1977 Dartmouth Big Green football team

The 1977 Dartmouth Big Green football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. Dartmouth tied for third place in the Ivy League.

1977 Dartmouth Big Green football
ConferenceIvy League
1977 record6–3 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Curtis Oberg
  • James Vailas
Home stadiumMemorial Field
1977 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Yale $ 6 –1 –0  7 –2 –0
Brown 5 –2 –0  7 –2 –0
Harvard 4 –3 –0  4 –5 –0
Penn 4 –3 –0  5 –4 –0
Dartmouth 4 –3 –0  6 –3 –0
Princeton 3 –4 –0  3 –6 –0
Cornell 1 –6 –0  1 –8 –0
Columbia 1 –6 –0  2 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

In their seventh and final season under head coach Jake Crouthamel, the Big Green compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents 141 to 92. Curtis Oberg and James Vailas were the team captains.[1]

The Big Green's 4–3 conference record earned a three-way tie for third in the Ivy League. Dartmouth outscored Ivy opponents 86 to 82.[2]

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

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17 Princeton
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 14–11 12,200 [3]
September 24 Holy Cross*
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 17–14 7,900 [4]
October 1 at Boston University*
W 38–0 7,320 [5]
October 8 at Yale
W 3–0 24,036 [6]
October 15 Harvard
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH (rivalry)
L 25–31 26,500 [7]
October 22 Cornell
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH (rivalry)
W 17–13 15,000 [8]
October 29 at Columbia
W 14–7 13,000 [9]
November 5 Brown
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
L 10–13 8,100 [10]
October 30 at Penn
L 3–7 14,184 [11]
  • *Non-conference 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. p. 28. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. Keese, Parton (September 18, 1977). "Dartmouth Sets Back Princeton". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S8.
  4. Morganti, Al (September 25, 1977). "Lowery Kicks Dartmouth Past HC". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 71 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Concannon, Joe (October 2, 1977). "Taylor's Dartmouth 'Reunion' Dismal for BU, 38-0". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 80 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Wallace, William N. (October 9, 1977). "Dartmouth Wins, 3-0, from Yale". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. McGowen, Deane (October 16, 1977). "Harvard and Yale Win; Big Green Toppled First Time, 31-25". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. Visser, Lesley (October 23, 1977). "Dartmouth Ruins Blackman's Return, Downs Cornell, 17-13". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 72 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. McGowen, Deane (October 30, 1977). "Dartmouth and Yale Win, Share Ivy League Lead; Cornell Is Drubbed by the Elis, 28-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S6.
  10. Roberts, Ernie (November 6, 1977). "Jake's Home Finale Spoiled by Bruins, 13-10". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 68 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. McGowen, Deane (November 13, 1977). "Penn Holds On to Defeat Dartmouth, 7-3". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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