The Big Green made the Fall House-party weekend a smashing success by thumping Columbia 38-0 in the most one-sided defeat in 28 years of rivalry. Held scoreless in the first period, the Big Green piled up 16 points in the second and added 22 more in a wide-open fourth period, gaining 215 yards on the ground and 180 through the air, with Coach Blackman using every man on the bench.
Crouthamel set the pace for his performance a week later against Cornell by scoring twice, contributing a 63-yard punt runback and gaining 100 yards on 13 carries. Dartmouth's first tally came on a 14-yard romp by Crouthamel, and a few minutes later the Big Green added a second tally on a long pass from Bill Gundy to halfback Jim Burke. In the fourth period Crouthamel crashed over from nine yards out and shortly after-wards the Big Green added another score - this one on a really odd play. Reserve quarterback Seth Moger tossed a pass to sophomore end, John Henry, who snagged it on the 20-yard line, but then bobbled the ball as tackled. He leaped forward, however, scooped up his own fumble and raced across to score. The only bright spot for Columbia was the fine passing and ball-handling of Lion quarterback Dick Donelli, son of Columbia Coach Buff Donelli.