Dartmouth–Harvard football rivalry

American college football rivalry

Dartmouth–Harvard football rivalry
Statistics
Dartmouth Big Green Harvard Crimson
First meeting	November 9, 1882 Harvard, 53–0
Latest meeting	November 2, 2024 Harvard, 31–27
Next meeting	November 1, 2025
Meetings total	127
All-time series	Harvard leads, 74–48–5
Longest win streak	Harvard, 18 (1882–1902)
Current win streak	Harvard, 3 (2022–present)

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The Dartmouth–Harvard football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Dartmouth Big Green and Harvard Crimson. The series began in 1882 and is considered one of the fifteen oldest rivalries in College football. Since the formation of the Ivy League in 1954, the annual game has been a key decider in the crowning of the league's champion. Dartmouth has captured a league-record 19 Ivy League championships, while the Crimson have obtained 17 titles, tied for third-most. Furthermore, since the start of round-robin play, Harvard and Dartmouth have posted the first- and second-best league winning percentages at 0.628 and 0.606 respectively.

The rivalry was initially dominated by Harvard, with the Crimson owning a spot among the predominant collegiate programs of the era, capturing 12 national championships (7 claimed) recognized by NCAA-designated major selectors, all won prior to 1920. As a result, the upstart Big Green were unable to score until 1900, or to win until 1903, which came at the dedication of Harvard Stadium. In 1908, Harvard's Johnny Cutler won the game in the last few minutes. Dartmouth entered its own dominant period beginning in 1934, winning 15 of 19 contests, including their first victory at home in Hanover in 1955. The two teams entered a hotly-contested few decades of games, before Harvard seized the advantage in the late 1990s, winning an unprecedented 20 of 21 games. However, Dartmouth's recent resurgence in 2010s have led to several league championships and victories over Harvard, including a dramatic finish in the 2019 contest. Trailing 6 to 3 and needing a victory to keep their championship hopes alive, the Big Green's Derek Kyler connected with Masaki Aerts on a game-concluding Hail Mary pass, sealing a 9–6 victory.

Game results

Dartmouth victories

Harvard victories

Tie games

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	November 9, 1882	Cambridge, MA	Harvard	53–0
2	November 10, 1884	Cambridge, MA	Harvard	29–0
3	October 30, 1886	Cambridge, MA	Harvard	70–0
4	October 30, 1888	Cambridge, MA	Harvard	74–0
5	October 12, 1889	Cambridge, MA	Harvard	38–0
6	October 4, 1890	Cambridge, MA	Harvard	43–0
7	October 22, 1890	Cambridge, MA	Harvard	64–0
8	October 3, 1891	Cambridge, MA	Harvard	16–0
9	October 1, 1892	Cambridge, MA	Harvard	48–0
10	September 30, 1893	Cambridge, MA	Harvard	16–0
11	October 21, 1893	Cambridge, MA	Harvard	36–0
12	September 29, 1894	Boston, MA	Harvard	22–0
13	October 2, 1895	Boston, MA	Harvard	4–0
14	October 9, 1897	Boston, MA	Harvard	13–0
15	October 1, 1898	Boston, MA	Harvard	21–0
16	November 11, 1899	Boston, MA	Harvard	11–0
17	November 16, 1901	Boston, MA	Harvard	27–12
18	November 22, 1902	Boston, MA	Harvard	16–6
19	November 14, 1903	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	11–0
20	November 5, 1904	Boston, MA	Tie	0–0
21	November 18, 1905	Boston, MA	Tie	6–6
22	November 17, 1906	Boston, MA	Harvard	22–9
23	November 16, 1907	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	22–0
24	November 14, 1908	Boston, MA	Harvard	6–0
25	November 13, 1909	Boston, MA	Harvard	12–3
26	November 12, 1910	Boston, MA	Harvard	18–0
27	November 18, 1911	Boston, MA	Harvard	5–3
28	November 16, 1912	Boston, MA	Harvard	3–0
29	October 28, 1922	Boston, MA	Harvard	12–3
30	October 27, 1923	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	16–0
31	October 25, 1924	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	6–0
32	October 24, 1925	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	32–9
33	October 23, 1926	Boston, MA	Harvard	16–12
34	October 22, 1927	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	30–6
35	October 27, 1928	Boston, MA	Harvard	19–7
36	October 26, 1929	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	34–7
37	October 25, 1930	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	7–2
38	November 7, 1931	Boston, MA	Harvard	7–6
39	October 22, 1932	Boston, MA	Harvard	10–7
40	October 28, 1933	Boston, MA	Tie	7–7
41	October 27, 1934	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	10–0
42	October 26, 1935	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	14–6
43	October 24, 1936	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	26–7
44	October 23, 1937	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	20–2
45	October 22, 1938	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	13–7
46	October 28, 1939	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	16–0
47	October 26, 1940	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	7–6
48	October 18, 1941	Boston, MA	Harvard	7–0
49	October 17, 1942	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	14–2
50	November 9, 1946	Hanover, NH	Harvard	21–7
51	October 25, 1947	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	14–13
52	October 23, 1948	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	14–7
53	October 22, 1949	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	27–13
54	October 28, 1950	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	27–7
55	October 27, 1951	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	26–20
56	October 25, 1952	Boston, MA	Harvard	26–19
57	October 24, 1953	Boston, MA	Harvard	20–14
58	October 23, 1954	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	13–7
59	October 22, 1955	Hanover, NH	Dartmouth	14–9
60	October 27, 1956	Boston, MA	Harvard	28–21
61	October 26, 1957	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	26–0
62	October 25, 1958	Boston, MA	Harvard	16–8
63	October 24, 1959	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	9–0
64	October 22, 1960	Boston, MA	Harvard	9–6

