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.

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

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s0–⁠2
1910s4–⁠2–⁠1
1920s1–⁠0–⁠1
1930s1–⁠1
1940s0–⁠7
1950s2–⁠5
1960s9–⁠1
1970s7–⁠3
1980s2–⁠0
2000s1–⁠6
2010s5–⁠5
2020s4–⁠2
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

  1. Dartmouth’s biggest win1969: Dartmouth 41, Pennsylvania 0by 41 points
  2. Pennsylvania’s biggest win2004: Pennsylvania 35, Dartmouth 0by 35 points
  3. Upset2016: Pennsylvania 37, Dartmouth 24Pennsylvania had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset2022: Pennsylvania 23, Dartmouth 17Pennsylvania had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset1973: Pennsylvania 22, Dartmouth 16Pennsylvania had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  6. Ranked showdown1943: Pennsylvania 7, Dartmouth 6No. 14 Dartmouth at No. 6 Pennsylvania

Coach against coach

YearsDartmouthSeriesPennsylvania
1913–⁠1915Frank Cavanaugh3–⁠0George Brooke
1945–⁠1952DeOrmond McLaughry0–⁠8George Munger
1960–⁠1964Bob Blackman5–⁠0John 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

End-of-season Elo ratings of Dartmouth and Pennsylvania, 1896 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 daily morning journal and courier's story of the 1896 game

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

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1897 game: PENNSYLVANIA DEFEATS DARTMOUTH THE NEW HAMPSHIRE BOYS ouTcIAssED AND prArEX RY \ SCORE or "a TO o.

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

  • The Atlanta Georgian's story of the 1913 game: PENN LOSES To DARTMOUTH IN FIERCE BATTLE Big Green Team Scores Five Touchdowns and the Quakers Three During ARRAY.

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

  • The Norwich bulletin's story of the 1914 game: DARTMOUTH WIPED OUT PENN. Highest Score Ever Registered Against Red and Blue on Home FisId-seore 41 to 0.

    1914 · Norwich bulletin, Connecticut, Nov 16, 1914

  • The Evening star's story of the 1915 game: PENN STILL LOSING Dartmouth Turns Trick This Time by Score of 7 to 3. STUBBORN BATTLE ALWAYS Quaker Substitutes Play Best Brand of Foot Ball Shown for the Losers.

