Dartmouth vs. Penn State

Dartmouth and Penn State have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1917; Dartmouth leads the series 2–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Dartmouth 2–⁠1.

Dartmouth wins
2
Penn State wins
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1917
Longest streak
2 Dartmouth
Current streak
1 Penn State
Last 10 meetings
Dartmouth 2–⁠1
Most recent
1920

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s2–⁠0
1920s0–⁠1
Average margin
5.3 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Dartmouth
2–⁠0 Dartmouth’s record at home
At Penn State
1–⁠0 Penn State’s record at home

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 Penn State, 1917 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 New-York tribune's story of the 1917 game: Dartmouth Wins From Penn State In Last Minutes

    1917 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Nov 4, 1917

  • The The sun's story of the 1919 game: FAVOR DARTMOUTH TO DEFEAT CORNELL Green's Showing Against Penn State Puts it in Fore for Saturdays Game.

    1919 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Oct 21, 1919

  • The The New York herald's story of the 1920 game: DARTMOUTH IS ! BEATEN "A TO 7 Intercepted Forward Pass Brings Victory to Penn State. GAME IS SPECTACULAR Killinger's 46 Yard Dash Down Field Breaks Tie in Last Period. iAME IS SPECTACULAR

    1920 · The New York herald, New York, N.Y., Oct 10, 1920

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 9, 1920Penn State 14, Dartmouth 7at Penn State
Oct 18, 1919Dartmouth 19, Penn State 13at Dartmouth
Nov 3, 1917Dartmouth 10, Penn State 7at Dartmouth

Every game is listed as played on the field.