Dartmouth Big Green
IvyHanover, NHMemorial Field
2026: 2–3 (1–1 Ivy). Last: beat Merrimack 27–21 at home. Next: at Columbia, Saturday, Oct 24, 1:30 p.m. ET.
- L 20–24at Lehigh
- L 28–31Monmouth
- W 14–10Pennsylvania
- L 7–28at Yale
- W 27–21Merrimack
- Oct 24at Columbia
- Oct 30Harvard
- Nov 7at Princeton
- Nov 14at Cornell
- Nov 21Brown
Dartmouth has played football since at least 1881 and is 623–375–36 in the 1,034 games on record. Dartmouth claims one national championship (1925). Their best finish in the final AP poll is No. 7, in 1937. They have won 22 Ivy League titles (the last in 2024), plus six Triangular Football League titles, two Eastern Intercollegiate Football Conference titles, counting shared titles. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 8 players and 4 coaches from Dartmouth. Bob Blackman (1955–1970) won more games here than any other coach: 104. The most-played rival is Harvard: 107 meetings, Harvard leads 63–40–4. This season, they’re 2–3.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 748–475–46 official; 623–375–36 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 0–0 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 32 ranked
- Elo now
- 1336
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 55 · Composite No. 57 in FCS, Oct 17; up 2 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 30 last in 2024
- Seasons
- 125 since 1881, 1,034 games
Identity
- Fight song
- As the Backs Go Tearing By
- Band
- Dartmouth College Marching Band since 1889, about 60 members
2026 season 2–3
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | at Lehigh | L 20–24 | 24% |
| Sep 26 | vs Monmouth | L 28–31 | 57% |
| Oct 3 | vs Pennsylvania | W 14–10 | 59% |
| Oct 10 | at Yale | L 7–28 | 33% |
| Oct 17 | vs Merrimack | W 27–21 | 70% |
| Oct 24 | at Columbia | Preview | 47% |
| Oct 30 | vs Harvard | Preview | 36% |
| Nov 7 | at Princeton | Preview | 40% |
| Nov 14 | at Cornell | Preview | 42% |
| Nov 21 | vs Brown | Preview | 65% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
On the 2026 team
- Grayson Saunier779 passing yards, 5 TD (leads Dartmouth in passing yards)
- Steve Simpkins Jr.47 tackles, 1 INT
- Myles Craddock375 rushing yards, 3 TD (leads Dartmouth in rushing yards)
- Harrison Keith48 tackles (leads Dartmouth in tackles)
- Johnny Stephens41 tackles
- Cameron Best-Alston38 tackles
Program greats See all
Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Dartmouth.
- Bob MacLeodHall of Fame, 1977
Clarence SpearsHall of Fame, 1955- Andy OberlanderHall of Fame, 1954
- Reggie WilliamsHall of Fame, 2007
- Ed HealeyHall of Fame, 1974
- Murry BowdenHall of Fame, 2003
- Myles LaneHall of Fame, 1970
- Bill MortonHall of Fame, 1972
- Carl DiehlConsensus All-American, 1924–25
Ralph GlazeConsensus All-American, 1905
George TullyConsensus All-American, 1925
Wesley EnglehornConsensus All-American, 1912
Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
Program strength since 1881
Best seasons everHead coaches
| Coach | Years | Record |
|---|---|---|
 Joseph Yukica | 1978–1981 | 20–17–1 |
| Jake Crouthamel | 1971–1977 | 41–20–2 |
 Bob Blackman | 1955–1970 | 104–37–3 |
 DeOrmond McLaughry | 1941–1954 | 44–58–3 |
| Earl Brown | 1943–1944 | 8–6–1 |
 Red Blaik | 1934–1940 | 45–15–4 |
| Jackson Cannell | 1921–1933 | 39–19–4 |
 Jesse Hawley | 1923–1928 | 39–10–1 |
 Clarence Spears | 1917–1920 | 21–9–1 |
 Frank Cavanaugh | 1911–1916 | 34–9–3 |
| W.J. Randall | 1910 | 0–2 |
| W.H. Lillard | 1909 | 0–1–1 |
| John C. O’Connor | 1907–1908 | 2–1 |
| Fred Folsom | 1903–1906 | 29–5–4 |
 Walter McCornack | 1901–1902 | 16–3–1 |
| Frederick E. Jennings | 1900 | 2–4–2 |
| William Wurtenburg | 1895–1899 | 23–23–2 |
| Wallace Moyle | 1893–1894 | 9–7 |
Most-played series
All rivalries- Harvard
40–63–4 in 107
- 2015 L 13–14
- 2016 L 21–23
- 2017 L 22–25
- 2018 W 24–17
- 2019 W 9–6
- 2021 W 20–17
- 2022 L 13–28
- 2023 L 9–17
- 2024 L 27–31
- 2025 L 10–31
Lost the last four.