    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

Oct 3, 2026Dartmouth 14, Pennsylvania 10at Dartmouth
Oct 4, 2025Pennsylvania 36, Dartmouth 24at Pennsylvania
Oct 5, 2024Dartmouth 20, Pennsylvania 17at Dartmouth
Sep 30, 2023Dartmouth 23, Pennsylvania 20at Pennsylvania
Sep 30, 2022Pennsylvania 23, Dartmouth 17at Dartmouth
Oct 1, 2021Dartmouth 31, Pennsylvania 7at Pennsylvania
Oct 4, 2019Dartmouth 28, Pennsylvania 15at Pennsylvania
Sep 29, 2018Dartmouth 37, Pennsylvania 14at Dartmouth
Sep 29, 2017Dartmouth 16, Pennsylvania 13at Pennsylvania
Sep 30, 2016Pennsylvania 37, Dartmouth 24at Dartmouth
Oct 3, 2015Dartmouth 41, Pennsylvania 20at Pennsylvania
Oct 4, 2014Dartmouth 31, Pennsylvania 13at Dartmouth
Oct 5, 2013Pennsylvania 37, Dartmouth 31at Pennsylvania
Sep 29, 2012Pennsylvania 28, Dartmouth 21at Dartmouth
Oct 1, 2011Pennsylvania 22, Dartmouth 20at Dartmouth
Oct 2, 2010Pennsylvania 35, Dartmouth 28at Pennsylvania
Oct 3, 2009Pennsylvania 30, Dartmouth 24at Dartmouth
Oct 4, 2008Pennsylvania 23, Dartmouth 10at Pennsylvania
Sep 29, 2007Dartmouth 21, Pennsylvania 13at Dartmouth
Sep 30, 2006Pennsylvania 17, Dartmouth 10at Pennsylvania
Oct 1, 2005Pennsylvania 26, Dartmouth 9at Dartmouth
Oct 2, 2004Pennsylvania 35, Dartmouth 0at Pennsylvania
Oct 4, 2003Pennsylvania 33, Dartmouth 20at Dartmouth
Nov 21, 1981Dartmouth 33, Pennsylvania 13at Pennsylvania
Sep 20, 1980Dartmouth 40, Pennsylvania 7at Dartmouth
Nov 17, 1979Dartmouth 20, Pennsylvania 6at Pennsylvania
Sep 23, 1978Dartmouth 31, Pennsylvania 21at Dartmouth
Nov 12, 1977Pennsylvania 7, Dartmouth 3at Pennsylvania
Sep 18, 1976Dartmouth 20, Pennsylvania 0at Dartmouth
Oct 11, 1975Dartmouth 19, Pennsylvania 14at Dartmouth
Nov 23, 1974Pennsylvania 27, Dartmouth 20at Pennsylvania
Oct 13, 1973Pennsylvania 22, Dartmouth 16at Dartmouth
Nov 25, 1972Dartmouth 31, Pennsylvania 17at Pennsylvania
Oct 9, 1971Dartmouth 19, Pennsylvania 3at Dartmouth
Nov 21, 197016Dartmouth 28, Pennsylvania 0at Pennsylvania
Oct 11, 1969Dartmouth 41, Pennsylvania 0at Dartmouth
Nov 23, 1968Pennsylvania 26, Dartmouth 21at Pennsylvania
Oct 14, 1967Dartmouth 23, Pennsylvania 0at Dartmouth
Nov 19, 1966Dartmouth 40, Pennsylvania 21at Pennsylvania
Oct 9, 1965Dartmouth 24, Pennsylvania 19at Dartmouth
Nov 21, 1964Dartmouth 27, Pennsylvania 7at Pennsylvania
Oct 5, 1963Dartmouth 28, Pennsylvania 0at Pennsylvania
Oct 6, 1962Dartmouth 17, Pennsylvania 0at Dartmouth
Oct 7, 1961Dartmouth 30, Pennsylvania 0at Pennsylvania
Oct 1, 1960Dartmouth 15, Pennsylvania 0at Dartmouth
Oct 3, 1959Pennsylvania 13, Dartmouth 0at Pennsylvania
Oct 4, 1958Dartmouth 13, Pennsylvania 12at Dartmouth
Oct 5, 1957Dartmouth 6, Pennsylvania 3at Pennsylvania
Oct 6, 1956Pennsylvania 14, Dartmouth 7at Pennsylvania
Oct 4, 1952Pennsylvania 7, Dartmouth 0at Pennsylvania
Oct 6, 1951Pennsylvania 39, Dartmouth 14at Pennsylvania
Oct 14, 1950Pennsylvania 42, Dartmouth 26at Pennsylvania
Oct 1, 1949Pennsylvania 21, Dartmouth 0at Pennsylvania
Oct 2, 1948Pennsylvania 26, Dartmouth 13at Pennsylvania
Oct 11, 19477Pennsylvania 32, Dartmouth 0at Dartmouth
Oct 12, 19467Pennsylvania 39, Dartmouth 6at Pennsylvania
Oct 6, 1945Pennsylvania 12, Dartmouth 0at Pennsylvania
Oct 7, 1944Pennsylvania 20, Dartmouth 6at Pennsylvania
Oct 9, 19436Pennsylvania 7, 14Dartmouth 6at Pennsylvania
Oct 21, 1933Dartmouth 14, Pennsylvania 7at Pennsylvania
Oct 15, 1932Pennsylvania 14, Dartmouth 7at Pennsylvania
Nov 12, 1921Pennsylvania 14, Dartmouth 14at Pennsylvania
Nov 13, 1920Dartmouth 44, Pennsylvania 7at Pennsylvania
Nov 8, 1919Dartmouth 20, Pennsylvania 19at Dartmouth
Nov 28, 1918Pennsylvania 21, Dartmouth 0at Pennsylvania
Nov 10, 1917Pennsylvania 7, Dartmouth 0at Pennsylvania
Nov 11, 1916Pennsylvania 7, Dartmouth 7at Pennsylvania
Nov 6, 1915Dartmouth 7, Pennsylvania 3at Dartmouth
Nov 14, 1914Dartmouth 41, Pennsylvania 0at Pennsylvania
Nov 8, 1913Dartmouth 34, Pennsylvania 21at Pennsylvania
Oct 16, 1897Pennsylvania 34, Dartmouth 0at Pennsylvania
Oct 10, 1896Pennsylvania 16, Dartmouth 0at Pennsylvania

Every game is listed as played on the field.