1959 Dartmouth Indians football team

1959 Dartmouth Indians football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	5–3–1 (5–1–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Bob Blackman (5th season)
Captain	William Gundy
Home stadium	Memorial Field
Seasons ←  1958 1960  →

1959 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Penn $	6	–	1	–	0			7	–	1	–	1
Dartmouth	5	–	1	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Harvard	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Yale	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Cornell	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Princeton	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Brown	1	–	5	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
Columbia	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1959 Dartmouth Indians football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 1959 college football season. After winning the Ivy League championship in 1958, Dartmouth finished second in 1959.

In their fifth season under head coach Bob Blackman, the Indians compiled a 5–3–1 record and outscored opponents 106 to 96. William Gundy was the team captain. ^[1]

The Indians' 5–1–1 conference record was the second-best in the Ivy League. They outscored Ivy opponents 76 to 40. ^[2]

Dartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Holy Cross *	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	L 8–31	13,000	[3]
October 3	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–13	16,184	[4]
October 10	Brown	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	T 0–0	20,196	[5]
October 17	at Boston College *	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	L 12–35	17,000	[6]
October 24	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 9–0	20,000	[7]
October 31	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 12–8	42,741	[8]
November 7	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	W 22–0	5,000	[9]
November 14	Cornell	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	W 21–12	11,000	[10]
November 21	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 12–7	30,000	[11]
*Non-conference game

References

1. "Season-by-Season Results: 1940-99". Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth College . Retrieved July 3, 2020.
2. "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 22. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
3. Strauss, Michael (September 27, 1959). "Holy Cross Trounces Dartmouth with Versatile Football Attack at Hanover". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S6.
4. Danzig, Allison (October 4, 1959). "Quakers Conquer Dartmouth, 13-0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
5. White, Gordon S. Jr. (October 11, 1959). "Brown Puts Up Stubborn Defense and Holds Dartmouth to a Scoreless Tie". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S6.
6. Keane, Clif (October 18, 1959). "B.C. Thumps Green, 35-12". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 75 – via Newspapers.com.
7. McGowen, Deane (October 25, 1959). "Indians Conquer Harvard, 9 to 0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
8. Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 1, 1959). "Dartmouth Tops Yale; Elis Lose, 12 to 8". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
9. White, Gordon S. Jr. (November 8, 1959). "Dartmouth Sinks Columbia, 22 to 0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
10. Werden, Lincoln A. (November 15, 1959). "Gundy Passes Lead Indians to Triumph over Cornell, 21-12". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
11. Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 22, 1959). "Gundy's Last-Minute Pass Is Decisive for Dartmouth". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.