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 | |
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| Conference | Ivy League |
| Ranking | |
| STATS | No. 18 |
| FCS Coaches | No. 15 |
| 2018 record | 9–1 (6–1 Ivy) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Kevin Daft (2nd season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Don Dobes (9th season) |
| Home stadium | Memorial Field (Capacity: 13,000) |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 15 | 1:30 p.m. | Georgetown* | ESPN+ | W 41–0 | 4,815 | ||
| September 22 | 1:00 p.m. | at Holy Cross* | PL Net | W 34–14 | 7,175 | ||
| September 29 | 1:30 p.m. | Penn |
| ESPN+ | W 37–14 | 3,692 | |
| October 5 | 6:00 p.m. | at Yale | ESPNU | W 41–18 | 10,176 | ||
| October 13 | 6:00 p.m. | Sacred Heart* |
| ESPN+ | W 42–0 | 3,138 | |
| October 20 | 1:30 p.m. | at Columbia | ESPN+ | W 28–12 | 12,506 | ||
| October 27 | 1:30 p.m. | Harvard |
| ESPN+ | W 24–17 | 5,814 | |
| November 3 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 18 Princeton | No. 24 | NBCS BOS | L 9–14 | 8,014 | |
| November 10 | 1:30 p.m. | at Cornell | No. 25 | ESPN+ | W 35–24 | 3,604 | |
| November 17 | 1:30 p.m. | Brown | No. 20 |
| ESPN+ | W 49–7 | 2,575 |
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Game summaries
Georgetown
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Hoyas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Big Green | 6 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 41 |
at Holy Cross
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Big Green | 3 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
| Crusaders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
Penn
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Quakers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Big Green | 7 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 37 |
at Yale
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Big Green | 13 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 41 |
| Bulldogs | 7 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 18 |
Sacred Heart
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Pioneers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Big Green | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 42 |
at Columbia
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Big Green | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| Lions | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
Harvard
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Crimson | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| Big Green | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
at Princeton
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| No. 24 Big Green | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| No. 18 Tigers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
at Cornell
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| No. 25 Big Green | 21 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
| Big Red | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
Brown
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Bears | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| No. 20 Big Green | 7 | 6 | 29 | 7 | 49 |
Ranking movements
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| 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 | |||||||