1969 Dartmouth Indians football team

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1969 Dartmouth Indians football
Ivy League co-champion
Conference Ivy League
Record8–1 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Ernest Babcock
  • John Ritchie
Home stadium Memorial Field
Seasons
  1968
1970  
1969 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Dartmouth + 6 1 08 1 0
Yale + 6 1 07 2 0
Princeton + 6 1 06 3 0
Cornell 4 3 04 5 0
Penn 2 5 04 5 0
Harvard 2 5 03 6 0
Brown 1 6 02 7 0
Columbia 1 6 01 8 0
  • + Conference co-champions

The 1969 Dartmouth Indians football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. Dartmouth was one of three Ivy League co-champions, its fifth league title of the 1960s.

In their 15th season under head coach Bob Blackman, the Indians compiled an 8–1 record and outscored opponents 282 to 99. John Ritchie and Ernest Babcock were the team captains. [1]

The Indians' 6–1 conference record tied with Princeton and Yale as the best in the Ivy League. Dartmouth outscored Ivy opponents 213 to 93. [2] Dartmouth defeated one of its co-champions, Yale, and suffered its lone loss in the final week of the year to the other co-champion, Princeton.

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27 New Hampshire *W 31–0 14,000 [3]
October 4 Holy Cross *
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 38–6 13,500 [4]
October 11 Penn
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 41–0 17,000 [5]
October 18 at Brown W 38–13 15,000 [6]
October 25 at Harvard W 24–10 40,000 [7]
November 1 at Yale W 42–21 49,958 [8]
November 8 at Columbia W 37–7 8,713 [9]
November 15 Cornell
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH (rivalry)
W 24–7 13,835 [10]
November 22 at Princeton L 7–35 35,000 [11]
  • *Non-conference game

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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. 25. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. "Dartmouth Romps, 31-0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. September 28, 1969. p. S5.
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  5. McGowen, Deane (October 12, 1969). "Dartmouth and Princeton Elevens Win; Penn Beaten, 41-0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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  7. Keese, Parton (October 26, 1969). "Dartmouth Tops Harvard, 24-10, for 5th Straight; Misplays the Key". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. Wallace, William N. (November 2, 1969). "Dartmouth Routs Yale, 42-21; Eli Streak Halted". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. Koppett, Leonard (November 9, 1969). "Princeton and Dartmouth Win to Stay in Ivy Tie; Undefeated Indians Make Columbia 7th Victim, 37-7". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. Keese, Parton (November 16, 1969). "Dartmouth 24-7 Victor; 3 Chasey Passes Go for Scores in Rout of Cornell Team". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  11. Keese, Parton (November 23, 1969). "Princeton and Yale Win, Tie Dartmouth for Title; Indians Upset, 35-7". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.