Athletic Events

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Sat., Nov. 15, 1890

The Dickinson football team traveled to Haverford, PA, and avenged their loss to them earlier in the season with a 12-0 victory.

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Sat., Oct. 24, 1891

Equally impressive offensive and defensive performances from the Red Devils led them to a 52-0 home rout of Johns Hopkins.

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Sat., Oct. 31, 1891

In their second consecutive dominant performance, the Red Devils move to 2-0 with a 22-4 home win over Haverford.

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Sat., Nov. 7, 1891

After combining for 74 points scored and 4 points allowed in their first two games, Dickinson travels to Swarthmore only to be beaten down 46-0.

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Sat., Nov. 14, 1891

The Red Devils traveled to Annapolis, MD, falling by a wide-margin 34-4.

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Sat., Nov. 21, 1891

Dickinson welcomed visiting Bucknell to Carlisle in the 1891 season finale. With neither team establishing control of the pace, the game ended in a 0-0 tie.

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Sat., Oct. 8, 1892

The Red Devils opened up their season hoping for a drastic improvement from the year before--that was not the case. Dickinson proved no match for the home team, as Cornell won by a huge 58-0 margin. Fun fact: Glenn S. "Pop" Warner was a member of this Cornell team that beat Dickinson. "Pop"...

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Sat., Oct. 15, 1892

Gettysburg traveled to Carlisle to take on the Red Devils, taking back with them a 18-6 victory.

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Wed., Oct. 19, 1892

The Red Devils traveled to the University of Pennsylvania only to experience their most devastating loss to date. Penn proved dominant in every aspect of the game, lighting up the scoreboard for 78 points.

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Sat., Oct. 22, 1892

In their 1892 home opener the Red Devils lost to Swarthmore 18-0.

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Sat., Oct. 29, 1892

The Red Devils traveled to Emmitsburg, MD, to take on Mount Saint Mary's. Mount Saint Mary's pulled out a 10-0 win.

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Sat., Nov. 5, 1892

The Red Devils traveled to Lewisburg, PA, to take on Bucknell. Bucknell easily handled Dickinson, coming out with a 38-0 victory.

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Sat., Nov. 12, 1892

Dickinson traveled to Haverford and lost 24-6. The Red Devils sole score was their first since week 2 almost a month prior.

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Thu., Nov. 17, 1892

In only their second, and final, home game of the season, Dickinson picked up their first and only win of the 1892 season. Even this outcome was disputed, however, as Gettysburg believed their to have been non-Dickinson students who played in the game. The Gettysburg school paper claimed "...

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Thu., Nov. 24, 1892

The Red Devils again traveled to State College to take on the Nittany Lions of Penn State in the final game of the season. Though both parties recognize the game as a Penn State win, Penn State claims a 16-0 win rather than 10-0. Dickinson player Ben Caswell was receiving a punt when a Penn...

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Sat., Oct. 14, 1893

Dickinson traveled to Annapolis, MD, to take on the Naval Academy and went on to lose convincingly, 26-0.

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Sat., Oct. 21, 1893

The Red Devils traveled to Lancaster to take on Franklin & Marshall only to suffer an embarrassing  40-point shutout loss.

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Sat., Nov. 4, 1893

In a rematch of the home opener, Dickinson made the short trip down the road to take on Gettysburg. In a low-scoring affair, Gettysburg came out on top 4-0.

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Sat., Oct. 11, 1893

Gettysburg made the short trip to Carlisle to take on the Red Devils and left with a 24-14 victory.

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Mon., Nov. 13, 1893

When the infamous Carlisle Indian School football team that Jim Thorpe would later play for was just getting started, Dickinson defeated them in a scrimmage at home 16-0.

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Wed., Nov. 15, 1893

In the last home game of the season the Red Devils erupted for 28 points and secured their first, and only, win of the 1893 season over visiting Haverford.

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Thu., Nov. 30, 1894

In the 1893 season finale Dickinson traveled yet again to Lewisburg, PA, to take on Bucknell in a Thanksgiving Day game. The Red Devils gave Bucknell everything they could handle but ultimately lost 20-12.

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Sun., Sep. 30, 1893

The Red Devils opened their season in Bethlehem, PA, to take on Lehigh. Unfortunately for Dickinson, the season did not start out on a high note as they were easily defeated by Lehigh 52-0.

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Sat., Oct. 13, 1894

The Red Devils played the visiting Carlisle Indian School in the 1894 season opener on their home field as the game ended in a tie, 12-12.

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Sat., Oct. 20, 1894

Dickinson traveled down the road to Gettysburg only to return home with a 16-0 loss.

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