games played since that year Princeton has won 9 to Dartmouth's 3, with one tie. The Green triumphs came in 1905, 6 to 0; 1908, 10 to 6; and 1913, 6 to 0. Princeton won the last game in 1916 by a 7-3 score.

CORNELL

Dartmouth and Cornell first met in 1900, and again in 1912, but the present series has been running continuously since 1919. Of the 16 games played Dartmouth has won 10 to Cornell's 6. Dartmouth's 62-13 victory in 1925 and Cornell's 53-7 retaliation in 1927 feature the series. Last year the Ithacans won 21-6 after five straight defeats.

CHICAGO

Dartmouth and Chicago have met only once before—in 1925, when the famous Green backfield of Oberlander, Lane, McPhail, and Horton passed circles around the Chicagoans, 33 to 7. This year's contest, however, will mark the third appearance of Dartmouth in Chicago, the Chicago A. C. having been played there in 1894.