Cornell–Dartmouth football rivalry

The Cornell–Dartmouth football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Cornell Big Red and Dartmouth Big Green. The two schools were both major football powers before the split between the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). Prior to the split, Cornell captured national championships in 1915, 1921, 1922, 1923, and 1939. Dartmouth won its lone national championship in 1925. One of the most infamous games in the rivalry contained national title implications. The 1940 game, referred to as the Fifth Down Game, ended Cornell's school-record 16-game unbeaten streak, as it sought a second consecutive national championship. After emerging with a 7–3 win, the Big Red voluntarily forfeited to Dartmouth when review of film showed the Cornell had inadvertently used five downs.^[1] The ESPN College Football Encyclopedia named the game, and Cornell's honorable concession, the second greatest moment in college football history.^[2]

Cornell Big Red Dartmouth Big Green
Sport	Football
First meeting	October 27, 1900 Cornell, 23–6
Latest meeting	November 16, 2024 Cornell, 39–22
Next meeting	November 15, 2025
Statistics
Meetings total	107
All-time series	Dartmouth leads, 63–43–1
Largest victory	Cornell, 59–7 (1921)
Longest win streak	Dartmouth, 11 (1968–1978)
Current win streak	Cornell, 1 (2024–present)

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Cornell

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Locations of Cornell and Dartmouth

The rivalry series was the second-longest uninterrupted series in the Football Championship Subdivision with 101 consecutive meetings since 1919, as of the 2019 contest.^[3] This record trails only the series between Lehigh and Lafayette, which has met 130 consecutive times as of 2019.^[4] Since the advent of the Ivy League in 1954, Dartmouth and Cornell have continued their annual series, which has featured several long winning streaks from the Big Green. The most recent, a ten game streak from 2009 to 2018, was snapped by a 20–17 Cornell victory that denied Dartmouth a chance at an outright league title.^[5] Ranked #12, Dartmouth was the highest ranked opponent that Cornell had defeated since a 23–14 victory over Ohio State during the Big Red's 1939 national championship season.^[6] In aggregate, Dartmouth has won a league-record 22 Ivy championships, while Cornell has claimed three championships in league competition.

