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1976 Dartmouth Big Green football team

1976 Dartmouth Big Green football
ConferenceIvy League
Record6–3 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Patrick Sullivan
  • Kevin Young
Home stadiumMemorial Field
Seasons
← 1975
1977 →
1976 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale + 6 1 0 8 1 0
Brown + 6 1 0 8 1 0
Harvard 4 3 0 6 3 0
Dartmouth 4 3 0 6 3 0
Columbia 2 5 0 3 6 0
Penn 2 5 0 3 6 0
Princeton 2 5 0 2 7 0
Cornell 2 5 0 2 7 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1976 Dartmouth Big Green football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. The Big Green tied for third place in the Ivy League.

In its sixth season under head coach Jake Crouthamel, the team compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents 236 to 111. Kevin Young and Patrick Sullivan were the team captains.[1]

The Big Green's 4–3 conference record tied for third place in the Ivy League standings. Dartmouth outscored Ivy opponents 167 to 91.[2]

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18 Penn
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 20–0 11,300 [3]
September 25 New Hampshire*
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH (rivalry)
W 24–13 13,650 [4]
October 2 at Holy Cross*dagger W 45–7 14,416 [5]
October 9 at Yale L 14–18 10,000 [6]
October 16 Harvard
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH (rivalry)
L 10–17 20,336 [7]
October 23 at Cornell W 35–0 11,000 [8]
October 30 Columbia
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 34–14 10,600 [9]
November 6 at Brown L 21–35 17,100 [10]
November 2 at Princeton W 33–7 14,500 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

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. pp. 27–28. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. ^ "Dartmouth Defense Helps Pin 20-0 Loss on Penn". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. September 19, 1976. p. S6.
  4. ^ Powers, John (September 26, 1976). "Dartmouth Closets UNH, 24-13". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 99 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Roberts, Ernie (October 3, 1976). "Dartmouth Sics Case, Obert on Holy Cross, 45-7". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 86 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Wallace, William N. (October 10, 1976). "Yale Ends Dartmouth Streak, 18-14". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S7.
  7. ^ Roberts, Ernie (October 17, 1976). "Harvard Re-Joyces as Dartmouth Is Tackled, 17-10". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 78 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Strauss, Michael (October 24, 1976). "Dartmouth Strikes Early, Trounces Cornell". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S10.
  9. ^ McGowen, Deane (October 31, 1976). "Columbia Bows, 34-14; 3 Fumbles by Lions Lead to Scores". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. ^ McDonough, Will (November 7, 1976). "Brown Bomber Michalko Brings Down House, 35-21". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 82 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ McGowen, Deane (November 14, 1976). "Dartmouth Routs Princeton; Tigers Suffer Their 11th Straight Loss at Home, 33 to 7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S8.