The game pit teams of seniors and sophomores against juniors and freshmen, and was sufficiently popular to have slowed the development of football on the isolated campus.

"[3] In a nod to the then-embryonic Harvard–Yale football rivalry, Dartmouth students erected the school's first goal posts in 1876.

[4] In November 1880, the "Dartmouth Rugby Foot-Ball Association" was founded by Clarence Howland, Class of 1884.

[5] The Dartmouth rugby team comprises more than 100 students and often fields more than four sides on a given weekend during the fall term.

Since 2000, the teams tours have included trips to England, Ireland, Italy, Spain, South Africa, Argentina, and Uruguay.

[11] Dartmouth repeated as champions in the 2012 Collegiate Rugby Championship, defeating Cal 21-19 in the semifinal and beating Arizona 24-5 in the final.

[12] Dartmouth went 5-1 at the 2012 USA Rugby Sevens Collegiate National Championships to win the consolation bracket.

[16] The clubs dedicated the Corey Ford Rugby Clubhouse in September 2005 with matches against Army (DRFC) and Radcliffe.