Fifth Down Game (1940)

The Fifth Down Game was a college football game between the teams of Cornell Big Red and Dartmouth Big Green. The game was conceded by Cornell after films confirmed that errors by the game officials had allowed an unpermitted fifth down as the last play of the game.

This article is about the 1940 college football game between Cornell and Dartmouth. For the 1990 game between Colorado and Missouri, see Fifth Down Game (1990).
The Fifth Down Game
Cornell Big Red Dartmouth Indians
(6–0) (3–4)
0 3
Head coach: 
Carl Snavely		 Head coach: 
Earl Blaik
AP
2
1234 Total
Cornell 0000 0
Dartmouth 0003 3
DateNovember 16, 1940
Season1940
StadiumMemorial Field
LocationHanover, New Hampshire
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