Dartmouth 27, Massachusetts 3
The Indians took the field the favorites, but the Redmen of Massachusetts, with one game already under their belts, were expected to present a good test of strength for the Big Green. The sky was overcast and there was a threat of rain in the air, and for the first half, the Indians brought little sunshine to Memorial Field.
Dartmouth dominated play through most of the half, but the Indians were unable to push the ball across once they were inside the 10-yard line. In the first quarter the Green team had moved uninterrupted from their own 33 to the Massachusetts six before the drive sputtered and died. Another Dartmouth drive ended with a fumble on the visitors' 28 and there were no cheers in the Dartmouth stands.
As the second period opened, however, the Green team started a drive from the Dartmouth 43. King mixed his plays well and the team began to move. A 17-yard pass play from King to fullback Tom Parkinson gave the Indians a first down on the Massachusetts 37. An end run by the Green quarterback, a pass to end Scott Creelman, and two carries by halfback Tom Spangenberg and the Indians were on the 10-yard line. In three plays, though, the Green could gain only four yards and a five-yard penalty set them back to the 11-yard line. Bill Wellstead was then called upon to kick a field goal and this he did from the Massachusetts 19-yard line.
With less than a minute showing on the clock, the Redmen started their longest march of the day. Quarterback Jerry Whelchel uncorked a 63-yard pass to fullback Loren Flagg, who was brought down on the Dartmouth nine. With time all but gone, George Pleau, a senior center, booted a 17-yard field goal and the score was tied 3-3.
It took the Indians only 1:50 of the third quarter to break the tie. Massachusetts fumbled the kick-off and Gary Wilson recovered on the nine-yard line. Three plays later, King went wide around right end for five yards to score.
Massachusetts never again crossed the midfield stripe as the Dartmouth defense contained the Redmen's offense with regularity. Midway in the third quarter two long King passes, one a 25-yarder to end Chuck Greer, moved the ball to the Massachusetts 14.
A ten-yard pass from King to Spangenberg, however, could not offset the yardage lost on a five-yard penalty and the Indians decided to settle for a field goal. Wellstead connected again this time from the 16-yard line and the score read 13-3.
Early in the fourth period Wilson went over from the three to capitalize on a Dartmouth drive of 66 yards. A few minutes later the Indians added more salt to the wound, as the defensive linebacker for the Savages, Cantey Davis, intercepted a Massachusetts pass and went 33 yards to the 12-yard line. The Tomahawks, led by Dana Kelly, then pushed the ball across for the six points as Kelly scored from the one. Wellstead completed a perfect day with his third conversion and the Indians led 27-3.
King completed eleven out of sixteen passes and had 38 yards rushing. Spangenberg led in this last category with 62 yards for a 4.1 average. The Indians had twenty first downs to Massachusetts' seven and in spite of a sluggish first half gave signs of jelling in the second.
Halfback Dave Lawson (34) making a sizable gain in the rain against Penn.
Chris Vancura (21) and Pete Benzian (47), shown in the center, are two of the IvyLeague's smallest players, but they pack plenty of speed and punch in the backfieldof the Tomahawks, the Big Green's popular offensive unit.