Next: Oct 30
- Yale
33–50–5 in 88
- 2016 L 13–21
- 2017 W 28–27
- 2018 W 41–18
- 2019 W 42–10
- 2021 W 24–17
- 2022 L 21–24
- 2023 L 24–31
- 2024 W 44–43
- 2025 W 17–16
- 2026 L 7–28
Lost the last one.
- Cornell
54–32–1 in 87
- 2015 W 21–3
- 2016 W 17–13
- 2017 W 10–0
- 2018 W 35–24
- 2019 L 17–20
- 2021 W 41–7
- 2022 L 13–17
- 2023 W 30–14
- 2024 L 22–39
- 2025 W 24–14
Won the last one.
Next: Nov 14
| Opponent | Games | DART record |
|---|---|---|
| Harvard | 107 | 40–63–4 |
| Yale | 88 | 33–50–5 |
| Cornell | 87 | 54–32–1 |
| Princeton | 83 | 42–38–3 |
| Brown | 81 | 54–24–3 |
| Columbia | 73 | 57–16 |
| Pennsylvania | 72 | 36–34–2 |
| Holy Cross | 60 | 31–25–4 |
Rivals the program names: Cornell, Harvard, New Hampshire.
The trophy it holds: Granite Bowl (New Hampshire). Who holds each comes from the games on file; the trophies from Wikipedia.
Every opponent (85)
Every program Dartmouth has played, A to Z, with Dartmouth’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Allegheny 4–0
- Amherst 19–3–3
- Andover 5–2
- Army 1–6
- Bates 8–0
- Boston A.C. 0–1
- Boston College 2–1
- Boston University 8–1
- Bowdoin 7–0–1
- Brown 54–24–3
- Bucknell 2–1
- Buffalo 1–0
- Butler 2–0
- Carlisle 0–2
- Central Connecticut 4–0
- Chicago 1–1
- Chicago A.C. 0–2
- Cincinnati 0–1
- Coast Guard 1–1
- Colby 2–0
- Colgate 6–12–1
- Columbia 57–16
- Cornell 54–32–1
- Dickinson 1–0
- Exeter 6–1
- Fordham 2–1
- Franklin & Marshall 0–1
- Georgetown 2–1
- Georgia 1–1
- Hampden Sydney 1–0
- Harvard 40–63–4
- Hobart 5–0
- Holy Cross 31–25–4
- Jacksonville 1–0
- Lafayette 3–1
- Lebanon Valley 2–0
- Lehigh 1–2
- Maine 6–0
- Marist 1–0
- Massachusetts 15–3–1
- McGill 2–0
- Merrimack 2–0
- Miami (OH) 1–0
- Michigan 0–1
- Middlebury 4–0
- MIT 5–1
- Monmouth 0–1
- Navy 0–4–1
- New Hampshire 19–12–1
- Newton A.C. 2–0
- Northwestern 0–1
- Norwich 24–0
- Notre Dame 0–2
- Penn State 2–1
- Pennsylvania 36–34–2
- Princeton 42–38–3
- Rutgers 1–0
- Sacred Heart 5–3
- Sewanee 1–0
- South Berwick 1–0
- Springfield 5–0
- St. Lawrence 3–0
- St. Paul’s (New Hampshire) 1–0
- Stanford 0–4
- Stetson 1–0
- Stevens 2–1–1
- Syracuse 6–3–1
- Temple 1–0
- Tennessee 1–0
- Towson 1–0
- Trinity (CT) 3–0
- Tufts 10–1
- U.S. Marines 1–0
- Union (NY) 1–0–1
- Valparaiso 2–0
- Vermont 21–1–1
- Virginia 1–0
- Virginia Tech 1–0
- Washington 1–0
- Wesleyan (CT) 5–3
- West Virginia 1–0–1
- William & Mary 1–6
- Williams 17–3–1
- Worcester A.C. 1–0
- Yale 33–50–5
Conference titles
30, counting shared titlesAs the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.
