Dartmouth 32, Cornell 15
Prior to the Cornell game, Dartmouth,. Princeton and Cornell were tied for Ivy League honors - each with a 4-1 record. After the game Dartmouth and Princeton were left to battle it out as the invading, Indians swamped the Big Red 32-15 on a drizzly November afternoon before some 14,000 fans at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca.
Jake Crouthamel, the Indians' brilliant junior halfback, proved a real "mudder" as he galloped all over the soggy turf to score three touchdowns and amass 150 yards on fifteen attempts. Thanks to Crouthamel and the weather, the Big Green did not have to take to the air and for the first time in some years Dartmouth attempted no passes whatsoever.
The Indians got away to a fast start early in the first period when they recovered a fumble on the Cornell 25-yard stripe and a few plays later Jake plunged over from the four-yard line. Three minutes later they were back on Cornell's doorstep as Crouthamel ran back a Cornell punt to the Big Red 12-yard marker and then hit up the middle for Dartmouth's second score.
The Indians kept on marching in the second period, this time with fullback Brian Hepburn and halfback Bill Morton leading a 78-yard advance which ended when quarterback Bill Gundy piled over from one yard out. Dartmouth's three conversion attempts, all by runs or passes, failed.
Cornell now had its turn with quarterback Tom Skypeck, the Ivy League passing ace, taking to the air to complete three heaves which brought the ball to the Dartmouth two-yard line. Here the Big Green defenses held nobly for three plays, but a handoff from Skypeck to half-back Terry Wilson resulted in the Big Red's first score, and the conversion kick was good.
Crouthamel was not through, for in the third period he took the ball on a dazzling 58-yard run which made the score 24-7. Skypeck kept going to the air and midway in the fourth stanza one of his passes was picked off by sophomore half-back Al Rozycki who dashed 70 yards down the sidelines for another score. This
time Dartmouth's conversion pass was good for two points and the Indians led 32-7. Skypeck still kept tossing and finally connected on a 43-yarder to halfback George Bogar in the end zone, then added a two-point conversion to make the final score 32-15.
Jake Crouthamel, Dartmouth's ace halfback, scoring the Green's first touchdown against Columbia on a 14-yard carry. A key block by end Bill Hibbs (89) gave him an important assist.
