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.

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

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s1–⁠0
1910s0–⁠0–⁠1
1940s1–⁠3
1950s3–⁠0
2000s6–⁠1
2010s0–⁠2
2020s1–⁠0
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

  1. Colgate’s biggest win2003: Colgate 31, Dartmouth 9by 22 points
  2. Dartmouth’s biggest win2019: Dartmouth 38, Colgate 3by 35 points
  3. Upset1905: Colgate 16, Dartmouth 10Colgate had a 17% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Colgate and Dartmouth, 1905 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 The sun's story of the 1919 game: PLAYS COLGATE 7 TO 7 TIE

    1919 · The sun, New York, Nov 2, 1919

  • The Evening star's story of the 1942 game: Sturs Saturday

    1942 · Evening star, Oct 12, 1942

  • The Evening star's story of the 1949 game: Dartmouth Conquers Colgate, 27-13, With Second-HaIf Drive

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

  • The Evening star's story of the 1953 game: La|Ia Sparks Colgate To Victory, "a 10 IA

    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, 2023Colgate 27, Dartmouth 24at Colgate
Sep 28, 2019Dartmouth 38, Colgate 3at Dartmouth
Sep 17, 2011Dartmouth 37, Colgate 20at Dartmouth
Sep 19, 2009Colgate 34, Dartmouth 15at Dartmouth
Sep 20, 2008Colgate 34, Dartmouth 20at Colgate
Sep 15, 2007Colgate 31, Dartmouth 28at Dartmouth
Sep 16, 2006Colgate 28, Dartmouth 7at Colgate
Sep 17, 2005Dartmouth 26, Colgate 21at Dartmouth
Sep 18, 2004Colgate 17, Dartmouth 15at Colgate
Sep 20, 2003Colgate 31, Dartmouth 9at Dartmouth
Sep 24, 1955Colgate 21, Dartmouth 20at Colgate
Oct 16, 1954Colgate 13, Dartmouth 7at Dartmouth
Oct 17, 1953Colgate 24, Dartmouth 14at Dartmouth
Oct 15, 1949Dartmouth 27, Colgate 13at Dartmouth
Oct 16, 1948Dartmouth 41, Colgate 16at Dartmouth
Oct 10, 1942Colgate 27, Dartmouth 19at Dartmouth
Oct 11, 1941Dartmouth 18, Colgate 6at Dartmouth
Nov 1, 1919Dartmouth 7, Colgate 7at Dartmouth
Oct 28, 1905Colgate 16, Dartmouth 10at Dartmouth

Every game is listed as played on the field.