1981 Dartmouth Big Green football team

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1981 Dartmouth Big Green football
Dartmouth College Big Green logo.svg
Ivy League co-champion
ConferenceIvy League
1981 record6–4 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Kent Cooper
  • George Thompson
Home stadiumMemorial Field
Seasons
← 1980
1982 →
1981 Ivy League football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale + 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Dartmouth + 6 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Princeton 5 – 1 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Harvard 4 – 2 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Brown 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Cornell 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Columbia 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Penn 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1981 Dartmouth Big Green football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. Dartmouth tied for third place in the Ivy League.

In their fourth season under head coach Joe Yukica, the Big Green compiled a 6–4 record and outscored opponents 208 to 137. Kent Cooper and George Thompson were the team captains.[1]

The Big Green's 6–1 conference record tied Yale for the Ivy League championship. Dartmouth outscored Ivy opponents 193 to 87.[2] Dartmouth's sole league loss was to its co-champion, Yale.

This was the Big Green's last season in the NCAA's top level of football competition. Shortly after the season ended, the NCAA reassigned all of the Ivy League teams to the second-tier Division I-AA,[3] which would later be renamed the Football Championship Subdivision.

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

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19 Princeton
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 32–13 6,981 [4]
September 26 at UMass*
L 8–10 11,855 [5]
October 3 Holy Cross*
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
L 0–28 7,203 [6]
October 10 William & Mary*
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
L 7–12 10,061 [7]
October 17 at Harvard
W 24–10 25,000 [8]
October 24 Cornell
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH (rivalry)
W 42–7 12,054 [9]
October 31 at Yale
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 3–24 32,500 [10]
November 7 at Columbia
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 21–7 3,860 [11]
November 14 Brown
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 38–13 9,500 [12]
November 21 at Penn
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 33–13 9,757 [13]
  • *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. 29. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. ^ Roberts, Ernie (December 4, 1981). "Big Guys on Block Bully Ivy, HC Football". The Boston Globe. Boston, Mass.
  4. ^ Robbins, Paul (September 20, 1981). "Dartmouth Opens by Routing Princeton, 32-13". The Sunday Rutland Herald. Rutland, Vt. sect. 2, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Eisenberg, Harry (September 27, 1981). "UMass Dumps Dartmouth Again". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 78 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Roberts, Ernie (October 4, 1981). "HC Cuffs Dartmouth, 28-0". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 85 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Ballou, Art (October 11, 1981). "William and Mary Downs Dartmouth". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 70 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Roberts, Ernie (October 18, 1981). "Dartmouth Whips Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 80 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Reinert, Bob (October 25, 1981). "Dartmouth Coasts". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 86 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Concannon, Joe (November 1, 1981). "Rogan, Yale Dispose of Dartmouth". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 86 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Newman, David (November 8, 1981). "It's Dartmouth -- in a Real Breeze". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 80 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Dartmouth Throttles Brown". The Burlington Free Press. Burlington, Vt. Associated Press. November 15, 1981. pp. 3C, 2C – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ O'Connell, Mike (November 22, 1981). "Dartmouth Shares Title". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 71 – via Newspapers.com.
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