1979 Dartmouth Big Green football team

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1979 Dartmouth Big Green football
Conference Ivy League
Record4–4–1 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadium Memorial Field
Seasons
  1978
1980  
1979 Ivy League football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale $ 6 1 08 1 0
Brown 5 2 06 3 0
Princeton 5 2 05 4 0
Cornell 4 3 05 4 0
Dartmouth 4 3 04 4 1
Harvard 3 4 03 6 0
Columbia 1 6 01 8 0
Penn 0 7 00 9 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1979 Dartmouth Big Green football team represented Dartmouth College in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22 Princeton L 0–1614,500 [1]
September 29at No. 8 New Hampshire *T 10–1013,500 [2]
October 6 Holy Cross *
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
L 7–1310,700 [3]
October 13at Yale L 0–326,000 [4]
October 20at Harvard W 10–732,000 [5]
October 27 Cornell
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH (rivalry)
L 10–2110,600 [6]
November 3at Columbia W 17–02,150 [7]
November 10 Brown
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 24–109,700 [8]
November 17at Penn W 20–610,397 [9]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1979 Dartmouth Big Green football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 14 Jeff Kemp Jr
WR 13 Dave Shula Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

References

  1. Roberts, Ernie (September 23, 1979). "Princeton Tips Sluggish Green". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 88 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Dartmouth 10, New Hampshire 10". Sunday News Journal . Wilmington, Del. Associated Press. September 30, 1979. p. D4 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Roberts, Ernie (October 7, 1979). "Ahern Sparks HC". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 41 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Concannon, Joe (October 14, 1979). "Yale Bottles Up Dartmouth Attack". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 50 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Roberts, Ernie (October 21, 1979). "Sawch Kicks Green over Harvard, 10-7". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 58 via Newspapers.com.
  6. Roberts, Ernie (October 28, 1979). "Cornell Wears Out Dartmouth at End". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 82 via Newspapers.com.
  7. Clarke, Evan (November 4, 1979). "Dartmouth Breezes". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 52 via Newspapers.com.
  8. Laird, Carleton (November 11, 1979). "Kemp, Shula Team to Tame Brown as Dartmouth Wins". The Sunday Rutland Herald . Rutland, Vt. sect. 2, p. 1 via Newspapers.com.
  9. Shister, Gail (November 18, 1979). "It's Over; Penn Bows to Dartmouth, Ends Its Season Winless". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. 10-D via Newspapers.com.
  10. "1979 Dartmouth Big Green Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 30, 2019.