Conferences
- Independent 1881–1884 and 1886
- Eastern Intercollegiate Football Conference 1887–1889
- Independent 1890–1892
- Triangular Football League 1893–1899
- Independent 1900–1955
- Ivy League 1982–2019 and since 2021
Dartmouth’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time).
National award winners
All awards| 1970 | Bob Blackman coach | Walter Camp Coach |
Consensus All-Americans 18
Led the nation 1
| 1953 | Dave McLaughlin yards per catch (19.1) |
The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.
Heisman runners-up and finalists
The votes| 1938 | Bob MacLeod RB | 4th |
Second to fifth in the vote, from each season’s Wikipedia article.
In the Hall of Fame
Every inductee- Players
- 8
- Coaches
- 4
| 2007 | Reggie Williams LB |
| 2003 | Murry Bowden LB |
| 1987 | Bob Blackman coach here, 1955–1970 |
| 1977 | Bob MacLeod RB |
| 1974 | Ed Healey OT |
| 1972 | Bill Morton QB |
| 1970 | Myles Lane RB |
| 1964 | Earl Blaik coach, career 1934–1958 |
| 1962 | Tuss McLaughry coach, career 1915–1954 |
| 1955 | Clarence Spears OG |
| 1954 | Andy Oberlander RB/OT |
| 1954 | Frank Cavanaugh coach here, 1911–1916 |
In the draft
By college- NFL picks, rounds 1–7
- 8 since 1939
- First-round picks
- 1
- AAFC picks
- 1 1949
| 1949 | Joe Sullivan B | No. 2, Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC) |
| 1939 | Bob MacLeod B | No. 5, Brooklyn Dodgers |
The school
Dartmouth College- Enrollment
- 6,938 4,637 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Hanover, New Hampshire
- Public or private
- Private nonprofit; Research 1
- Founded
- 1769
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $97,434 10 years after starting
Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.
On the newsreel
- FOOTBALL
- DARTMOUTH DOWNS YALE
- DARTMOUTH ENDS PRINCETON STREAK
- DARTMOUTH DOWNS PENN 24 to 19
- COLUMBIA 35 DARTMOUTH 14
- Football
- PRINCETON-DARTMOUTH
- FOOTBALL
- PENN 26, DARTMOUTH 13
- PENN ROUTS DARTMOUTH
And 11 more
- CORNELL BOWS ON 5TH DOWN RULING
- CORNELL ROUTS DARTMOUTH
- PRINCETON TOPS DARTMOUTH
- DARTMOUTH ROUTS YALE, 33-0
- DARTMOUTH BEATEN ON COAST
- GRID HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK
- DARTMOUTH BEATS YALE, 24-6
- FASCISTS MARK ANNIVERSARY
- TERRIER PALS WITH KITTEN
- GOPHERS LOSE GRID THRONE
- YALE BEATS DARTMOUTH 16-12 IN FIERCE STRUGGLE
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Season by season
National championsShaded: national title seasons, No. 1 in the final AP poll or claimed by Dartmouth (1 claimed).
