Craig Haley’s STATS Twitter feed has a list of the longest active conference winning streaks in the FCS:
29 – San Diego (Pioneer Football League)
11 – Colgate (Patriot)
10 – North Dakota State (Missouri Valley)
10 – Kennesaw (Big South)
7 – Princeton (Ivy League)
Princeton’s last Ivy League loss? That would be a 54-44 barnburner at Dartmouth on Nov. 18, 2017.
If the Big Green had managed to outlast Princeton last Nov. 13 instead of dropping a gut-wrenching 14-9 decision, its win streak in Ivy League play would be 10, dating back to an Oct. 28, 2017 loss at Harvard, 25-22.
Digging up those dates and scores led to these facts about Dartmouth’s Ivy League record in recent years:
• Counting a win over Princeton in the final game of the 2012 season, Dartmouth has gone 30-13 in the Ancient Eight since Nov. 17, 2012. That's a .698 winning mark.
• Since 2011 Dartmouth's only losing record in Ivy League play was in 2016 when it went 1-6 and 4-6 overall. (The last overall losing record apart from the '16 season was in 2009.)
• Discounting the 2016 season, Dartmouth has gone 28-7 in Ivy League games since 2013, with no more than two Ivy losses in a season. That's an .800 winning mark. The conference records since 2013, again apart from the 2016 stumble:
2013 – 5-2
2014 – 6-1
2015 – 6-1
2016
2017 – 5-2
2018 – 6-1
It would be interesting to see where Dartmouth fit in if someone dug up a list of consecutive nonconference wins in the FCS. (Don't look at me ;-)
The Big Green hasn't dropped a nonconference game since Sept. 27, 2014 when it fell at New Hampshire, 52-19. It has won 13 consecutive games against non-Ivy opponents. Scores and opponents since then:
2014 – Defeated Holy Cross 24-21
2015 – Defeated Georgetown 31-10, defeated Sacred Heart 49-7, defeated Central Connecticut 34-7
2016 – Defeated New Hampshire 22-21, defeated Holy Cross 35-10, defeated Towson 20-17
2017 – Defeated Stetson 38-7, defeated Holy Cross 27-26 (OT), defeated Sacred Heart 29-26
2018 – Defeated Georgetown 41-0, defeated Holy Cross 34-14, defeated Sacred Heart 42-0
