Dartmouth vs. Tufts

Dartmouth and Tufts first met in 1887 and have played 11 times; Dartmouth leads the series 10–⁠1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Dartmouth 9–⁠1.

Dartmouth wins
10
Tufts wins
1
Ties
0
First meeting
1887
Longest streak
9 Dartmouth
Current streak
1 Dartmouth
Last 10 meetings
Dartmouth 9–⁠1
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
1880s1–⁠0
1890s3–⁠0
1900s3–⁠0
1910s2–⁠1
1920s1–⁠0
Average margin
24.9 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Dartmouth
8–⁠0 Dartmouth’s record at home
At Tufts
1–⁠2 Tufts’s record at home
Shutouts
7

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Dartmouth’s biggest win1914: Dartmouth 68, Tufts 0by 68 points
  2. Tufts’s biggest win1917: Tufts 27, Dartmouth 0by 27 points
  3. Upset1917: Tufts 27, Dartmouth 0Tufts had a 16% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Dartmouth and Tufts, 1887 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 Akron daily Democrat's story of the 1900 game: A. II. s. in Cleveland Saturday, by 9

    1900 · Akron daily Democrat, Akron, Ohio, Oct 22, 1900

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1914 game: TUFTS NO MATCH FOR DARTMOUTH Hanover Eleven Piles Up Big Score in Game in Which Chez Stars.

    1914 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Nov 8, 1914

  • The The sun's story of the 1915 game: DARTMOUTH HAS TO FIGHT. Tufts beaten In stubborn Football Battle by 20 70 2.

    1915 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Oct 10, 1915

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1917 game: Tufts Springs Surprise By Defeating Dartmouth

    1917 · New-York tribune, New York, Nov 18, 1917

  • The The New York herald's story of the 1920 game: TUFTS OUTPLAYED BY DARTMOUTH Team, of Substitutes Wins Easily by 81 to 2.

    1920 · The New York herald, New York, N.Y., Oct 31, 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 30, 1920Dartmouth 34, Tufts 7at Dartmouth
Nov 17, 1917Tufts 27, Dartmouth 0at Tufts
Oct 9, 1915Dartmouth 20, Tufts 7at Dartmouth
Nov 7, 1914Dartmouth 68, Tufts 0at Dartmouth
Oct 11, 1902Dartmouth 29, Tufts 0at Dartmouth
Oct 12, 1901Dartmouth 22, Tufts 0at Dartmouth
Oct 20, 1900Dartmouth 12, Tufts 0at Dartmouth
Oct 20, 1894Dartmouth 12, Tufts 0at Tufts
Nov 11, 1893Dartmouth 14, Tufts 4at Dartmouth
Nov 5, 1892Dartmouth 12, Tufts 10at Dartmouth
Oct 15, 1887Dartmouth 52, Tufts 0at Tufts

Every game is listed as played on the field.