Colgate vs. Dartmouth
Colgate and Dartmouth have 19 meetings on file, the first in 1905; Colgate leads the series 12–6–1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Colgate 7–3. Share
- Colgate wins
- 12
- Dartmouth wins
- 6
- Ties
- 1
- Earliest on file
- 1905
- Longest streak
- 5 Colgate
- Current streak
- 1 Colgate
- Last 10 meetings
- Colgate 7–3
- Most recent
- 2023
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 0–0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 1–3 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 3–0 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 6–1 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 1–0 |
- Average margin
- 11.7 points; 8 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Colgate
- 5–0 Colgate’s record at home
- At Dartmouth
- 6–7–1 Dartmouth’s record at home
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Colgate’s biggest win2003: Colgate 31, Dartmouth 9by 22 points
- Dartmouth’s biggest win2019: Dartmouth 38, Colgate 3by 35 points
- Upset1905: Colgate 16, Dartmouth 10Colgate had a 17% 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

1919 · The sun, New York, Nov 2, 1919

1942 · Evening star, Oct 12, 1942

1949 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 16, 1949

1953 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 18, 1953
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 14, 2023 | Colgate 27, Dartmouth 24 | at Colgate | ||
| Sep 28, 2019 | Dartmouth 38, Colgate 3 | at Dartmouth | ||
| Sep 17, 2011 | Dartmouth 37, Colgate 20 | at Dartmouth | ||
| Sep 19, 2009 | Colgate 34, Dartmouth 15 | at Dartmouth | ||
| Sep 20, 2008 | Colgate 34, Dartmouth 20 | at Colgate | ||
| Sep 15, 2007 | Colgate 31, Dartmouth 28 | at Dartmouth | ||
| Sep 16, 2006 | Colgate 28, Dartmouth 7 | at Colgate | ||
| Sep 17, 2005 | Dartmouth 26, Colgate 21 | at Dartmouth | ||
| Sep 18, 2004 | Colgate 17, Dartmouth 15 | at Colgate | ||
| Sep 20, 2003 | Colgate 31, Dartmouth 9 | at Dartmouth | ||
| Sep 24, 1955 | Colgate 21, Dartmouth 20 | at Colgate | ||
| Oct 16, 1954 | Colgate 13, Dartmouth 7 | at Dartmouth | ||
| Oct 17, 1953 | Colgate 24, Dartmouth 14 | at Dartmouth | ||
| Oct 15, 1949 | Dartmouth 27, Colgate 13 | at Dartmouth | ||
| Oct 16, 1948 | Dartmouth 41, Colgate 16 | at Dartmouth | ||
| Oct 10, 1942 | Colgate 27, Dartmouth 19 | at Dartmouth | ||
| Oct 11, 1941 | Dartmouth 18, Colgate 6 | at Dartmouth | ||
| Nov 1, 1919 | Dartmouth 7, Colgate 7 | at Dartmouth | ||
| Oct 28, 1905 | Colgate 16, Dartmouth 10 | at Dartmouth |
Every game is listed as played on the field.