In only their second game ever, the Dickinson football team pulls out a convincing victory on the road at Harrisburg Cricket Club 34-0.
Tragedy struck Carlisle on Oct. 23, 1886 as star defensive end E. Herbert Garrison suffered a head injury mid-game vs. Swarthmore and later passed away due to the severity of the injury. After being taken off of the field and to the hospital by an ambulance, the game continued and Dickinson ultimately lost 28-15.
Led by Player-Coach-Captain Willard G. Lake in their program debut, the Red Devils fall to Swarthmore at home by a score of 34-6.
Western Maryland defeated the Dickinson football team 6-0 in the homecoming game of 1942. During half-time, the football used in the game was auctioned off for $300 in War Stamps.
The annual Freshman-Sophomore football game was held at 2:00pm. A large enthusiastic crowd assembled to watch the much-anticipated game, which ended in a tie score of 5-5. Both the rigorous academic schedule of the sophomore class and the muddiness of the field contributed to their sub-par performance against the younger class. A rematch was requested when conditions were more favorable.
The Red Devils faced the Drexel Dragons in the 1941 homecoming football game. The game ended with a scoreless tie.
Fall Parents' Day activities included the Annual Parents' Convocation, a panel discussion, Buffet Luncheon, and football game against Georgetown. Entertainment provided by students included the final performance of the Mermaid Player's The Imaginary Invalid and the Annual Glee Club Concert and ODK Songfest.
This year's Homecoming program included a concert featuring the bands Seatrain and Grin, a Clambake and Chicken Barbeque, various lunches and dinners, the crowning of the Homecoming Queen, a football game against Franklin and Marshall, and the return of the Mermaid, which was kidnapped by a group of freshmen shortly after they arrived on campus.
The annual rivalry game between the Gettysburg and Dickinson football teams was held in the Hershey Stadium in front of 6,000 spectators on November 23, 1940. Gettysburg won the game 26-7.
The Red Devils won their homecoming football game against Western Maryland 13-7.
A band of nude sophomores attacked Conway Hall for a freshman-sophomore scrap at 10pm on Tuesday, October 15, 1940. They stripped the freshmen and proceeded to grapple with them inside and outside the building. Missiles of dirt were thrown from the lawn into the bathrooms and from the bathrooms to the hall. The sophomores declared victory after an hour of fighting.
The Red Devils faced Lebanon Valley in the 1970 homecoming football game, which ended in a 19-19 tie. In the third quarter of the game, Lebanon valley was leading 16-0; quarterback Joe Wilson then led the Devils to a 19-16 lead. In the final play of the game, Lebanon Valley scored a field goal that brought the score to a tie.
Bruce Vogelson, the College Trainer, gave a demonstration of self-defense techniques to a group of approximately 40 female students in the recreation room of Adams Hall.
The Dickinson team finished in third place in a sailing-dingy race sponsored by the Intercollegiate Yacht Racing Association held at Port Washington, Long Island. William and Paul Woodward comprised the duo representing Dickinson.
The sophomores won the annual Button Game, a basketball tournament between the sophomore and freshman classes to determine whether freshmen will be permitted to stop wearing their buttons, with a score of 35-27.
Nine female students from Dickinson attended Bucknell University's experimental "Play Day", at which representatives from various local colleges were divided into teams that competed in baseball, tennis, archery, hockey, volleyball, and handball. The day culminated in dinner and dancing.
The final competitions of Dickinson's first intramural boxing season were held in the Alumni Gymnasium with an audience of almost 900 people.
The sophomores won by 21-17 the annual Button Game, a basketball game between the sophomores and first years that determines whether the first years must continue to wear their identifying buttons. Harry Kane, Milt Davidson, and Joe Lipinski were the outstanding players for the sophomores.
The Dickinson freshman and varsity football games played alternate quarters in a football game against the Army Post, proceeds from which benefited the unemployed of Carlisle. Dickinson won the game 39-0.
In the first scrap of the year, the sophomores hurled buckets of blood, rotting fruit, and other refuse at the freshmen attempting to enter Biddle Field. For the first time in many years, the sophomores were victorious.
The sophomores won the annual freshman-sophomore flag scrap at Biddle Field. The scrap lasted for ten minutes, during which time the freshmen, led by Jack Fowler, attempted to remove the sophomores' flag from a greased and defended flagpole. The sophomores' leader, Jimmy Knight, sat atop the pole.
Dickinson faces Gettysburg at the homecoming football game, which is played in Harrisburg due to construction work on Biddle Field.
Dickinson faces Gettysburg at the homecoming football game. For the first time in several years, the game is played on Biddle Field, which has newly-expanded bleachers.
Dickinson faces Franklin and Marshall at the homecoming football game.
Dickinson faced Gettysburg at the homecoming football game. President-elect Karl T. Waugh was present. The game ended in a scoreless tie.