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1336 | ||||
| 2025 | 7–3 | 4–3 | 1382 | ||||
| 2024 | 8–2 | 5–2 | 1385 | ||||
| 2023 | 6–4 | 5–2 | 1365 | ||||
| 2022 | 3–7 | 2–5 | 1329 | ||||
| 2021 | 9–1 | 6–1 | 1533 | ||||
| 2019 | 9–1 | 6–1 | 1536 | ||||
| 2018 | 9–1 | 6–1 | 1505 | ||||
| 2017 | 8–2 | 5–2 | 1397 | ||||
| 2016 | 4–6 | 1–6 | 1338 | ||||
| 2015 | 9–1 | 6–1 | 1514 | ||||
| 2014 | 8–2 | 6–1 | 1439 | ||||
| 2013 | 6–4 | 5–2 | 1363 | ||||
| 2012 | 6–4 | 4–3 | 1332 | ||||
| 2011 | 5–5 | 4–3 | 1305 | ||||
| 2010 | 6–4 | 3–4 | 1271 | ||||
| 2009 | 2–8 | 2–5 | 1119 | ||||
| 2008 | 0–10 | 0–7 | 1076 | ||||
| 2007 | 3–7 | 3–4 | 1200 | ||||
| 2006 | 1–8 | 1–5 | 1147 | ||||
| 2005 | 2–8 | 1–6 | 1146 | ||||
| 2004 | 1–9 | 1–6 | 1175 | ||||
| 2003 | 5–5 | 4–3 | 1311 | ||||
| 1986 | 0–1 | 1340 | |||||
| 1983 | 0–2 | 1386 |
Every season back to 1881 (100 more)
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 0–1 | 1470 | |||||
| 1981 | 6–4 | 6–1 | Joseph Yukica | 1492 | 3.7 | ||
| 1980 | 4–6 | 4–3 | Joseph Yukica | 1438 | -3.1 | ||
| 1979 | 4–4–1 | 4–3 | Joseph Yukica | 1502 | -0.9 | ||
| 1978 | 6–3 | 6–1 | Joseph Yukica | 1560 | 7.7 | ||
| 1977 | 6–3 | 4–3 | Jake Crouthamel | 1530 | -5.4 | ||
| 1976 | 6–3 | 4–3 | Jake Crouthamel | 1554 | 11.3 | ||
| 1975 | 5–3–1 | 4–2–1 | Jake Crouthamel | 1517 | 6.0 | ||
| 1974 | 3–6 | 3–4 | Jake Crouthamel | 1482 | -1.1 | ||
| 1973 | 6–3 | 6–1 | Jake Crouthamel | 1630 | 9.8 | ||
| 1972 | 7–1–1 | 5–1–1 | Jake Crouthamel | 1678 | 15.4 | ||
| 1971 | 8–1 | 6–1 | Jake Crouthamel | 1709 | 11.6 | ||
| 1970 | 9–0 | 7–0 | 14 | Bob Blackman | 1732 | 28.8 | |
| 1969 | 8–1 | 6–1 | Bob Blackman | 1629 | |||
| 1968 | 4–5 | 3–4 | Bob Blackman | 1524 | |||
| 1967 | 7–2 | 5–2 | Bob Blackman | 1633 | |||
| 1966 | 7–2 | 6–1 | Bob Blackman | 1693 | |||
| 1965 | 9–0 | 7–0 | Bob Blackman | 1706 | |||
| 1964 | 6–3 | 4–3 | Bob Blackman | 1577 | |||
| 1963 | 7–2 | 5–2 | Bob Blackman | 1650 | |||
| 1962 | 9–0 | 7–0 | Bob Blackman | 1687 | |||
| 1961 | 6–3 | 5–2 | Bob Blackman | 1569 | |||
| 1960 | 5–4 | 4–3 | Bob Blackman | 1541 | |||
| 1959 | 5–3–1 | 5–1–1 | Bob Blackman | 1568 | |||
| 1958 | 7–2 | 6–1 | Bob Blackman | 1611 | |||
| 1957 | 7–1–1 | 5–1–1 | Bob Blackman | 1568 | |||
| 1956 | 5–3–1 | 4–3 | Bob Blackman | 1497 | |||
| 1955 | 3–6 | Bob Blackman | 1401 | ||||
| 1954 | 3–6 | DeOrmond McLaughry | 1404 | ||||
| 1953 | 2–7 | DeOrmond McLaughry | 1448 | ||||
| 1952 | 2–7 | DeOrmond McLaughry | 1422 | ||||
| 1951 | 4–5 | DeOrmond McLaughry | 1505 | ||||
| 1950 | 3–5–1 | DeOrmond McLaughry | 1530 | ||||
| 1949 | 6–2 | DeOrmond McLaughry | 1625 | ||||
| 1948 | 6–2 | DeOrmond McLaughry | 1587 | ||||
| 1947 | 4–4–1 | DeOrmond McLaughry | 1425 | ||||
| 1946 | 3–6 | DeOrmond McLaughry | 1354 | ||||
| 1945 | 1–6–1 | DeOrmond McLaughry | 1379 | ||||
| 1944 | 2–5–1 | Earl Brown | 1453 | ||||
| 1943 | 6–1 | 14 | 16 | Earl Brown | 1583 | ||
| 1942 | 5–4 | DeOrmond McLaughry | 1508 | ||||
