Dartmouth vs. Williams

Dartmouth and Williams first met in 1888 and have played 21 times; Dartmouth leads the series 17–⁠3–⁠1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Dartmouth 8–⁠1, and Dartmouth has won the last 3.

Dartmouth wins
17
Williams wins
3
Ties
1
First meeting
1888
Longest streak
7 Dartmouth
Current streak
3 Dartmouth
Last 10 meetings
Dartmouth 8–⁠1
Most recent
1914

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1880s2–⁠0
1890s7–⁠3
1900s5–⁠0–⁠1
1910s3–⁠0
Average margin
15.5 points; 6 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Dartmouth
6–⁠1 Dartmouth’s record at home
At Williams
2–⁠11–⁠1 Williams’s record at home
Shutouts
10

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Dartmouth’s biggest win1897: Dartmouth 52, Williams 0by 52 points
  2. Williams’s biggest win1891: Williams 14, Dartmouth 6by 8 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Dartmouth and Williams, 1888 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 Portland daily press's story of the 1893 game: he teams lined up as follows: Other Foot Ball Games.

    1893 · The Portland daily press, Maine, Nov 6, 1893

  • The Evening star's story of the 1895 game

    1895 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 18, 1895

  • The Vermont phÅ“nix's story of the 1896 game: PrIncetOn, PennsylvanIaa and Dartmouth the Foot Ball winners.

    1896 · Vermont phÅ“nix, Brattleboro, Vt., Nov 27, 1896

  • The The Worcester spy's story of the 1899 game: DARTMOUTH TRIMMED. Williams Able to Kick Goals as We'll as Make Touchdowns.

    1899 · The Worcester spy, Worcester, Mass., Oct 22, 1899

  • The St. Johnsbury Caledonian's story of the 1901 game: Notes from Dartmouth.

    1901 · St. Johnsbury Caledonian, St. Johnsbury, Vt., Oct 23, 1901

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 10, 1914Dartmouth 21, Williams 3at Williams
Oct 18, 1913Dartmouth 48, Williams 6at Dartmouth
Oct 19, 1912Dartmouth 21, Williams 0at Williams
Oct 27, 1906Williams 0, Dartmouth 0at Williams
Oct 21, 1905Dartmouth 24, Williams 0at Dartmouth
Oct 15, 1904Dartmouth 11, Williams 0at Williams
Oct 17, 1903Dartmouth 17, Williams 0at Williams
Oct 18, 1902Dartmouth 18, Williams 0at Williams
Oct 19, 1901Dartmouth 6, Williams 2at Williams
Oct 21, 1899Williams 12, Dartmouth 10at Dartmouth
Oct 29, 1898Dartmouth 10, Williams 6at Williams
Nov 13, 1897Dartmouth 52, Williams 0at Williams
Nov 21, 1896Dartmouth 10, Williams 0at Dartmouth
Nov 16, 1895Dartmouth 10, Williams 5at Williams
Nov 10, 1894Dartmouth 10, Williams 0at Dartmouth
Nov 1, 1893Dartmouth 20, Williams 0at Williams
Nov 19, 1892Dartmouth 24, Williams 12at Dartmouth
Oct 24, 1891Williams 14, Dartmouth 6at Williams
Nov 15, 1890Williams 6, Dartmouth 0at Williams
Nov 9, 1889Dartmouth 20, Williams 9at Williams
Nov 10, 1888Dartmouth 36, Williams 6at Dartmouth

Every game is listed as played on the field.