Episode 248 - The mysterious 12th man who came out of the stands to play defense for Dartmouth against Princeton in 1935.

History of College Football

English - January 23, 2023 08:00 - 10 minutes - 9.62 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
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Today we discuss the mysterious 12th man who came out of the stands to play defense for Dartmouth against Princeton in 1935. In the long history of Princeton Tiger football, no game was as strange as the game when on Nov 23, 1935, a fan suddenly jumped out of the end zone stands to play defense for Dartmouth to try and stuff Princeton at the goal line.

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