Amherst vs. Dartmouth

Amherst and Dartmouth first met in 1881 and have played 25 times; Dartmouth leads the series 19–⁠3–⁠3. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Dartmouth 9–⁠0, and Dartmouth has won the last 7.

Amherst wins
3
Dartmouth wins
19
Ties
3
First meeting
1881
Longest streak
7 Dartmouth
Current streak
7 Dartmouth
Last 10 meetings
Dartmouth 9–⁠0
Most recent
1941

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1880s0–⁠4–⁠1
1890s2–⁠6–⁠1
1900s1–⁠3–⁠1
1910s0–⁠4
1930s0–⁠1
1940s0–⁠1
Average margin
25.7 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Amherst
2–⁠8–⁠2 Amherst’s record at home
At Dartmouth
11–⁠1–⁠1 Dartmouth’s record at home
Shutouts
14

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Amherst’s biggest win1892: Amherst 30, Dartmouth 2by 28 points
  2. Dartmouth’s biggest win1912: Dartmouth 60, Amherst 0by 60 points
  3. Upset1902: Amherst 12, Dartmouth 6Amherst had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1890: Amherst 4, Dartmouth 0Amherst had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Amherst and Dartmouth, 1881 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The Arizona weekly citizen's story of the 1893 game: TELEGRApHIc.

    1893 · Arizona weekly citizen, Arizona, Nov 18, 1893

  • The The Salt Lake herald's story of the 1895 game

    1895 · The Salt Lake herald, Salt Lake City [Utah], Nov 10, 1895

  • The The Barre daily times's story of the 1904 game: Princeton Eleven Defeated IL to o. -0utplayed by Eli. DARTMOUTH Is AMHERST4 And Harvard Beats Holy cross-U. v. M. Downed BY Williams Other Foot Ball Scores Of Saturday

    1904 · The Barre daily times, Barre, Vt., Nov 14, 1904

  • The The Minneapolis journal's story of the 1905 game: Yesterdays FOOTBALL

    1905 · The Minneapolis journal, Nov 12, 1905

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1906 game: UINS By FIELD GOAL. Dartmouth Beats amherst an the annual Football Game.

    1906 · New-York tribune, Nov 11, 1906

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Oct 4, 1941Dartmouth 47, Amherst 7at Dartmouth
Oct 2, 1937Dartmouth 31, Amherst 7at Dartmouth
Oct 30, 1915Dartmouth 26, Amherst 0at Amherst
Oct 31, 1914Dartmouth 32, Amherst 0at Dartmouth
Nov 1, 1913Dartmouth 21, Amherst 7at Amherst
Nov 2, 1912Dartmouth 60, Amherst 0at Dartmouth
Nov 10, 1906Dartmouth 4, Amherst 0at Amherst
Nov 11, 1905Amherst 0, Dartmouth 0at Amherst
Nov 12, 1904Dartmouth 15, Amherst 4at Dartmouth
Nov 7, 1903Dartmouth 18, Amherst 0at Amherst
Oct 25, 1902Amherst 12, Dartmouth 6at Dartmouth
Oct 22, 1898Dartmouth 64, Amherst 6at Amherst
Nov 3, 1897Dartmouth 54, Amherst 0at Dartmouth
Nov 14, 1896Dartmouth 32, Amherst 0at Amherst
Nov 9, 1895Dartmouth 20, Amherst 0at Dartmouth
Nov 17, 1894Dartmouth 30, Amherst 0at Dartmouth
Nov 18, 1893Dartmouth 34, Amherst 0at Dartmouth
Nov 24, 1892Amherst 30, Dartmouth 2at Amherst
Oct 14, 1891Dartmouth 14, Amherst 14at Dartmouth
Nov 8, 1890Amherst 4, Dartmouth 0at Amherst
Nov 2, 1889Dartmouth 60, Amherst 6at Dartmouth
Nov 29, 1888Dartmouth 40, Amherst 0at Amherst
Oct 26, 1887Dartmouth 52, Amherst 0at Dartmouth
Nov 19, 1881Amherst 0, Dartmouth 0at Amherst
Nov 12, 1881Dartmouth 1, Amherst 0at Amherst

Every game is listed as played on the field.