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1978 Dartmouth Big Green football
Ivy League champion
Conference Ivy League
Record6–3 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
Home stadium Memorial Field
Seasons
←  1977
1979 →
1978 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Dartmouth $ 6 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Brown 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Yale 4 – 1 – 2 5 – 2 – 2
Cornell 3 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Harvard 2 – 4 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Columbia 2 – 4 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Princeton 1 – 4 – 2 2 – 5 – 2
Penn 1 – 5 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1978 Dartmouth Big Green football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Big Green won the Ivy League for their fifth conference title of the 1970s.

In its first season under head coach Joe Yukica, the team compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents 187 to 159. Eugene “Buddy” Teevens and Joseph Nastri were the team captains. [1]

The Big Green's 6–1 conference was the best in the Ivy League standings. Dartmouth outscored Ivy opponents 170 to 104. [2]

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23 Penn
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 31–21 10,100 [3]
September 30 at Holy Cross*
L 0–35 22,024 [4]
October 7 Boston University*
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
L 17–20 9,750 [5]
October 14 Yale
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 10–3 17,500 [6]
October 21 at Harvard
L 19–24 28,500 [7]
October 28 at Cornell
W 14–7 15,063 [8]
November 4 Columbia
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 37–7 9,500 [9]
November 11 at Brown
W 31–21 17,200 [10]
November 18 at Princeton
W 28–21 19,565 [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. ^ Ballou, Art (September 24, 1978). "Yukica Offense Stuns Penn". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 66 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Mumpton, Roy (October 1, 1978). "HC Crushes Dartmouth". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 50 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Monahan, Bob (October 8, 1978). "BU 20, Dartmouth 17--At Last". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 81 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Roberts, Ernie (October 15, 1978). "Dartmouth Rebounds, Stuns Yale, 10-3". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 58 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Roberts, Ernie (October 22, 1978). "Harvard Air Attack Blitzes Dartmouth". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 55 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Fox, John W. (October 29, 1978). "Cornell's a Shameful 14-7 Loser". Press & Sun-Bulletin. Binghamton, N.Y. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Dartmouth 37, Columbia 7". The News & Observer. Raleigh, N.C. November 5, 1978. p. 5-II – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Roberts, Ernie (November 12, 1978). "Dartmouth Upsets Brown, 31-21, to Clinch Tie for Ivy Crown". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 41 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Roberts, Ernie (November 19, 1978). "Dartmouth Stops Princeton, 28-21; Wins Ivy Title". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 50 – via Newspapers.com.
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