2018 Dartmouth Big Green football team

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.

2018 Dartmouth Big Green football
ConferenceIvy League
Ranking
STATSNo. 18
FCS CoachesNo. 15
2018 record9–1 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorKevin Daft (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorDon Dobes (9th season)
Home stadiumMemorial Field (Capacity: 13,000)
2018 Ivy League football standings
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

Previous season

The Big Green finished the 2017 season 8–2, 5–2 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for second place.

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]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 151:30 p.m.Georgetown*ESPN+W 41–04,815
September 221:00 p.m.at Holy Cross*PL NetW 34–147,175
September 291:30 p.m.Penn
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
ESPN+W 37–143,692
October 56:00 p.m.at YaleESPNUW 41–1810,176
October 136:00 p.m.Sacred Heart*
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
ESPN+W 42–03,138
October 201:30 p.m.at ColumbiaESPN+W 28–1212,506
October 271:30 p.m.Harvard
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH (rivalry)
ESPN+W 24–175,814
November 31:00 p.m.at No. 18 PrincetonNo. 24NBCS BOSL 9–148,014
November 101:30 p.m.at CornellNo. 25ESPN+W 35–243,604
November 171:30 p.m.BrownNo. 20
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
ESPN+W 49–72,575
  • *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

at Holy Cross

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

Penn

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

at Yale

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

Sacred Heart

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

at Columbia

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

Harvard

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

at Princeton

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

at Cornell

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

Brown

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

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS RV NR NR RV RV RV RV RV RV 24 25 20 18 18 
Coaches NR NR NR NR NR RV NR 24 20 20–T 23 20 15 15

References

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