1966 Dartmouth Indians football team

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1966 Dartmouth Indians football
Ivy League co-champion
ConferenceIvy League
1966 record7–2 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach
  • Bob Blackman (12th season)
CaptainWilliam Calhoun
Home stadiumMemorial Field
Seasons
← 1965
1967 →
1966 Ivy League football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Dartmouth + 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Harvard + 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Princeton + 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Cornell 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Yale 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Columbia 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Penn 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Brown 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1966 Dartmouth Indians football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. The Indians shared the championship of the Ivy League in a three-way tie.

In their tenth season under head coach Bob Blackman, the Indians compiled a 7–2 record and outscored opponents 273 to 131. William Calhoun was the team captain.[1]

The Indians' 6–1 conference record earned a three-way tie for first place in the Ivy League standings. The Indians outscored Ivy opponents 250 to 117.[2] Dartmouth defeated one of its co-champions, Princeton, and suffered its lone in-conference loss to the other co-champion, Harvard.

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

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24 Massachusetts*
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 17–7 12,500 [3]
October 1 at Holy Cross*
L 6–47 12,000 [4]
October 8 Princeton
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 31–13 15,948 [5]
October 15 Brown
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 49–14 11,000 [6]
October 22 at Harvard
L 14–19 39,909 [7]
October 29 at Yale
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 28–13 54,360 [8]
November 5 Columbia
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 56–14 11,000 [9]
November 12 at Cornell
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 32–23 23,000 [10]
November 19 at Penn
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 40–21 10,592 [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. 23. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. ^ McGowen, Deane (September 25, 1966). "Dartmouth Downs Massachusetts, 17-7, Extends Winning Streak to 11 Games". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S5.
  4. ^ Litsky, Frank (October 2, 1966). "Dartmouth Bows; Indians Upset, 7-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. ^ Danzig, Allison (October 9, 1966). "Princeton Beaten, 31-13; Indian Attack Explosive". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. ^ McGowen, Deane (October 16, 1966). "Dartmouth 49-14 Winner; Indians Overpower Brown". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. ^ Danzig, Allison (October 23, 1966). "A Late Rally by Crimson Downs Dartmouth, 19-14". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. ^ Wallace, William N. (October 30, 1966). "Yale Bows to Dartmouth; Indians Triumph, 28-13". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. ^ McGowen, Deane (November 6, 1966). "Dartmouth Routs Columbia by 56-14". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. ^ Durso, Joseph (November 13, 1966). "Cornell Defeated by Indians, 32-23, on Beard's Passes". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  11. ^ Strauss, Michael (November 20, 1966). "Dartmouth 40-21 Victor; Penn Is Beaten". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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