Boston College vs. Dartmouth

Boston College and Dartmouth first met in 1901 and have played 3 times; Dartmouth leads the series 2–⁠1. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Dartmouth 2–⁠1.

Boston College wins
1
Dartmouth wins
2
Ties
0
First meeting
1901
Longest streak
2 Dartmouth
Current streak
1 Boston College
Last 10 meetings
Dartmouth 2–⁠1
Most recent
1959

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠1
1910s0–⁠1
1950s1–⁠0
Average margin
31.3 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Boston College
1–⁠0 Boston College’s record at home
At Dartmouth
2–⁠0 Dartmouth’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Boston College and Dartmouth, 1901 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 Bisbee daily review's story of the 1916 game: FOOTBALL RESULTS

    1916 · Bisbee daily review, Arizona, Oct 1, 1916

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 17, 1959Boston College 35, Dartmouth 12at Boston College
Sep 30, 1916Dartmouth 32, Boston College 6at Dartmouth
Oct 9, 1901Dartmouth 45, Boston College 0at Dartmouth

Every game is listed as played on the field.