Harvard at Dartmouth
HANOVER, N.H. (Interstat) — Harvard and Dartmouth meet Friday in an NCAA Football Championship Division game at Memorial Field (Dartmouth). The visiting Crimson bring a 6-0 record into the matchup, while the Big Green are 3-3. The forecast for game time is 57 degrees Fahrenheit.
Harvard’s most recent result was a 35-7 win against Princeton. Charlie Smith, the Crimson player to watch, completed 22 of 28 passes for 230 yards and two touchdowns and ran twice for 6 yards and another score in that game. Kise Flannery completed his only pass for 18 yards, ran five times for 10 yards and scored once, and DJ Thomas recorded four tackles.
Smith has been productive throughout Harvard’s unbeaten start. He completed 19 of 32 passes for 297 yards and a touchdown and ran seven times for 26 yards in a win against Holy Cross. He completed 23 of 27 passes for 275 yards and three touchdowns against Cornell. He also completed 31 of 45 passes for 369 yards and two touchdowns against Colgate. Harvard’s other results this season include wins against Brown and New Hampshire.
Dartmouth’s most recent result was a 38-18 win at Columbia. Grayson Saunier, the Big Green player to watch, completed 14 of 24 passes for 172 yards and ran 11 times for 96 yards and three touchdowns in that game. Joshua Johnson recorded two tackles, and Chris Chol added two tackles and one sack.
Saunier has contributed both through the air and on the ground for Dartmouth. He completed 4 of 5 passes for 40 yards and ran six times for 13 yards and a touchdown against Merrimack. He completed 10 of 26 passes for 156 yards and a touchdown against Yale. He also completed 13 of 15 passes for 173 yards and ran 10 times for 33 yards and a touchdown against Penn. Dartmouth’s other results this season include wins against Penn and Merrimack and losses to Monmouth, Lehigh and Yale.
Harvard will be the visiting team in Hanover, N.H., and Dartmouth will be the home team. Memorial Field (Dartmouth) will host the matchup. Harvard enters with a 6-0 record and Dartmouth enters at 3-3. After Friday, Harvard is scheduled to host Columbia, visit Penn and host Yale. Dartmouth is scheduled to visit Princeton, visit Cornell and host Brown. Both teams have three games remaining on their schedules.
Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Harvard 33, Dartmouth 27. Interstat’s ELO system projects Harvard with a 67 percent probability to win.