Dartmouth vs. Lafayette

Dartmouth and Lafayette first met in 1932 and have played 4 times; Dartmouth leads the series 3–⁠1. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Dartmouth 3–⁠1.

Dartmouth wins
3
Lafayette wins
1
Ties
0
First meeting
1932
Longest streak
2 Dartmouth
Current streak
1 Dartmouth
Last 10 meetings
Dartmouth 3–⁠1
Most recent
1958

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s2–⁠0
1950s1–⁠1
Average margin
12 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Dartmouth
3–⁠1 Dartmouth’s record at home
Shutouts
3

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 Dartmouth and Lafayette, 1932 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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 Evening star's story of the 1939 game: Several Section Leaders Meet Rugged Foes CorneII-Ohio Stute Match Tops Tits Of Pucesetters

    1939 · Evening star, Oct 23, 1939

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

Sep 27, 1958Dartmouth 20, Lafayette 0at Dartmouth
Oct 15, 1955Lafayette 21, Dartmouth 13at Dartmouth
Oct 21, 1939Dartmouth 14, Lafayette 0at Dartmouth
Oct 8, 1932Dartmouth 6, Lafayette 0at Dartmouth

Every game is listed as played on the field.