2018 Dartmouth Big Green football team

2018 Dartmouth Big Green football
2018 Dartmouth Big Green football
Conference	Ivy League
Ranking
STATS	No. 18
FCS Coaches	No. 15
Record	9–1 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Buddy Teevens (19th season);
Offensive coordinator	Kevin Daft (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Don Dobes (9th season)
Home stadium	Memorial Field
	Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

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. Dartmouth averaged 4,006 fans per game.

2018 Ivy League football standings
v t e
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

$ – Conference champion Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule edit

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
September 15	1:30 p.m.	Georgetown*		Memorial Field Hanover, NH	ESPN+	W 41–0	4,815
September 22	1:00 p.m.	at Holy Cross*		Fitton Field Worcester, MA	PL Net	W 34–14	7,175
September 29	1:30 p.m.	Penn		Memorial Field Hanover, NH	ESPN+	W 37–14	3,692
October 5	6:00 p.m.	at Yale		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	ESPNU	W 41–18	10,176
October 13	6:00 p.m.	Sacred Heart*		Memorial Field Hanover, NH	ESPN+	W 42–0	3,138
October 20	1:30 p.m.	at Columbia		Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY	ESPN+	W 28–12	12,506
October 27	1:30 p.m.	Harvard		Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 24–17	5,814
November 3	1:00 p.m.	at No. 18 Princeton	No. 24	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	NBCS BOS	L 9–14	8,014
November 10	1:30 p.m.	at Cornell	No. 25	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 35–24	3,604
November 17	1:30 p.m.	Brown	No. 20	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	ESPN+	W 49–7	2,575
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries edit

Georgetown edit

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoyas	0	0	0	0	0
Big Green	6	14	14	7	41

At Holy Cross edit

	1	2	3	4	Total
Big Green	3	17	7	7	34
Crusaders	0	0	0	14	14

Penn edit

	1	2	3	4	Total
Quakers	0	7	0	7	14
Big Green	7	6	21	3	37

At Yale edit

	1	2	3	4	Total
Big Green	13	14	7	7	41
Bulldogs	7	3	0	8	18

Sacred Heart edit

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pioneers	0	0	0	0	0
Big Green	21	14	7	0	42

At Columbia edit

	1	2	3	4	Total
Big Green	7	0	7	14	28
Lions	3	3	0	6	12

Harvard edit

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crimson	0	0	7	10	17
Big Green	14	7	0	3	24

At Princeton edit

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 24 Big Green	7	2	0	0	9
No. 18 Tigers	7	0	0	7	14

At Cornell edit

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 25 Big Green	21	0	14	0	35
Big Red	0	17	0	7	24

Brown edit

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	7	0	0	7
No. 20 Big Green	7	6	29	7	49

Ranking movements edit

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	RV	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	25	20	18	18
Coaches	—	—	—	—	—	RV	—	24	20	20–T	23	20	15	15

References edit

^ "Football - 2018 Schedule". Dartmouth College Varsity Athletics. Retrieved April 3, 2018.

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[1] "Football - 2018 Schedule". Dartmouth College Varsity Athletics. Retrieved April 3, 2018.

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