2018 Dartmouth Big Green football team

2018 Dartmouth Big Green football
Conference	Ivy League
Ranking
STATS	No. 18
FCS Coaches	No. 15
Record	9–1 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Buddy Teevens (19th season)
Offensive coordinator	Kevin Daft (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Don Dobes (9th season)
Home stadium	Memorial Field
Seasons ←  2017 2019  →

2018 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 11 Princeton $		7	–	0					10	–	0
No. 18 Dartmouth		6	–	1					9	–	1
Harvard		4	–	3					6	–	4
Yale		3	–	4					5	–	5
Penn		3	–	4					6	–	4
Columbia		3	–	4					6	–	4
Cornell		2	–	5					3	–	7
Brown		0	–	7					1	–	9
$ – Conference champion Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2018 Dartmouth Big Green football team represented Dartmouth College in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. The Big Green were led by head coach Buddy Teevens in his 14th straight year and 19th overall. They played their home games at Memorial Field. They finished the season 9–1 overall and 6–1 in Ivy League play to place second. Dartmouth averaged 4,006 fans per game.

Schedule

The 2018 schedule consisted of five home games and five away games. The Big Green hosted Ivy League foes Penn, Harvard, and Brown, and traveled to Yale, Princeton, Columbia, and Cornell.

Dartmouth's non-conference opponents were Georgetown and Holy Cross of the Patriot League, and Sacred Heart of the Northeast Conference. Homecoming coincided with the game against Harvard on October 27. ^[1]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 15	1:30 p.m.	Georgetown *		Memorial Field Hanover, NH	ESPN+	W 41–0	4,815
September 22	1:00 p.m.	at Holy Cross *		Fitton Field Worcester, MA	PL Net	W 34–14	7,175
September 29	1:30 p.m.	Penn		Memorial Field Hanover, NH	ESPN+	W 37–14	3,692
October 5	6:00 p.m.	at Yale		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	ESPNU	W 41–18	10,176
October 13	6:00 p.m.	Sacred Heart *		Memorial Field Hanover, NH	ESPN+	W 42–0	3,138
October 20	1:30 p.m.	at Columbia		Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY	ESPN+	W 28–12	12,506
October 27	1:30 p.m.	Harvard		Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 24–17	5,814
November 3	1:00 p.m.	at No. 18 Princeton	No. 24	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	NBCS BOS	L 9–14	8,014
November 10	1:30 p.m.	at Cornell	No. 25	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 35–24	3,604
November 17	1:30 p.m.	Brown	No. 20	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	ESPN+	W 49–7	2,575
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Georgetown

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoyas	0	0	0	0	0
Big Green	6	14	14	7	41

See also: 2018 Georgetown Hoyas football team

At Holy Cross

	1	2	3	4	Total
Big Green	3	17	7	7	34
Crusaders	0	0	0	14	14

See also: 2018 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

Penn

	1	2	3	4	Total
Quakers	0	7	0	7	14
Big Green	7	6	21	3	37

See also: 2018 Penn Quakers football team

At Yale

	1	2	3	4	Total
Big Green	13	14	7	7	41
Bulldogs	7	3	0	8	18

See also: 2018 Yale Bulldogs football team

Sacred Heart

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pioneers	0	0	0	0	0
Big Green	21	14	7	0	42

See also: 2018 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team

At Columbia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Big Green	7	0	7	14	28
Lions	3	3	0	6	12

See also: 2018 Columbia Lions football team

Harvard

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crimson	0	0	7	10	17
Big Green	14	7	0	3	24

See also: 2018 Harvard Crimson football team

At Princeton

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 24 Big Green	7	2	0	0	9
No. 18 Tigers	7	0	0	7	14

See also: 2018 Princeton Tigers football team

At Cornell

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 25 Big Green	21	0	14	0	35
Big Red	0	17	0	7	24

See also: 2018 Cornell Big Red football team

Brown

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	7	0	0	7
No. 20 Big Green	7	6	29	7	49

See also: 2018 Brown Bears football team

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	RV	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	25	20	18	18
Coaches	—	—	—	—	—	RV	—	24	20	20–T	23	20	15	15

References

1. "Football - 2018 Schedule". Dartmouth College Varsity Athletics. Retrieved April 3, 2018.