2008 Dartmouth Big Green football team

2008 Dartmouth Big Green football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	0–10 (0–7 Ivy)
Head coach	Buddy Teevens (9th season)
Captains	Andrew Dete Alex Rapp Milan Williams
Home stadium	Memorial Field
Seasons ←  2007 2009  →

2008 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 15 Harvard +		6	–	1					9	–	1
Brown +		6	–	1					7	–	3
Penn		5	–	2					6	–	4
Yale		4	–	3					6	–	4
Princeton		3	–	4					4	–	6
Cornell		2	–	5					4	–	6
Columbia		2	–	5					2	–	8
Dartmouth		0	–	7					0	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2008 Dartmouth Big Green football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Big Green finished last in the Ivy League.

In its fourth consecutive season under head coach Eugene "Buddy" Teevens (his ninth overall), the team compiled an 0–10 record and was outscored 343 to 129. Dartmouth averaged 5,096 fans per game.Andrew Dete, Alex Rapp and Milan Williams were the team captains. ^[1]

The Big Green's winless (0–7) conference record was the worst in the Ivy League standings. Dartmouth was outscored 223 to 77 by Ivy opponents. ^[2]

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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20		at Colgate *	Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY		L 20–34	5,235	[3]
September 27	12:00 p.m.	No. 7 New Hampshire *	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	WMUR	L 6–42	4,227	[4]
October 4	12:00 p.m.	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	Comcast	L 10–23	12,433	[5]
October 11		Yale	Memorial Field Hanover, NH		L 7–34	7,411	[6]
October 18		Holy Cross *	Memorial Field Hanover, NH		L 26–44	7,518	[7]
October 25		at Columbia	Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY		L 13–21	2.161	[1]
November 1		No. 23 Harvard	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)		L 7–35	4,111	[8]
November 8	1:00 p.m.	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)		L 14–37	4,132	[9]
November 15		Brown	Memorial Field Hanover, NH		L 16–45	2,215	[1]
November 22		at Princeton	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ		L 10–28	7,113	[10]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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References

1. "Season-by-Season Results: 2008-". Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth College . Retrieved October 1, 2020.
2. "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. pp. 43–44. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
3. Austin, Kyle (September 21, 2008). "Two-Headed Beast: 'Gate's Scott, Sulllivan Combine for 494 Yards, Four TDs". The Post-Standard . Syracuse, N.Y. p. C8 – via NewsBank.
4. O'Sullivan, Tim (September 28, 2008). "'Cats Solid as Granite: UNH Continues Its Recent Dominance of In-State Rivalry". Concord Monitor . Concord, N.H. – via NewsBank. Attendance figure in sidebar story "Lopsided, Yes; Worth Keeping, Most Definitely", by same writer in same edition.
5. Juliano, Joe (October 5, 2008). "Quakers Labor Early but Win". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. E12 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Yale Delivers by Ground and by Air". Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. October 12, 2008. pp. E7, E9 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Wood, Bruce (October 19, 2008). "From Start, There's No Stopping Kielt". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. C20 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Larson, Craig (November 2, 2008). "Crimson Get the Green Light". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. D15 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Thomas, Brandon (November 10, 2008). "Blocked Kicks Spur Big Red Past Dartmouth". The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
10. Brett, Joshua (November 23, 2008). "Culbreath's 276 Carry Princeton". The Times . Trenton, N.J. p. C5 – via NewsBank.
11. "Dartmouth Big Green Schedule 2008". ESPN . Retrieved August 7, 2024.
12. "2008 Football Schedule". Dartmouth College . Retrieved August 7, 2024.