Game results

Cornell victories

Dartmouth victories

Tie games

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 October 27, 1900 Ithaca, NY Cornell 23–6 2 November 9, 1912 Ithaca, NY Dartmouth 24–0 3 October 25, 1919 New York NY Dartmouth 9–0 4 November 6, 1920 New York, NY Dartmouth 14–3 5 October 29, 1921 Ithaca, NY Cornell 59–7 6 November 11, 1922 New York, NY Cornell 23–0 7 November 3, 1923 Hanover, NH Cornell 32–7 8 November 15, 1924 New York, NY Dartmouth 27–14 9 November 7, 1925 Hanover, NY Dartmouth 62–13 10 November 13, 1926 Ithaca, NY Cornell 24–23 11 November 12, 1927 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 53–7 12 November 17, 1928 Ithaca, NY Dartmouth 28–0 13 November 16, 1929 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 18–14 14 November 15, 1930 Ithaca, NY Dartmouth 19–13 15 November 14, 1931 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 14–0 16 November 12, 1932 Ithaca, NY Cornell 21–6 17 November 18, 1933 Hanover, NH Cornell 7–0 18 November 17, 1934 Ithaca, NY Cornell 21–6 19 November 16, 1935 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 41–6 20 November 14, 1936 Ithaca, NY Dartmouth 20–6 21 November 13, 1937 Hanover, NH Tie 6–6 22 November 12, 1938 Ithaca, NY Cornell 14–7 23 November 18, 1939 Hanover, NH Cornell 35–6 24 November 16, 1940 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 3–0 25 November 15, 1941 Ithaca, NY Cornell 33–19 26 November 14, 1942 New York, NY Cornell 21–19 27 November 13, 1943 Boston, MA Dartmouth 20–0 28 November 18, 1944 Ithaca, NY Cornell 14–13 29 November 17, 1945 Hanover, NH Cornell 20–13 30 November 16, 1946 Ithaca, NY Cornell 21–7 31 November 15, 1947 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 21–13 32 November 13, 1948 Ithaca, NY Cornell 27–26 33 November 12, 1949 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 16–7 34 November 18, 1950 Ithaca, NY Cornell 24–0 35 November 17, 1951 Hanover, NH Cornell 21–13 36 November 15, 1952 Ithaca, NY Cornell 13–7 37 November 14, 1953 Hanover, NH Cornell 28–26 38 November 13, 1954 Ithaca, NY Cornell 40–21 39 November 12, 1955 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 7–0 40 November 17, 1956 Ithaca, NY Dartmouth 27–14 41 November 16, 1957 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 20–19 42 November 15, 1958 Ithaca, NY Dartmouth 32–15 43 November 14, 1959 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 21–12 44 November 12, 1960 Ithaca, NY Dartmouth 20–0 45 November 18, 1961 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 15–14 46 November 17, 1962 Ithaca, NY Dartmouth 28–21 47 November 16, 1963 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 12–7 48 November 14, 1964 Ithaca, NY Cornell 33–15 49 November 13, 1965 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 20–0 50 November 12, 1966 Ithaca, NY Dartmouth 32–23 51 November 18, 1967 Hanover, NH Cornell 24–21 52 November 16, 1968 Ithaca, NY Dartmouth 27–6 53 November 15, 1969 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 24–7 54 November 14, 1970 Ithaca, NY Dartmouth 24–0 55 November 13, 1971 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 24–14 No. Date Location Winner Score 56 November 18, 1972 Ithaca, NY Dartmouth 31–22 57 November 17, 1973 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 17–0 58 November 16, 1974 Ithaca, NY Dartmouth 21–9 59 November 15, 1975 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 33–10 60 October 23, 1976 Ithaca, NY Dartmouth 35–0 61 October 22, 1977 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 17–13 62 October 28, 1978 Ithaca, NY Dartmouth 14–7 63 October 27, 1979 Hanover, NH Cornell 21–10 64 October 25, 1980 Ithaca, NY Cornell 7–3 65 October 24, 1981 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 42–7 66 October 23, 1982 Ithaca, NY Dartmouth 14–13 67 October 22, 1983 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 31–17 68 October 27, 1984 Ithaca, NY Cornell 13–10 69 October 26, 1985 Ithaca, NY Dartmouth 20–17 70 October 25, 1986 Hanover, NH Cornell 10–7 71 October 24, 1987 Ithaca, NY Cornell 21–14 72 October 22, 1988 Hanover, NH Cornell 24–7 73 October 28, 1989 Ithaca, NY Dartmouth 28–14 74 October 20, 1990 Ithaca, NY Dartmouth 11–6 75 October 26, 1991 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 34–21 76 October 24, 1992 Ithaca, NY Cornell 26–16 77 October 23, 1993 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 28–27 78 October 22, 1994 Ithaca, NY Cornell 17–14 79 September 30, 1995 Hanover, NH Cornell 25–19 80 October 26, 1996 Ithaca, NY Dartmouth 38–21 81 October 4, 1997 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 24–20 82 October 24, 1998 Ithaca, NY Cornell 14–11 83 October 23, 1999 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 20–17 84 November 4, 2000 Ithaca, NY Cornell 49–31 85 November 3, 2001 Hanover, NH Cornell 28–24 86 November 9, 2002 Ithaca, NY Cornell 21–19 87 November 8, 2003 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 26–17 88 November 6, 2004 Ithaca, NY Cornell 14–7 89 November 5, 2005 Hanover, NH Cornell 21–10 90 November 4, 2006 Ithaca, NY Cornell 28–25 91 November 3, 2007 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 59–31 92 November 8, 2008 Ithaca, NY Cornell 37–14 93 November 7, 2009 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 20–17 94 November 6, 2010 Ithaca, NY Dartmouth 28–10 95 November 5, 2011 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 33–24 96 November 3, 2012 Ithaca, NY Dartmouth 44–28 97 November 9, 2013 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 34–6 98 November 8, 2014 Ithaca, NY Dartmouth 42–7 99 November 6, 2015 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 21–3 100 November 5, 2016 Ithaca, NY Dartmouth 17–13 101 November 4, 2017 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 10–0 102 November 10, 2018 Ithaca, NY Dartmouth 35–24 103 November 16, 2019 Hanover, NH Cornell 20–17 104 November 13, 2021 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 41–7 105 November 12, 2022 Ithaca, NY Cornell 17–13 106 November 11, 2023 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 30–14 107 November 16, 2024 Ithaca, NY Cornell 39–22 Series: Dartmouth leads 63–43–1 Source:[7]

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games
• List of most-played college football series in NCAA Division I
• Fifth Down Game (1940)

References

1. Part II: The Fifth Down Game Archived July 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, The Cornell Daily Sun, November 8, 2007.
2. Beano Cook's top 10 moments in college football, ESPN, October 6, 2006.
3. , NCAA, February 1, 2019.
4. , NCAA, February 1, 2019.
5. Perfect Season Spoiled by Cornell in 20-17 Defeat, Dartmouth Sports, November 16, 2019.
6. , Cornell Big Red, November 16, 2019.
7. "Cornell vs Dartmouth". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on November 14, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2016.