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
65	October 28, 1961	Boston, MA	Harvard	21–15
66	October 27, 1962	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	24–6
67	October 26, 1963	Boston, MA	Harvard	17–13
68	October 24, 1964	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	48–0
69	October 23, 1965	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	14–0
70	October 22, 1966	Boston, MA	Harvard	19–14
71	October 28, 1967	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	23–21
72	October 26, 1968	Boston, MA	Harvard	22–7
73	October 25, 1969	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	24–10
74	October 24, 1970	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	37–14
75	October 23, 1971	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	16–13
76	October 28, 1972	Boston, MA	Tie	21–21
77	October 27, 1973	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	24–18
78	October 26, 1974	Hanover, NH	Harvard	17–15
79	October 25, 1975	Boston, MA	Harvard	24–10
80	October 16, 1976	Hanover, NH	Harvard	17–10
81	October 23, 1977	Boston, MA	Harvard	31–25
82	October 21, 1978	Boston, MA	Harvard	24–19
83	October 20, 1979	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	10–7
84	October 18, 1980	Hanover, NH	Dartmouth	30–12
85	October 17, 1981	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	24–10
86	October 16, 1982	Hanover, NH	Dartmouth	14–12
87	October 15, 1983	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	28–12
88	October 20, 1984	Hanover, NH	Harvard	21–7
89	October 19, 1985	Boston, MA	Harvard	17–7
90	October 18, 1986	Hanover, NH	Harvard	42–26
91	October 17, 1987	Boston, MA	Harvard	42–3
92	October 15, 1988	Hanover, NH	Dartmouth	38–7
93	October 21, 1989	Boston, MA	Harvard	6–5
94	October 27, 1990	Hanover, NH	Dartmouth	17–0
95	November 2, 1991	Boston, MA	Tie	31–31
96	October 31, 1992	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	31–7
97	October 30, 1993	Hanover, NH	Dartmouth	39–34
98	October 29, 1994	Hanover, NH	Harvard	35–12
99	October 28, 1995	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	23–7
100	November 2, 1996	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	6–3
101	November 1, 1997	Hanover, NH	Harvard	24–0
102	October 31, 1998	Hanover, NH	Harvard	20–7
103	October 30, 1999	Boston, MA	Harvard	63–21
104	October 28, 2000	Hanover, NH	Harvard	49–7
105	October 27, 2001	Boston, MA	Harvard	31–21
106	November 2, 2002	Hanover, NH	Harvard	31–26
107	November 1, 2003	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	30–16
108	October 30, 2004	Hanover, NH	Harvard	13–12
109	October 30, 2005	Boston, MA	Harvard	42–14
110	October 28, 2006	Hanover, NH	Harvard	28–0
111	October 27, 2007	Boston, MA	Harvard	28–21
112	November 1, 2008	Hanover, NH	Harvard	35–7
113	October 31, 2009	Boston, MA	Harvard	42–21
114	October 30, 2010	Hanover, NH	Harvard	30–14
115	October 29, 2011	Boston, MA	Harvard	41–10
116	October 27, 2012	Hanover, NH	Harvard	31–14
117	November 2, 2013	Boston, MA	Harvard	24–21
118	November 1, 2014	Hanover, NH	Harvard	23–12
119	October 30, 2015	Boston, MA	Harvard	14–13
120	October 29, 2016	Hanover, NH	Harvard	23–21
121	October 28, 2017	Boston, MA	Harvard	25–22
122	October 27, 2018	Hanover, NH	Dartmouth	24–17
123	November 2, 2019	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	9–6
124	October 30, 2021	Boston, MA	Dartmouth	20–17
125	October 28, 2022	Hanover, NH	Harvard	28–13
126	October 28, 2023	Boston, MA	Harvard	17–9
127	November 2, 2024	Hanover, NH	Harvard	31–27
Series: Harvard leads 74–48–5

