1990 Dartmouth Big Green football team

1990 Dartmouth Big Green football
Ivy League co-champion
Conference	Ivy League
Record	7–2–1 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Buddy Teevens (4th season)
Captains	Peter Chapman Richard Joyce
Home stadium	Memorial Field
Seasons ←  1989 1991  →

1990 Ivy League football standings
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 17 Dartmouth +	6	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
Cornell +	6	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Yale	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Harvard	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Penn	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Princeton	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Brown	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Columbia	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1990 Dartmouth Big Green football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Big Green were co-champions of the Ivy League.

In its fourth under head coach Eugene "Buddy" Teevens, the team compiled a 7–2–1 record and outscored opponents 211 to 121. Peter Chapman and Richard Joyce were the team captains. ^[1]

The Big Green's 6–1 conference record tied for first in the Ivy League standings. Dartmouth outscored Ivy opponents 147 to 65. ^[2] Dartmouth shared the championship despite having defeated its co-champion, Cornell, in their head-to-head matchup.

The Big Green were unranked for most of the year, but entered the national Division I-AA top 20 toward the end of their six-game win streak, and were ranked No. 17 at the end of the year.

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 15	Penn		Memorial Field Hanover, NH	L 6–16	8,119	[3]
September 22	No. 20 Lehigh *		Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 33–14	4,229	[4]
September 29	at No. 3 New Hampshire *		Cowell Stadium Durham, NH (rivalry)	T 21–21	9,563	[5]
October 6	at Holy Cross *		Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 10–21	13,211	[6]
October 13	Yale		Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 27–17	10,130	[7]
October 20	at Cornell		Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 11–6	12,000	[8]
October 27	Harvard		Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	W 17–0	8,821	[9]
November 3	Columbia		Wien Stadium New York, NY	W 34–20	5,113	[10]
November 10	at Brown	No. 20	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 29–0	2,100	[11]
November 17	at Princeton	No. 17	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 23–6	9,842	[12]
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the 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. pp. 33–34. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
3. Juliano, Joe (September 16, 1990). "Penn Triumphs in Opener, 16-6". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1-E – via Newspapers.com.
4. Lessels, Allen (September 23, 1990). "Dartmouth, Brzica Cruise Past Lehigh". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 61 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Lessels, Allen (September 30, 1990). "UNH Is Tied Up by Dartmouth". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 62 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Monahan, Bob (October 7, 1990). "Segreti, Ciaccio Lift HC". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 66 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Concannon, Joe (October 14, 1990). "Dartmouth Dumps Yale". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 66 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Herzog, Brad (October 22, 1990). "Dartmouth Dodges a Last-Second Cornell Bullet". The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Haley, Tom (October 28, 1990). "Page Powers Dartmouth to First Shutout of Harvard Since 1965". The Sunday Rutland Herald . Rutland, Vt. pp. B1, B2 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Greenidge, Jim (November 4, 1990). "Dartmouth Digs In, Holds Its Ground". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 63 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Harber, Paul (November 11, 1990). "Big Green Hold Brown Out to Dry". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 74 – via Newspapers.com.
12. Shipley, John C. Jr. (November 18, 1990). "Dartmouth Wins, 23-6, Clinches Share of Title". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. 12-E – via Newspapers.com.