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Brown vs. Dartmouth

Brown and Dartmouth first met in 1894 and have played 81 times; Dartmouth leads the series 54–⁠24–⁠3. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Dartmouth 8–⁠2.

Brown wins
24
Dartmouth wins
54
Ties
3
First meeting
1894
Longest streak
15 Dartmouth
Current streak
1 Brown
Last 10 meetings
Dartmouth 8–⁠2
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s4–⁠0–⁠1
1900s2–⁠5
1910s3–⁠0
1920s2–⁠7
1930s0–⁠4
1940s1–⁠3
1950s1–⁠3–⁠1
1960s0–⁠10
1970s2–⁠7–⁠1
1980s0–⁠2
2000s5–⁠2
2010s3–⁠7
2020s1–⁠4
Average margin
16 points; 30 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Brown
16–⁠27–⁠1 Brown’s record at home
At Dartmouth
26–⁠8–⁠2 Dartmouth’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠1 Brown first
Shutouts
20

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Brown’s biggest win2008: Brown 45, Dartmouth 16by 29 points
  2. Dartmouth’s biggest win1903: Dartmouth 62, Brown 0by 62 points
  3. Upset2011: Dartmouth 21, Brown 16Dartmouth had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset2016: Brown 24, Dartmouth 21Brown had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset2004: Dartmouth 20, Brown 7Dartmouth had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsBrownSeriesDartmouth
1904–⁠1906Edward Robinson1–⁠2Fred Folsom
1917–⁠1920Edward Robinson3–⁠1Clarence Spears
1923–⁠1925Edward Robinson0–⁠3Jesse Hawley
1926–⁠1928DeOrmond McLaughry2–⁠1Jesse Hawley
1935–⁠1940DeOrmond McLaughry0–⁠5Red Blaik
1955–⁠1958Alva Kelley1–⁠3Bob Blackman
1959–⁠1966John McLaughry0–⁠7–⁠1Bob Blackman
1967–⁠1970Len Jardine0–⁠4Bob Blackman
1973–⁠1977John Anderson2–⁠2–⁠1Jake Crouthamel
1978–⁠1981John Anderson0–⁠4Joseph Yukica

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Brown’s side (Robinson 1–⁠2 against Folsom). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Brown and Dartmouth, 1894 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 The Providence news's story of the 1894 game

    1894 · The Providence news, Providence [R.I.], Nov 30, 1894

  • The Evening star's story of the 1895 game: Closing the oFoot Ball Season Throughout the Country. NARROW MARGIN OF THE COLUHBIAS Ioaugurating Winter Racing on the P 8 i Coast. TRYING TO e. MATCH MAHER

    1895 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 29, 1895

  • The The Providence news's story of the 1896 game: TIE GAME. Brown and Dartmouth Break Even on tn: Gridiron.

    1896 · The Providence news, Providence [R.I.], Nov 4, 1896

  • The The Worcester spy's story of the 1898 game: WEAKENED Dartmouth in Second Half WENT TO PIECES. Brown Made Two Touch, downs Against Hanover.

    1898 · The Worcester spy, Nov 22, 1898

  • The The Worcester spy's story of the 1899 game: BROWN GETS ITEASILY. Dartmouth Only Able to Score Once on the Brownonans.

