The Infamous 5th Down: Cornell vs. Dartmouth

[@joeyoung8181]

Lou Young, Captain of the Dartmouth team was my Grandfather. Pretty cool to see him on video when he was even younger than I am. I heard the story many times while growing up, even cooler to see the footage!

[@charlesballi1535]

Miami v. Tulane 1972 no one seems to remember that game I guess I do because I was there at the Orange Bowl!

[@timbarcus]

Cornell showed more class than Colorado did in 1990 vs MIZZOU.

[@sraileus]

What no-one remembers about the Colorado fifth down is that Missouri tried to cheat by not watering their sand-based turf. Without the three-inch spikes that Missouri was wearing, Colorado players dropped behind the line of scrimmage all day with no Tiger anywhere near them. No wonder CU didn't concede; Mizzou tried to cheat them from the beginning. Watch more than just five plays of that game before you start slinging mud at CU.

[@cru03thik]

can't tell the differnce between the teams.. both team wear dark uniform.. those games are hard to watch back in the days lol

[@michaelbarlow6610]

All the credit in the world to Carl Snavely, the head coach of the Cornell football team, Cornell Athletic Director Bob Kane and Cornell President Edmund Ezra Day for sending a telegram to Dartmouth conceding the November 16, 1940 football game to Dartmouth, breaking Cornell's 18-game winning streak and possibly costing Cornell the national title in college football that season. Disgustingly, you wouldn't see in today's college or pro sports, a team concede a game to an opponent if the winning team won a game dishonestly! Look, for example, at how Bill "Belicheat" Belichick and Tom Brady and the NE Patriots stole the Super Bowl against the St. Louis Rams in 2001 because the Patriots had surreptitiously videotaped the Rams' final practice session before the Super Bowl in which the Rams practiced their "Red Zone" ( inside the 20-yard line) plays! After the game, Rams' QB Kurt Warner said that whenever the Rams got inside the Patriots' 20-yard line during the game, the Patriots defense seemed to know exactly what plays the Rams were going to run! Later on, the Patriots' team organization claimed that the videtapes of the Rams'practice session had been conveniently "lost". Undoubtedly, they probably destroyed or erased those videtapes!

[@RadicalCaveman]

This video is very confusing because it doesn't show or mention the third down play, which resulted in no gain at the one. Right after that came the play that looked to be a TD but instead became a delay of game penalty: this was on fourth down, not third. A delay of game penalty does not change the down. Watching this video, it looks as though they only got four downs, not five. If they don't have film of the third down play, that's okay, but it has to be mentioned.

[@ronflatter1235]

The delay-of-game penalty was a dead-ball foul for the extra time-out. The nullification of a down was not involved.

[@beremita]

I was a varsity athlete @ CU and never heard this story before. I definitely enjoyed it.

[@nate0560]

No, Cornell was ranked second, undefeated, and riding a long winning streak while Dartmouth was 3-4, thus making this a pretty heavy upset

[@gregoryUTUBE1]

This differed from the CU v MU game in that the team was going by the sideline marker and it showed 3rd down. CU had the opportunity to run a play that may have still scored instead of stopping the clock.

[@alberteats]

I went to Cornell. Our football team sucked ass so badly.

[@1stSTLCrusader]

@speranzayaya How can that be. Is it because their an Ivy school. Where was Army, Nany, Michigan, or Notre Dame.

[@piperpig]

Did the ref ever say why he blew it? Here's what I think happened. When the ref was counting the downs in his head after the fourth play, he recalled the penalty, which, in turn, made him think that a down had been replayed ("5 yard penalty, still second down"). (continued. . .)

[@shatterjack]

@butteryblue dude no one would do that today. that's high class

[@aname2627]

One 5th down no one talks about was the Tampa bay 5th

[@aname2627]

Correction the redskins got a 5th down and Tampa was on defense

[@blckchrcol]

this video is related to this book touchdown trouble

[@BenJ8312]

Actually it was colorado vs. missouri

[@Giltweasel]

It was on artificial turf and dry. I marched on it at halftime. We knew it was a 5th down but from the other end of the field it looked like the refs were calling a penalty and for whatever reason there was a replay. If the band knew it was a 5th down, the players and coaches should have.

[@neoclassic09]

how is that sportsmanship? they just made the situation come out how it should have.

[@shazbots]

What did Colorado do?

[@Paul186]

Great Video! The values of yesteryear, eroded to fast talking, unscrupulous, rip off artists of today. Ugh. We need these lessons!

[@guitarman1091]

@Popejoy ok im sorry to tell you but my brother wrote the comment here so what you just said to me i do not understand

[@zxcv1234vcxz]

Actually, plenty of people and teams *do* show sportsmanship and choose not to win unfairly...but it happens mostly when there's no money on the line, when it's not at the highest level. Viewable on youtube: watch?v=R2sZMPSw9Gw

[@guitarman1091]

i completely agree

[@coltino99]

How the hell could the ref give the team another down in the first place? I guess he couldnt count

[@okdokey17]

this is such bullshit. why are the cornell players so proud of themselves? they lost the damn game; dartmouth won. the end. and i don't have bias toward any of these teams. go bruins.

[@mynameiscolb]

Colorado shared the National Championship that year with Georgia Tech.

[@speranzayaya]

wait. was dartmouth 3-4 and ranked 2 or can i not hear it?

[@guitarman1091]

colorado's didnt show bad sportsmanship... the field was wet and slippery and missouri wore cleats that gave them an advantage. Also Colorado would have scored 6 plays earlier on a pass play to the 3 when the tight end slipped. The Buffs would have never spiked the ball on third down if they would have known it was actually 4th down