Cornell vs. Dartmouth

Cornell and Dartmouth first met in 1900 and have played 87 times; Dartmouth leads the series 54–⁠32–⁠1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Dartmouth 7–⁠3.

Cornell wins
32
Dartmouth wins
54
Ties
1
First meeting
1900
Longest streak
11 Dartmouth
Current streak
1 Dartmouth
Last 10 meetings
Dartmouth 7–⁠3
Most recent
2025

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
1910s0–⁠2
1920s4–⁠6
1930s5–⁠4–⁠1
1940s6–⁠4
1950s5–⁠5
1960s2–⁠8
1970s1–⁠9
1980s1–⁠1
2000s4–⁠3
2010s1–⁠9
2020s2–⁠3
Both ranked
2 meetings: Cornell 2, Dartmouth 0
Average margin
14.5 points; 29 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Cornell
21–⁠20 Cornell’s record at home
At Dartmouth
33–⁠10–⁠1 Dartmouth’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠1 Cornell first
Shutouts
16

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Cornell’s biggest win1921: Cornell 59, Dartmouth 7by 52 points
  2. Dartmouth’s biggest win1925: Dartmouth 62, Cornell 13by 49 points
  3. Upset2019: Cornell 20, Dartmouth 17Cornell had a 9% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1940: Dartmouth 3, Cornell 0Dartmouth had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset1967: Cornell 24, Dartmouth 21Cornell had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  6. Ranked showdown1939: Cornell 35, Dartmouth 6No. 4 Cornell at No. 20 Dartmouth
  7. Ranked showdown1938: Cornell 14, Dartmouth 7No. 5 Dartmouth at No. 20 Cornell

Coach against coach

YearsCornellSeriesDartmouth
1921–⁠1933Gilmour Dobie4–⁠3Jackson Cannell
1923–⁠1928Gilmour Dobie2–⁠4Jesse Hawley
1936–⁠1940Carl Snavely2–⁠2–⁠1Red Blaik
1947–⁠1954George James6–⁠2DeOrmond McLaughry
1955–⁠1960George James0–⁠6Bob Blackman
1961–⁠1965Tom Harp1–⁠4Bob Blackman
1966–⁠1970Jack Musick1–⁠4Bob Blackman
1971–⁠1974Jack Musick0–⁠4Jake Crouthamel
1978–⁠1981Bob Blackman2–⁠2Joseph Yukica

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Cornell’s side (Dobie 4–⁠3 against Cannell). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Cornell and Dartmouth, 1900 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 Washington herald's story of the 1912 game: DARTMOUTH WINS. Cornell, Although Beaten, L, Not Dispraced.

    1912 · The Washington herald, District of Columbia, Nov 10, 1912

  • The The sun's story of the 1919 game: DARTMOUTH VICTOR OVER CORNELL, TOO

    1919 · The sun, New York, Oct 26, 1919

  • The The New York herald's story of the 1920 game: Dartmouth Victor Over Cornell Eleven by II to 8

    1920 · The New York herald, New York, Nov 7, 1920

  • The The New York herald's story of the 1921 game: CORNELL NUNDATES DARTMOUTH, 7O7 1thacans Provide Debacle for Green Team by Many Scores in Second Half. ROBERTSON rs POWERLESS Attack Of Victors Is Regarded as Strong Praise for Coach D0bie.

    1921 · The New York herald, New York, Oct 30, 1921

  • The The New York herald's story of the 1922 game: CAPTAIN KAW STAR IN ITHACA VICTORY Leader of Big Red Eleven Runs 48 Yards to Touch down. HANSON KICKS LONG GOAL Husky Tackle on DObie Ma chine Boots Placement From Near Midfield. HANSON KICKS LONG GOAL

