Dartmouth vs. Wesleyan (CT)

Dartmouth and Wesleyan (CT) first met in 1892 and have played 8 times; Dartmouth leads the series 5–⁠3. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Dartmouth 5–⁠3, and Dartmouth has won the last 4.

Dartmouth wins
5
Wesleyan (CT) wins
3
Ties
0
First meeting
1892
Longest streak
4 Dartmouth
Current streak
4 Dartmouth
Last 10 meetings
Dartmouth 5–⁠3
Most recent
1904

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s1–⁠2
1900s4–⁠1
Average margin
17.1 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Dartmouth
2–⁠1 Dartmouth’s record at home
At Wesleyan (CT)
2–⁠3 Wesleyan (CT)‘s record at home
Shutouts
2

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Dartmouth’s biggest win1904: Dartmouth 33, Wesleyan (CT) 0by 33 points
  2. Wesleyan (CT)‘s biggest win1898: Wesleyan (CT) 23, Dartmouth 5by 18 points
  3. Upset1898: Wesleyan (CT) 23, Dartmouth 5Wesleyan (CT) had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Dartmouth and Wesleyan (CT), 1892 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 New-York tribune's story of the 1899 game: WESLEYAN DEFEATS DARTMOUTH MIDDLETOwN MEN PLAY A GOOD GAME on MUDDY FIELD

    1899 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Nov 5, 1899

  • The St. Johnsbury Caledonian's story of the 1903 game

    1903 · St. Johnsbury Caledonian, St. Johnsbury, Vt., Nov 4, 1903

  • The The Barre daily times's story of the 1904 game: FOOTBALL RESULTS Harvard Beaten By Pennsyl- yania II to 0. YALEWINSFROMCOLUM BY Score Of "a to o-w Wesleyan Easy Dartmouth and u v. M. Sue. cumbs Before Browns Eleven YALEWINSFROMC COL MBIA

    1904 · The Barre daily times, Barre, Vt., Oct 31, 1904

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 29, 1904Dartmouth 33, Wesleyan (CT) 0at Wesleyan (CT)
Oct 31, 1903Dartmouth 34, Wesleyan (CT) 6at Dartmouth
Nov 1, 1902Dartmouth 12, Wesleyan (CT) 5at Wesleyan (CT)
Nov 2, 1901Dartmouth 29, Wesleyan (CT) 12at Dartmouth
Nov 3, 1900Wesleyan (CT) 16, Dartmouth 5at Wesleyan (CT)
Nov 4, 1899Wesleyan (CT) 11, Dartmouth 0at Wesleyan (CT)
Nov 5, 1898Wesleyan (CT) 23, Dartmouth 5at Dartmouth
Oct 26, 1892Dartmouth 20, Wesleyan (CT) 8at Wesleyan (CT)

Every game is listed as played on the field.