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Poor Dartmouth.

The Big Green machine used to be the Jolly Green Giant of Ivy League football, a feared foe both in and out of Ancient Eight competition.

Now, non-conference opponents can't wait to get the Big Green gridders on their schedule.

Dartmouth hasn't won an out-of-league contest since the third game of the 1977 season, when it pummelled Boston University, 38-0.

Since then, the Hanoverians are 0-19-1 out-of-conference, with their latest loss coming last Saturday against a powerful University of New Hampshire squad.

And who's up next for the Big Green? Holy Cross. Followed by Colgate.

By the way, Harvard's non-conference record since 1977 is 10-10-1.

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Harvard (2-0) will put a 4-0-2 series record on the line Saturday in the Stadium against the Tribe of William & Mary (3-1).

Kickoff time for the showdown between the two oldest schools in the country is set for 1:30 p.m.

The series dates back to 1925, when the Crimson picked up a 14-7 victory.

Harvard equalled its longest win streak of the series with back-to-back wins in 1980 (24-13) and 1981 (23-14). The two teams haven't met since then.

In that 1981 contest, Harvard travelled to Williamsburg, Va. for the first time since the series started, and held off a serious Tribe rally to come away with its fourth victory of the season.

This year, Coach Jimmye Laycock will bring to town a very talented Tribe that already has knocked off Delaware--the pre-season number-one choice in Division I-AA.