Dartmouth vs. Pennsylvania
Dartmouth and Pennsylvania first met in 1896 and have played 72 times; Dartmouth leads the series 36–34–2. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Dartmouth 7–3. Share
- Dartmouth wins
- 36
- Pennsylvania wins
- 34
- Ties
- 2
- First meeting
- 1896
- Longest streak
- 11 Pennsylvania
- Current streak
- 1 Dartmouth
- Last 10 meetings
- Dartmouth 7–3
- Most recent
- 2026
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 4–2–1 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 1–0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 0–7 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 2–5 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 9–1 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 7–3 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 1–6 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 5–5 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 4–2 |
- Both ranked
- 1 meeting: Dartmouth 0, Pennsylvania 1
- Average margin
- 14.3 points; 28 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Dartmouth
- 18–9 Dartmouth’s record at home
- At Pennsylvania
- 25–18–2 Pennsylvania’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 19
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Dartmouth’s biggest win1969: Dartmouth 41, Pennsylvania 0by 41 points
- Pennsylvania’s biggest win2004: Pennsylvania 35, Dartmouth 0by 35 points
- Upset2016: Pennsylvania 37, Dartmouth 24Pennsylvania had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset2022: Pennsylvania 23, Dartmouth 17Pennsylvania had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1973: Pennsylvania 22, Dartmouth 16Pennsylvania had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown1943: Pennsylvania 7, Dartmouth 6No. 14 Dartmouth at No. 6 Pennsylvania
Coach against coach
| Years | Dartmouth | Series | Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1913–1915 | Frank Cavanaugh | 3–0 | George Brooke |
| 1945–1952 | DeOrmond McLaughry | 0–8 | George Munger |
| 1960–1964 | Bob Blackman | 5–0 | John Stiegman |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Dartmouth’s side (Cavanaugh 3–0 against Brooke). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
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

1896 · The daily morning journal and courier, Connecticut, Oct 12, 1896

1897 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 17, 1897

1913 · Atlanta Georgian, Atlanta, Ga., Nov 9, 1913

1914 · Norwich bulletin, Connecticut, Nov 16, 1914

1915 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 7, 1915
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
Every game is listed as played on the field.