1988 Dartmouth Big Green football team

The 1988 Dartmouth Big Green football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Big Green tied for third in the Ivy League.

1988 Dartmouth Big Green football
ConferenceIvy League
Record5–5 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • David Gazzaniga
  • Paul Michael
Home stadiumMemorial Field
1988 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Penn + 6 –1 –09 –1 –0
Cornell + 6 –1 –07 –2 –1
Princeton 4 –3 –06 –4 –0
Dartmouth 4 –3 –05 –5 –0
Yale 3 –3 –13 –6 –1
Columbia 2 –5 –02 –8 –0
Harvard 2 –5 –02 –8 –0
Brown 0 –6 –10 –9 –1
  • + – Conference co-champions

In its second under head coach Eugene "Buddy" Teevens, the team compiled a 5–5 record and outscored opponents 209 to 190. David Gazzaniga and Paul Michael were the team captains.[1]

The Big Green's 4–3 conference tied for third in the Ivy League standings. Dartmouth outscored Ivy opponents 166 to 137.[2]

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

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17 Penn
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
L 27–33 7,917 [3]
September 24 Lehigh*
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
L 16–41 7,924 [4]
October 1 at Davidson*
W 24–3 2,000 [5]
October 8 at Holy Cross*
L 3–17 850 [6]
October 15 Harvard
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH (rivalry)
W 38–7 15,015 [7]
October 22 Cornell
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH (rivalry)
L 7–24 3,222 [8]
October 29 at Yale
L 13–22 17,351 [9]
November 5 Columbia
W 20–10 3,760 [10]
November 12 at Brown
W 37–24 7,300 [11]
November 19 at Princeton
W 24–17 8,500 [12]
  • *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. pp. 32–33. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. Reinert, Bob (September 18, 1988). "Penn Gives Dartmouth the Slip, 33-27". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 55 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Lehigh 41, Dartmouth 16". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. September 25, 1988. p. 81 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Edwards, John (October 2, 1988). "Dartmouth Drops Davidson to 0-4". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, N.C. p. 10D – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Reinert, Bob (October 9, 1988). "Segreti Sparks HC". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 82 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Concannon, Joe (October 16, 1988). "Harvard Blasted; Dartmouth Rips Crimson, 38-7". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 74 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Reinert, Bob (October 23, 1988). "Cornell Grounds Dartmouth, 24-7". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 74 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Smith, George (October 30, 1988). "Zachery (174 Yards) Leads Yale Past Dartmouth". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. C16, C17 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Dartmouth 20, Columbia 10". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 6, 1988. p. 78 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Dartmouth 37, Brown 24". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 13, 1988. p. 81 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. Knobelman, Bob (November 20, 1988). "Tigers' Season Ends in Defeat". The Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. p. E1 – via Newspapers.com.
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