    1899 · The Worcester spy, Worcester, Mass., Nov 26, 1899

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

Nov 21, 2026Brown at Dartmouth upcomingat Dartmouth
Nov 22, 2025Brown 35, Dartmouth 28at Brown
Nov 23, 2024Dartmouth 56, Brown 28at Dartmouth
Nov 18, 2023Dartmouth 38, Brown 13at Brown
Nov 19, 2022Dartmouth 30, Brown 7at Dartmouth
Nov 20, 2021Dartmouth 52, Brown 31at Brown
Nov 23, 2019Dartmouth 29, Brown 23at Brown
Nov 17, 2018Dartmouth 49, Brown 7at Dartmouth
Nov 10, 2017Dartmouth 33, Brown 10Fenway Park
Nov 12, 2016Brown 24, Dartmouth 21at Dartmouth
Nov 14, 2015Dartmouth 34, Brown 18at Brown
Nov 15, 2014Dartmouth 44, Brown 21at Dartmouth
Nov 16, 2013Dartmouth 24, Brown 20at Brown
Nov 10, 2012Brown 28, Dartmouth 24at Dartmouth
Nov 12, 2011Dartmouth 21, Brown 16at Brown
Nov 13, 2010Brown 35, Dartmouth 28at Dartmouth
Nov 14, 2009Brown 14, Dartmouth 7at Brown
Nov 15, 2008Brown 45, Dartmouth 16at Dartmouth
Nov 10, 2007Brown 56, Dartmouth 35at Brown
Nov 11, 2006Dartmouth 19, Brown 13at Dartmouth
Nov 12, 2005Brown 24, Dartmouth 14at Brown
Nov 13, 2004Dartmouth 20, Brown 7at Dartmouth
Nov 15, 2003Brown 26, Dartmouth 21at Brown
Nov 14, 1981Dartmouth 38, Brown 13at Dartmouth
Nov 15, 1980Dartmouth 28, Brown 24at Brown
Nov 10, 1979Dartmouth 24, Brown 10at Dartmouth
Nov 11, 1978Dartmouth 31, Brown 21at Brown
Nov 5, 1977Brown 13, Dartmouth 10at Dartmouth
Nov 6, 1976Brown 35, Dartmouth 21at Brown
Oct 18, 1975Dartmouth 10, Brown 10at Dartmouth
Oct 19, 1974Dartmouth 7, Brown 6at Brown
Oct 20, 1973Dartmouth 28, Brown 16at Brown
Oct 21, 1972Dartmouth 49, Brown 20at Dartmouth
Oct 16, 1971Dartmouth 10, Brown 7at Brown
Oct 17, 1970Dartmouth 42, Brown 14at Dartmouth
Oct 18, 1969Dartmouth 38, Brown 13at Brown
Oct 19, 1968Dartmouth 48, Brown 0at Dartmouth
Oct 21, 1967Dartmouth 41, Brown 6at Brown
Oct 15, 1966Dartmouth 49, Brown 14at Dartmouth
Oct 16, 1965Dartmouth 35, Brown 9at Brown
Oct 17, 1964Dartmouth 24, Brown 14at Dartmouth
Oct 12, 1963Dartmouth 14, Brown 7at Dartmouth
Oct 13, 1962Dartmouth 41, Brown 0at Brown
Oct 14, 1961Dartmouth 34, Brown 0at Dartmouth
Oct 8, 1960Dartmouth 20, Brown 0at Brown
Oct 10, 1959Dartmouth 0, Brown 0at Dartmouth
Oct 11, 1958Dartmouth 20, Brown 0at Brown
Oct 12, 1957Dartmouth 35, Brown 0at Dartmouth
Oct 13, 1956Dartmouth 14, Brown 7at Brown
Oct 8, 1955Brown 7, Dartmouth 0at Brown
Oct 18, 1947Dartmouth 13, Brown 10at Dartmouth
Oct 19, 1946Brown 20, Dartmouth 13at Brown
Oct 28, 1944Dartmouth 14, Brown 13at Brown
Nov 23, 1940Dartmouth 20, Brown 6at Brown
Oct 15, 1938Dartmouth 34, Brown 13at Dartmouth
Oct 16, 1937Dartmouth 41, Brown 0at Brown
Oct 17, 1936Dartmouth 34, Brown 0at Dartmouth
Oct 19, 1935Dartmouth 41, Brown 0at Brown
Nov 9, 1929Dartmouth 13, Brown 6at Brown
Nov 10, 1928Brown 14, Dartmouth 0at Dartmouth
Nov 5, 1927Dartmouth 19, Brown 7at Brown
Oct 30, 1926Brown 10, Dartmouth 0at Dartmouth
Oct 31, 1925Dartmouth 14, Brown 0at Brown
Nov 1, 1924Dartmouth 10, Brown 3at Dartmouth
Nov 10, 1923Dartmouth 16, Brown 14at Dartmouth
Nov 25, 1922Dartmouth 7, Brown 0at Dartmouth
Nov 20, 1920Dartmouth 14, Brown 6at Dartmouth
Nov 15, 1919Brown 7, Dartmouth 6at Brown
Nov 24, 1918Brown 28, Dartmouth 0at Brown
Nov 29, 1917Brown 13, Dartmouth 0at Brown
Nov 24, 1906Brown 23, Dartmouth 0at Brown
Nov 25, 1905Dartmouth 24, Brown 6at Brown
Nov 19, 1904Dartmouth 12, Brown 5at Dartmouth
Nov 26, 1903Dartmouth 62, Brown 0at Dartmouth
Nov 23, 1902Dartmouth 12, Brown 6at Dartmouth
Nov 27, 1901Dartmouth 22, Brown 0at Brown
Nov 29, 1900Brown 12, Dartmouth 5at Brown
Nov 25, 1899Brown 16, Dartmouth 5at Brown
Nov 19, 1898Brown 12, Dartmouth 0at Brown
Oct 31, 1896Brown 10, Dartmouth 10at Brown
Nov 28, 1895Brown 10, Dartmouth 4at Brown
Nov 24, 1894Brown 20, Dartmouth 4at Dartmouth

Every game is listed as played on the field.