Dartmouth–New Hampshire football rivalry

The Dartmouth–New Hampshire football rivalry, referred to as the Granite Bowl,[1][2] is an American college football rivalry game played between the Dartmouth College Big Green and University of New Hampshire Wildcats.[3][4] The two teams first met in 1901 and have played regularly since then. The longest gap between games was 22 years, between 1934 and 1956. Dartmouth was initially dominant, winning 17 of the first 19 games. Then New Hampshire won 18 of the next 19 games. New Hampshire leads the series 21–19–2,[5] with the most recent game played in 2023.

Dartmouth–New Hampshire football rivalry
SportFootball
First meetingOctober 2, 1901
Dartmouth, 51–0
Latest meetingSeptember 16, 2023
New Hampshire, 24–7
Next meetingSeptember 20, 2025
Statistics
Meetings total42
All-time seriesNew Hampshire, 21–19–2
Largest victoryNew Hampshire, 66–12 (1986)
Longest win streakDartmouth, 16 (1901–1972)
Longest unbeaten streakNew Hampshire, 20 (1979–2014)
Current win streakNew Hampshire, 2 (2022–present)
Locations of Dartmouth and New Hampshire

Game results

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Dartmouth victoriesNew Hampshire victoriesTie games
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1 October 2, 1901 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 51–0
2 October 9, 1907 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 10–0
3 September 23, 1916 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 33–0
4 October 27, 1917 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 21–6
5 October 8, 1921 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 24–0
6 November 5, 1932 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 25–0
7 November 10, 1934 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 21–7
8 September 29, 1956 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 13–0
9 September 28, 1957 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 27–0
10 September 24, 1960 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 7–6
11 September 30, 1961 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 28–3
12 September 26, 1964 Durham, NH Dartmouth 40–0
13 September 25, 1965 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 56–6
14 September 28, 1968 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 21–0
15 September 27, 1969 Durham, NH Dartmouth 31–0
16 September 30, 1972 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 24–14
17 September 29, 1973 Durham, NH New Hampshire 10–9
18 September 25, 1976 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 24–13
19 September 29, 1979 Durham, NH Tie10–10
20 September 27, 1980 Hanover, NH New Hampshire 24–7
21 September 29, 1984 Hanover, NH New Hampshire 38–10
22 September 28, 1985 Durham, NH New Hampshire 23–7
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
23 September 27, 1986 Hanover, NH New Hampshire 66–12
24 September 26, 1987 Durham, NH New Hampshire 41–3
25 September 29, 1990 Durham, NH Tie21–21
26 September 26, 1992 Durham, NH New Hampshire 45–27
27 October 9, 1993 Hanover, NH New Hampshire 14–7
28 September 23, 2000 Durham, NH New Hampshire 42–21
29 September 22, 2001 Hanover, NH New Hampshire 42–38
30 September 28, 2002 Hanover, NH New Hampshire 29–26
31 September 27, 2003 Durham, NH New Hampshire 42–17
32 September 25, 2004 Hanover, NH New Hampshire 45–24
33 September 24, 2005 Durham, NH New Hampshire 49–20
34 September 23, 2006 Hanover, NH New Hampshire 56–14
35 September 22, 2007 Durham, NH New Hampshire 52–31
36 September 27, 2008 Hanover, NH New Hampshire 42–6
37 September 26, 2009 Durham, NH New Hampshire 44–14
38 September 27, 2014 Durham, NH New Hampshire 52–19
39 September 17, 2016 Hanover, NH Dartmouth 22–21
40 October 16, 2021 Durham, NH Dartmouth 38–21
41 October 15, 2022 Hanover, NH New Hampshire 14–0
42 September 16, 2023 Durham, NH New Hampshire 24–7
Series: New Hampshire leads 21–19–2

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Lessels, Allen (September 22, 2005). "UNH, Dartmouth football rivalry is study of streaks". New Hampshire Union Leader. Retrieved February 22, 2011.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Lessels, Allen (September 23, 2006). "Rivalry matters to UNH, Dartmouth". New Hampshire Union Leader. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
  3. ^ Staff report (December 6, 2018). "UNH, Dartmouth gridders to play six times in eight years". UnionLeader.com. Dartmouth had the edge in the early years of the rivalry that dates back to Oct. 2, 1901
  4. ^ Staff Reports (December 6, 2018). "Dartmouth, UNH Renew Rivalry". vnews.com. Valley News. Retrieved January 31, 2019. The Granite Bowl is alive and well, as Dartmouth and New Hampshire reached an agreement to play six football games between the state's only two Division I programs from 2021–28.
  5. ^ "Results vs. Opponents". dartmouthsports.com.