Dartmouth–New Hampshire football rivalry

{{Short description|American college football rivalry}}

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{{Infobox sports rivalry

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| name = Dartmouth–New Hampshire football rivalry

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| team1 = Dartmouth Big Green

| team1logo = Dartmouth Big Green logo.svg

| team2 = New Hampshire Wildcats

| team2logo = UNH Wildcats.png

| sport = Football

| firstmeeting = October 2, 1901
Dartmouth, 51–0

| mostrecent = September 16, 2023
New Hampshire, 24–7

| nextmeeting = September 20, 2025

| total = 42

| series = New Hampshire, 21–19–2

| largestvictory = New Hampshire, 66–12 (1986)

| longeststreak = Dartmouth, 16 (1901–1972)

| longestunbeatenstreak = New Hampshire, 20 (1979–2014)

| currentstreak = New Hampshire, 2 (2022–present)

| currentunbeatenstreak =

| trophy =

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| caption = Locations of Dartmouth and New Hampshire

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| label1 = Dartmouth

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| label2 = New Hampshire

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The Dartmouth–New Hampshire football rivalry, referred to as the Granite Bowl,{{Cite news |last=Lessels |first=Allen |date=September 22, 2005 |title=UNH, Dartmouth football rivalry is study of streaks |url=http://gamma.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=UNH,+Dartmouth+football+rivalry+is+study+of+streaks&articleId=c5808efc-dd24-4fc7-bcc3-2f252ca8e268 |access-date=February 22, 2011 |work=New Hampshire Union Leader}}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Cite news |last=Lessels |first=Allen |date=September 23, 2006 |title=Rivalry matters to UNH, Dartmouth |url=http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Rivalry+matters+to+UNH,+Dartmouth&articleId=05ef803e-b483-42e0-9f11-a69710b1116d |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717162839/http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Rivalry+matters+to+UNH,+Dartmouth&articleId=05ef803e-b483-42e0-9f11-a69710b1116d |archive-date=July 17, 2011 |access-date=February 22, 2011 |work=New Hampshire Union Leader}} is an American college football rivalry game played between the Dartmouth College Big Green and University of New Hampshire Wildcats.{{Cite web |last=Staff report |date=December 6, 2018 |title=UNH, Dartmouth gridders to play six times in eight years |url=https://www.unionleader.com/sports/college/unh-dartmouth-gridders-to-play-six-times-in-eight-years/article_0be5fb80-a689-5e65-ab7f-a979c7d8987e.html |website=UnionLeader.com |quote="Dartmouth had the edge in the early years of the rivalry that dates back to Oct. 2, 1901"}}{{Cite web |last=Staff Reports |date=December 6, 2018 |title=Dartmouth, UNH Renew Rivalry |url=https://www.vnews.com/local-roundup-22007489 |access-date=January 31, 2019 |website=vnews.com |publisher=Valley News |quote="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."}} 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,{{Cite web |title=Results vs. Opponents |url=https://dartmouthsports.com/sports/2018/8/8/fb-series-results-d-o.aspx#N |website=dartmouthsports.com}} with the most recent game played in 2023.