    1922 · The New York herald, New York, Nov 12, 1922

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 14, 2026Dartmouth at Cornell upcomingat Cornell
Nov 15, 2025Dartmouth 24, Cornell 14at Dartmouth
Nov 16, 2024Cornell 39, Dartmouth 22at Cornell
Nov 11, 2023Dartmouth 30, Cornell 14at Dartmouth
Nov 12, 2022Cornell 17, Dartmouth 13at Cornell
Nov 13, 2021Dartmouth 41, Cornell 7at Dartmouth
Nov 16, 2019Cornell 20, Dartmouth 17at Dartmouth
Nov 10, 2018Dartmouth 35, Cornell 24at Cornell
Nov 4, 2017Dartmouth 10, Cornell 0at Dartmouth
Nov 5, 2016Dartmouth 17, Cornell 13at Cornell
Nov 6, 2015Dartmouth 21, Cornell 3at Dartmouth
Nov 8, 2014Dartmouth 42, Cornell 7at Cornell
Nov 9, 2013Dartmouth 34, Cornell 6at Dartmouth
Nov 3, 2012Dartmouth 44, Cornell 28at Cornell
Nov 5, 2011Dartmouth 33, Cornell 24at Dartmouth
Nov 6, 2010Dartmouth 28, Cornell 10at Cornell
Nov 7, 2009Dartmouth 20, Cornell 17at Dartmouth
Nov 8, 2008Cornell 37, Dartmouth 14at Cornell
Nov 3, 2007Dartmouth 59, Cornell 31at Dartmouth
Nov 4, 2006Cornell 28, Dartmouth 25at Cornell
Nov 5, 2005Cornell 21, Dartmouth 10at Dartmouth
Nov 6, 2004Cornell 14, Dartmouth 7at Cornell
Nov 8, 2003Dartmouth 26, Cornell 17at Dartmouth
Oct 24, 1981Dartmouth 42, Cornell 7at Dartmouth
Oct 25, 1980Cornell 7, Dartmouth 3at Cornell
Oct 27, 1979Cornell 21, Dartmouth 10at Dartmouth
Oct 28, 1978Dartmouth 14, Cornell 7at Cornell
Oct 22, 1977Dartmouth 17, Cornell 13at Dartmouth
Oct 23, 1976Dartmouth 35, Cornell 0at Cornell
Nov 15, 1975Dartmouth 33, Cornell 10at Dartmouth
Nov 16, 1974Dartmouth 21, Cornell 9at Cornell
Nov 17, 1973Dartmouth 17, Cornell 0at Dartmouth
Nov 18, 1972Dartmouth 31, Cornell 22at Cornell
Nov 13, 1971Dartmouth 24, Cornell 14at Dartmouth
Nov 14, 197015Dartmouth 24, Cornell 0at Cornell
Nov 15, 1969Dartmouth 24, Cornell 7at Dartmouth
Nov 16, 1968Dartmouth 27, Cornell 6at Cornell
Nov 18, 1967Cornell 24, Dartmouth 21at Dartmouth
Nov 12, 1966Dartmouth 32, Cornell 23at Cornell
Nov 13, 1965Dartmouth 20, Cornell 0at Dartmouth
Nov 14, 1964Cornell 33, Dartmouth 15at Cornell
Nov 16, 1963Dartmouth 12, Cornell 7at Dartmouth
Nov 17, 1962Dartmouth 28, Cornell 21at Cornell
Nov 18, 1961Dartmouth 15, Cornell 14at Dartmouth
Nov 12, 1960Dartmouth 20, Cornell 0at Cornell
Nov 14, 1959Dartmouth 21, Cornell 12at Dartmouth
Nov 15, 1958Dartmouth 32, Cornell 15at Cornell
Nov 16, 1957Dartmouth 20, Cornell 19at Dartmouth
Nov 17, 1956Dartmouth 27, Cornell 14at Cornell
Nov 12, 1955Dartmouth 7, Cornell 0at Dartmouth
Nov 13, 1954Cornell 40, Dartmouth 21at Cornell
Nov 14, 1953Cornell 28, Dartmouth 26at Dartmouth
Nov 15, 1952Cornell 13, Dartmouth 7at Cornell
Nov 17, 1951Cornell 21, Dartmouth 13at Dartmouth
Nov 18, 1950Cornell 24, Dartmouth 0at Cornell
Nov 12, 1949Dartmouth 16, 6Cornell 7at Dartmouth
Nov 13, 1948Cornell 27, Dartmouth 26at Cornell
Nov 15, 1947Dartmouth 21, Cornell 13at Dartmouth
Nov 16, 1946Cornell 21, Dartmouth 7at Cornell
Nov 17, 1945Cornell 20, Dartmouth 13at Dartmouth
Nov 18, 1944Cornell 14, Dartmouth 13at Cornell
Nov 13, 194318Dartmouth 20, Cornell 0Neutral site
Nov 14, 1942Cornell 21, Dartmouth 19Neutral site
Nov 15, 1941Cornell 33, Dartmouth 19at Cornell
Nov 16, 1940Dartmouth 3, 2Cornell 0at Dartmouth
Nov 18, 19394Cornell 35, 20Dartmouth 6at Dartmouth
Nov 12, 193820Cornell 14, 5Dartmouth 7at Cornell
Nov 13, 19375Dartmouth 6, Cornell 6at Dartmouth
Nov 14, 193612Dartmouth 20, Cornell 6at Cornell
Nov 16, 1935Dartmouth 41, Cornell 6at Dartmouth
Nov 17, 1934Cornell 21, Dartmouth 6at Cornell
Nov 18, 1933Cornell 7, Dartmouth 0at Dartmouth
Nov 12, 1932Cornell 21, Dartmouth 6at Cornell
Nov 14, 1931Dartmouth 14, Cornell 0at Dartmouth
Nov 15, 1930Dartmouth 19, Cornell 13at Cornell
Nov 23, 1929Dartmouth 18, Cornell 14at Dartmouth
Nov 17, 1928Dartmouth 28, Cornell 0at Cornell
Nov 12, 1927Dartmouth 53, Cornell 7at Dartmouth
Nov 13, 1926Cornell 24, Dartmouth 23at Cornell
Nov 7, 1925Dartmouth 62, Cornell 13at Dartmouth
Nov 15, 1924Dartmouth 27, Cornell 14at Dartmouth
Nov 3, 1923Cornell 32, Dartmouth 7at Dartmouth
Nov 11, 1922Cornell 23, Dartmouth 0at Cornell
Oct 29, 1921Cornell 59, Dartmouth 7at Cornell
Nov 6, 1920Dartmouth 14, Cornell 3at Dartmouth
Oct 25, 1919Dartmouth 9, Cornell 0at Dartmouth
Nov 9, 1912Dartmouth 24, Cornell 0at Cornell
Oct 27, 1900Cornell 23, Dartmouth 6at Cornell

Every game is listed as played on the field.