Yale 21, Dartmouth 7
Yale hadn't beaten Dartmouth for the past four consecutive years in the Bowl, but this year jovial Herman Hickman had left for the greener fields of TV and new head coach Jordan Olivar had come up with a passing combination that was hard to stop. In Ed Molloy the Elis had one of the best and most accurate passers in the East, while in end Ed Woodsum, Molloy's chief target, the Bulldogs had a top receiver who had already broken Larry Kelly's record. Dartmouth had hopes of stopping Molloy, but in the end the Big Green couldn't do this, and Yale had their sixth victory of the season, 21-7.
The Big Green, as it has in almost every game this season, started out well enough. During the first period it bottled up Molloy's passes, held down the Yale ground attack and then went on the attack. Speedy Dick Collins took a pitchout from quarterback Jim Miller and raced around left end. For a time it appeared as if he would go all the way, but after a 54 yard run he was finally brought down on the 18-yard line. Here the Indian attack stalled as two of Miller's passes into the end zone were either missed or fell short. Then Yale drove downfield to the Big Green 23-yard line only to lose the ball on a fumble and the first period ended with neither side having scored.
In the second period Dartmouth got rolling again. Yale, unable to push out of their own territory, punted from the 4-yard line and the Indians had the ball on the Elis' 43-yard marker. Then Jim Miller passed 21 yards to end Dave Thielscher to put the ball on the 22-yard line. Two running plays moved the ball six more yards when once again Miller took to the air and hit Thielscher in the end zone for the score. Fry's conversion was good and Dartmouth led 7-0.
However, the Bulldogs proved they were no team to trifle with. Taking the kickoff they moved 71 yards in 12 plays to tie up the score. Ed Molloy, who had been injured slightly in the first period and was wearing a face mask by this time, sparked the offensive march. He fired one pass of 36 yards to halfback Bob Poole and then an 18-yard heave to Jim Armstrong brought the ball to the 13-yard line. Yale ground ahead on the field and fullback Bob Jones., who was tearing through the Dartmouth line all afternoon, went over to score.
With just two minutes to go before halftime, the Elis had another scoring opportunity when they recovered a Dartmouth fumble on the Big Green 40-yard line. With the clock running out, Molloy took to the air again and two successive passes to Poole and Frank Smith respectively brought the ball to the Dartmouth 6. Two plays through the line were stopped cold, but then Molloy fired to Ed Woodsum in the end zone with 15 seconds remaining and Yale led 13-7 at halftime.
Early in the third period the Big Green made a determined effort to get back into the game when Russ Smale intercepted one of Molloy's passes at midfield and raced to the Elis' 10-yard stripe. However, the play was nullified when an unnecessary roughness penalty was called against Dartmouth for roughing Molloy and Yale took over on the Dartmouth 43. From there the Bulldogs, spearheaded by the rushes of Bob Jones and another Molloy pass, drove to the Dartmouth 4, but here Jones fumbled going through the line, Dartmouth recovered and the Indians had a temporary respite. Yale threatened again late in the third period when a sustained drive brought them to the Dartmouth 10, but Bayard Johnson, playing his usual magnificent game as linebacker, intercepted a Molloy pass to halt that drive. During most of this period it was obvious that the Indians would have to go some to win. Miller's passes were going nowhere, he was constantly being rushed, and the Big Green running offense was almost completely bogged down.
In the fourth period Yale struck again, going to the Dartmouth 8-yard line. Here the Indians defense tightened and Parcell's field goal attempt from the 25 failed when the ball hit the left upright and bounded away. With the Indians still unable to make a scoring threat, the Bulldogs struck suddenly. Jim Miller, punting deep in his own territory from the 5-yard line, booted to the Dartmouth 40. The Yale safety man John Brock grabbed the ball on the dead run and with Yale blocking nicely and almost every Dartmouth defender either knocked down or far afield, Brock raced straight down the field for the final Yale score. Parcell's conversion was good and Yale led a 1-7.
In the final minutes of the game John Reiliy replaced Jim Miller at quarterback and threw two long passes, one to Roger Warner for 48 yards and the other to Walt Anderson for 20. But the Big Green attack was halted and the clock ran out at that point.
SCORING PASS AT HARVARD: Dartmouth's first score against the Crimson came on a pass from Miller to Dave McLaughlin who is shown eluding Hardy (20) and Fyock (15) to make the catch in the end zone.
