But Don't Forget Who Won The Game ;-)

In a story about the 100th anniversary of Washington celebrating the opening of Husky Stadium with a game against Dartmouth, the Seattle Times recalls the first touchdown scored in the facility, which is unrecognizable as the stadiium that exists today. From the story (LINK):

“Twenty-eight thousand persons, thrilled and delighted, spontaneously jumped to their feet five minutes after the Dartmouth-Washington football game opened yesterday, when Bob Abel, Washington, sifted through the sturdy Green line, threw himself recklessly in front of the ball rising from the cleated toe of Jim Robertson, Dartmouth, stopped its flight with his chest, pursued the bounding ball and then — while the great crowd in one grand salvo of applause spurred him on — scooped it from the clay and dashed 63 yards for a touchdown — the first to be made in the Stadium, the greatest football plant in the west,” wrote The Seattle Times on Nov. 28, 1920. “It was Washington’s one golden gleam in a 28 to 7 defeat.

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The changing nature of football has led to most of Dartmouth's passing and receiving records being set after the year 2000. Conversely, every single-game tackle record was set before 2000. Here are the Top Tackle Games in Dartmouth history*:

Rank	Name	Opponent	Year	UT	AT	Total
1	Jerry Pierce ‘81	New Hampshire	1979	24	12	36
2	Jerry Pierce ‘81	William & Mary	1980	17	13	30
3	Dave Neslund ‘83	Yale	1982	1	28	29
4	Josh Bloom ‘95	Cornell	1992	14	12	26
5	Josh Bloom ‘95	Holy Cross	1993	5	20	25
5	Dave Neslund ‘83	Colgate	1982	4	21	25
7	Jerry Pierce ‘81	Brown	1979	12	12	24
7	Jerry Pierce ‘81	Yale	1980	5	19	24
9	Josh Bloom ‘95	Cornell	1994	10	13	23
9	Len Fontes ‘86	Harvard	1985	18	5	23
11	Jerry Pierce ‘81	Yale	1979	7	15	22
11	Jerry Pierce ‘81	New Hampshire	1980	4	18	22
11	Zack Walz ‘98	Princeton	1997	9	13	22

* The NCAA only recognizes defensive records since 2000 with Dan Adams of Holy Cross setting the solo record of 21 in 2005 against Colgate, Grant Olson of North Dakota State setting the assisted tackle record of 23 against Wofford in 2012 ,and three players sharing the total tackle record of 30, the most recent being Donald Payne of Stetson, who hit the mark against Campbell in 2014. (LINK)

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EXTRA POINT

Living up to the motto "The show must go on," the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was broadcast live from New York City yesterday morning. Make that broadcast somewhat live. The TV presentation wove together clips of balloons from previous parades, pre-recorded songs from Dolly Parton and several others, and the usual live and lip-synched performances. It was more of a TV show than a parade, but that's pretty much par for the course because over time the Macy's extravaganza has morphed from a parade into a series of performances in front of the iconic storefront.

I don't know about you, but I'll take the Rose Parade 100 times out of 100 and not just because of the magnificent floats. Because it's actually a parade.