1978 Dartmouth Big Green football team

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1978 Dartmouth Big Green football
Dartmouth College Big Green logo.svg
Ivy League champion
Conference Ivy League
Record6–3 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
Home stadium Memorial Field
Seasons
  1977
1979  
1978 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Dartmouth $ 6 1 06 3 0
Brown 5 2 06 3 0
Yale 4 1 25 2 2
Cornell 3 3 15 3 1
Harvard 2 4 14 4 1
Columbia 2 4 13 5 1
Princeton 1 4 22 5 2
Penn 1 5 12 6 1
  • $ Conference champion

The 1978 Dartmouth Big Green football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Big Green won the Ivy League for their fifth conference title of the 1970s.

In its first season under head coach Joe Yukica, the team compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents 187 to 159. Eugene “Buddy” Teevens and Joseph Nastri were the team captains. [1]

The Big Green's 6–1 conference was the best in the Ivy League standings. Dartmouth outscored Ivy opponents 170 to 104. [2]

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23 Penn
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 31–21 10,100 [3]
September 30 at Holy Cross *L 0–35 22,024 [4]
October 7 Boston University *
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
L 17–20 9,750 [5]
October 14 Yale
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 10–3 17,500 [6]
October 21 at Harvard L 19–24 28,500 [7]
October 28 at Cornell W 14–7 15,063 [8]
November 4 Columbia
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 37–7 9,500 [9]
November 11 at Brown W 31–21 17,200 [10]
November 18 at Princeton W 28–21 19,565 [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. 28. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. Ballou, Art (September 24, 1978). "Yukica Offense Stuns Penn". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 66 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Mumpton, Roy (October 1, 1978). "HC Crushes Dartmouth". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 50 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Monahan, Bob (October 8, 1978). "BU 20, Dartmouth 17--At Last". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 81 via Newspapers.com.
  6. Roberts, Ernie (October 15, 1978). "Dartmouth Rebounds, Stuns Yale, 10-3". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 58 via Newspapers.com.
  7. Roberts, Ernie (October 22, 1978). "Harvard Air Attack Blitzes Dartmouth". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 55 via Newspapers.com.
  8. Fox, John W. (October 29, 1978). "Cornell's a Shameful 14-7 Loser". Press & Sun-Bulletin . Binghamton, N.Y. p. 1B via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Dartmouth 37, Columbia 7". The News & Observer . Raleigh, N.C. November 5, 1978. p. 5-II via Newspapers.com.
  10. Roberts, Ernie (November 12, 1978). "Dartmouth Upsets Brown, 31-21, to Clinch Tie for Ivy Crown". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 41 via Newspapers.com.
  11. Roberts, Ernie (November 19, 1978). "Dartmouth Stops Princeton, 28-21; Wins Ivy Title". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 50 via Newspapers.com.