| 1941 | 5–4 | DeOrmond McLaughry | 1504 | ||||
| 1940 | 5–4 | Red Blaik | 1527 | ||||
| 1939 | 5–3–1 | Red Blaik | 1557 | ||||
| 1938 | 7–2 | 4 | 20 | Red Blaik | 1631 | ||
| 1937 | 7–0–2 | 18 | 7 | Red Blaik | 1670 | ||
| 1936 | 7–1–1 | 13 | Red Blaik | 1607 | |||
| 1935 | 8–2 | Red Blaik | 1550 | ||||
| 1934 | 6–3 | Red Blaik | 1472 | ||||
| 1933 | 4–4–1 | Jackson Cannell | 1451 | ||||
| 1932 | 4–4 | Jackson Cannell | 1493 | ||||
| 1931 | 5–3–1 | Jackson Cannell | 1548 | ||||
| 1930 | 7–1–1 | Jackson Cannell | 1618 | ||||
| 1929 | 7–2 | Jackson Cannell | 1595 | ||||
| 1928 | 5–4 | Jesse Hawley | 1522 | ||||
| 1927 | 7–1 | Jesse Hawley | 1627 | ||||
| 1926 | 4–4 | Jesse Hawley | 1578 | ||||
| 1925 | 8–0 | Jesse Hawley | 1699 | ||||
| 1924 | 7–0–1 | Jesse Hawley | 1631 | ||||
| 1923 | 8–1 | Jesse Hawley | 1584 | ||||
| 1922 | 6–3 | Jackson Cannell | 1545 | ||||
| 1921 | 6–2–1 | Jackson Cannell | 1581 | ||||
| 1920 | 7–2 | Clarence Spears | 1593 | ||||
| 1919 | 6–1–1 | Clarence Spears | 1500 | ||||
| 1918 | 3–3 | Clarence Spears | 1419 | ||||
| 1917 | 5–3 | Clarence Spears | 1473 | ||||
| 1916 | 5–2–2 | Frank Cavanaugh | 1565 | ||||
| 1915 | 7–1–1 | Frank Cavanaugh | 1604 | ||||
| 1914 | 8–1 | Frank Cavanaugh | 1647 | ||||
| 1913 | 7–1 | Frank Cavanaugh | 1606 | ||||
| 1912 | 7–2 | Frank Cavanaugh | 1548 | ||||
| 1911few games on file | 0–2 | Frank Cavanaugh | 1492 | ||||
| 1910few games on file | 0–2 | W.J. Randall | 1505 | ||||
| 1909few games on file | 0–1–1 | W.H. Lillard | 1541 | ||||
| 1908few games on file | 1–1 | John C. O’Connor | 1574 | ||||
| 1907few games on file | 1–0 | John C. O’Connor | 1604 | ||||
| 1906 | 6–3–1 | Fred Folsom | 1585 | ||||
| 1905 | 7–1–2 | Fred Folsom | 1692 | ||||
| 1904 | 7–0–1 | Fred Folsom | 1716 | ||||
| 1903 | 9–1 | Fred Folsom | 1701 | ||||
| 1902 | 6–2–1 | Walter McCornack | 1589 | ||||
| 1901 | 10–1 | Walter McCornack | 1589 | ||||
| 1900 | 2–4–2 | Frederick E. Jennings | 1389 | ||||
| 1899 | 2–7 | William Wurtenburg | 1382 | ||||
| 1898 | 5–6 | William Wurtenburg | 1405 | ||||
| 1897 | 4–3 | William Wurtenburg | 1512 | ||||
| 1896 | 5–2–1 | William Wurtenburg | 1516 | ||||
| 1895 | 7–5–1 | William Wurtenburg | 1470 | ||||
| 1894 | 5–4 | Wallace Moyle | 1469 | ||||
| 1893 | 4–3 | Wallace Moyle | 1485 | ||||
| 1892 | 5–3 | 1421 | |||||
| 1891 | 2–2–1 | 1447 | |||||
| 1890 | 4–4 | 1447 | |||||
| 1889 | 7–1 | 1504 | |||||
| 1888 | 3–4 | 1381 | |||||
| 1887 | 3–1–1 | 1445 | |||||
| 1886few games on file | 2–2 | 1422 | |||||
| 1884few games on file | 0–2 | 1425 | |||||
| 1882few games on file | 1–1 | 1485 | |||||
| 1881few games on file | 1–0–1 | 1496 |
Officially 748–475–46 since 1881 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 623–375–36 (1,034 of its 1,269 games are on file). Some games are missing from our source.
No season on file for 1883, 1885, 1984–85, 1987–2002, 2020: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.