1938 Dartmouth Indians football team

The 1938 Dartmouth Indians football team represented Dartmouth College in the 1938 college football season. The Indians were led by fifth-year head coach Earl Blaik and played their home games at Memorial Field in Hanover, New Hampshire. The Indians finished with a record of 7–2, finishing No. 20 in the final AP Poll.[2] Their loss on the road to rival Cornell snapped a 22-game unbeaten streak.

1938 Dartmouth Indians football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 20
Record7–2
Head coach
CaptainBob MacLeod[1]
Home stadiumMemorial Field
Seasons
← 1937
1939 →
1938 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Worcester Tech     6 0 0
No. 18 Villanova     8 0 1
No. 9 Holy Cross     8 1 0
Boston College     6 1 2
No. 15 Fordham     6 1 2
No. 12 Cornell     5 1 1
Army     8 2 0
No. 8 Pittsburgh     8 2 0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech     7 2 0
No. 20 Dartmouth     7 2 0
Vermont     4 2 1
Brown     5 3 0
Bucknell     5 3 0
Syracuse     5 3 0
CCNY     4 3 0
Penn     3 2 3
Manhattan     5 4 0
Harvard     4 4 0
La Salle     4 4 0
NYU     4 4 0
Boston University     3 4 1
Penn State     3 4 1
Princeton     3 4 1
Hofstra     2 3 1
Duquesne     4 6 0
Temple     3 6 1
Providence     3 5 0
Columbia     3 6 0
Massachusetts State     3 6 0
Colgate     2 5 0
Buffalo     2 6 0
Yale     2 6 0
Tufts     1 6 1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultSource
September 24BatesW 46–0
October 1St. Lawrence
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 51–0
October 8at PrincetonW 22–0
October 15Brown
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 34–13
October 22at HarvardNo. 4W 13–7[3]
October 29at YaleNo. 6W 24–6
November 5DickinsonNo. 5
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 44–6
November 12at No. 20 CornellNo. 5L 7–14
November 26at StanfordNo. 13L 13–23
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

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  1. ^ "Season-by-Season Results: 1881-1939". Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth College. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  2. ^ "1938 Final AP Football Poll". CollegePollArchive.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  3. ^ "Unbeaten Big Green Trims Harvard, 13-7". New York Daily News. October 23, 1938. p. 92 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "1938 Dartmouth Big Green Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.