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v t e Dartmouth Big Green football
Venues	Memorial Field (1923–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Cornell Harvard New Hampshire
Culture & lore	Wurtenburg years Keggy the Keg "Dartmouth's In Town Again" Fifth Down Game The Sport Parade The Iron Major
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Harvard Crimson football
Venues	Boston Baseball Grounds (1877–1881) Holmes Field (1881–1882, 1888) Jarvis Field (1883–1893) Soldier's Field (1894–1903) Harvard Stadium (1903–present)
Bowls and rivalries	1920 Rose Bowl Dartmouth Penn Princeton Yale
Culture and lore	"Ten Thousand Men of Harvard" 1874 McGill game 1921 Centre game 1968 Yale game (Harvard Beats Yale 29–29) 2004 Harvard–Yale prank
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Ivy League rivalries
Conference	Columbia–Cornell (football) Cornell–Dartmouth (football) Cornell–Harvard (hockey) Cornell–Penn (football) Cornell–Princeton (lacrosse) Dartmouth–Harvard (football) Harvard–Penn (football) Harvard–Princeton (football) Harvard–Yale (football) Harvard–Yale (ice hockey) Harvard–Yale (rowing) Harvard–Yale (soccer) Penn–Princeton (football) Penn–Princeton (men's basketball) Princeton–Yale (football)
Non-conference	Brown–Providence (hockey) Brown–Rhode Island Colgate–Cornell Liberty Cup (Columbia–Fordham) Cornell–Hobart (lacrosse) Cornell–Syracuse (lacrosse) Dartmouth–New Hampshire (overall) Dartmouth–New Hampshire (football) Battle of 33rd Street (Drexel–Penn) Beanpot (Boston College–Boston University–Harvard–Northeastern) Johns Hopkins–Princeton (lacrosse) Yank Townsend Trophy (Lehigh–Yale) Philadelphia Big 5 (Drexel–La Salle–Penn–Saint Joseph's–Temple–Villanova) Princeton–Rutgers Battle of Whitney Avenue (Quinnipiac–Yale) Connecticut Ice (Connecticut–Quinnipiac–Sacred Heart–Yale)

Ivy League rivalries

Conference

Non-conference

Brown–Providence (hockey)
Brown–Rhode Island
Colgate–Cornell
Liberty Cup (Columbia–Fordham)
Cornell–Hobart (lacrosse)
Cornell–Syracuse (lacrosse)
Dartmouth–New Hampshire (overall)
Dartmouth–New Hampshire (football)
Battle of 33rd Street (Drexel–Penn)
Beanpot (Boston College–Boston University–Harvard–Northeastern)
Johns Hopkins–Princeton (lacrosse)
Yank Townsend Trophy (Lehigh–Yale)
Philadelphia Big 5 (Drexel–La Salle–Penn–Saint Joseph's–Temple–Villanova)
Princeton–Rutgers
Battle of Whitney Avenue (Quinnipiac–Yale)
Connecticut Ice (Connecticut–Quinnipiac–Sacred Heart–Yale)

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