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1979 Dartmouth Big Green football team

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1979 Dartmouth Big Green football
ConferenceIvy League
Record4–4–1 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Field
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale $ 6 1 0 8 1 0
Brown 5 2 0 6 3 0
Princeton 5 2 0 5 4 0
Cornell 4 3 0 5 4 0
Dartmouth 4 3 0 4 4 1
Harvard 3 4 0 3 6 0
Columbia 1 6 0 1 8 0
Penn 0 7 0 0 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1979 Dartmouth Big Green football team represented Dartmouth College in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22PrincetonL 0–1614,500[1]
September 29at No. 8 New Hampshire*T 10–1013,500[2]
October 6Holy Cross*
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
L 7–1310,700[3]
October 13at YaleL 0–326,000[4]
October 20at HarvardW 10–732,000[5]
October 27Cornell
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH (rivalry)
L 10–2110,600[6]
November 3at ColumbiaW 17–02,150[7]
November 10Brown
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 24–109,700[8]
November 17at PennW 20–610,397[9]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

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1979 Dartmouth Big Green football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 14 Jeff Kemp Jr
WR 13 Dave Shula Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

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  1. ^ Roberts, Ernie (September 23, 1979). "Princeton Tips Sluggish Green". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 88 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Dartmouth 10, New Hampshire 10". Sunday News Journal. Wilmington, Del. Associated Press. September 30, 1979. p. D4 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Roberts, Ernie (October 7, 1979). "Ahern Sparks HC". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 41 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Concannon, Joe (October 14, 1979). "Yale Bottles Up Dartmouth Attack". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 50 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Roberts, Ernie (October 21, 1979). "Sawch Kicks Green over Harvard, 10-7". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 58 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Roberts, Ernie (October 28, 1979). "Cornell Wears Out Dartmouth at End". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 82 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Clarke, Evan (November 4, 1979). "Dartmouth Breezes". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 52 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Laird, Carleton (November 11, 1979). "Kemp, Shula Team to Tame Brown as Dartmouth Wins". The Sunday Rutland Herald. Rutland, Vt. sect. 2, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Shister, Gail (November 18, 1979). "It's Over; Penn Bows to Dartmouth, Ends Its Season Winless". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 10-D – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "1979 Dartmouth Big Green Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 30, 2019.