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. Share
- 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
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0–4–1 | ||||||||||
| 1890s | 2–6–1 | ||||||||||
| 1900s | 1–3–1 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 0–4 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 0–1 |
- 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
- Amherst’s biggest win1892: Amherst 30, Dartmouth 2by 28 points
- Dartmouth’s biggest win1912: Dartmouth 60, Amherst 0by 60 points
- Upset1902: Amherst 12, Dartmouth 6Amherst had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1890: Amherst 4, Dartmouth 0Amherst had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Both programs through the years
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

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

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

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

1905 · The Minneapolis journal, Nov 12, 1905

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
Every game is listed as played on the field.