2017 Dartmouth Big Green football team

2017 Ivy League football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from STATS Poll

2017 Dartmouth Big Green football
2017 Dartmouth Big Green football
Conference	Ivy League
2017 record	8–2 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach	Buddy Teevens (18th season);
Offensive coordinator	Kevin Daft (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Don Dobes (8th season)
Home stadium	Memorial Field (Capacity: 13,000)
	Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Dartmouth Big Green football team represented Dartmouth College in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Big Green were led by head coach Buddy Teevens in his 13th straight year and 18th overall. They played their home games at Memorial Field. They were a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 8–2 overall and 5–2 in Ivy League play to a tie for second place.

Schedule[]

The 2017 schedule consisted of five home games, four away games, and one game against Brown at Fenway Park in Boston. The Big Green hosted Ivy League foes Yale, Columbia, Cornell, and Princeton, and traveled to Penn and Harvard.

Dartmouth's non-conference opponents were Stetson of the Pioneer Football League, Holy Cross of the Patriot League, and Sacred Heart of the Northeast Conference. Homecoming coincided with the game against Yale on October 7.^[1]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 16	6:00 p.m.	at Stetson*	Spec Martin Stadium DeLand, FL	ESPN3	W 38–7	2,435
September 23	7:00 p.m.	No. 25 Holy Cross*	Memorial Field Hanover, NH		W 27–26 ^OT	7,094
September 29	7:00 p.m.	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	NBCSN	W 16–13	4,023
October 7	1:30 p.m.	Yale	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	ESPN3	W 28–27	8,114
October 14	1:00 p.m.	at Sacred Heart*	Campus Field Fairfield, CT		W 29–26	5,569
October 21	12:30 p.m.	Columbia	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	ELVN	L 17–22	5,237
October 28	Noon	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	NESN	L 22–25	11,143
November 4	1:30 p.m.	Cornell	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)		W 10–0	4,033
November 10	8:00 p.m.	vs. Brown	Fenway Park Boston, MA	NBCSN	W 33–10	12,297
November 18	1:30 p.m.	Princeton	Memorial Field Hanover, NH		W 54–44	3,081
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries[]

Stetson[]

Dartmouth vs. Stetson – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Dartmouth	0	10	21	7	38
Stetson	0	7	0	0	7

at Spec Martin Stadium • DeLand, FL

Date: September 16
Game time: 6:00 p.m.
Game weather: 87 °F (31 °C); muggy, partly cloudy
Game attendance: 2,435
Referee: J. Page
Box Score

Game information

Second quarter

DART – Rashaad Cooper, 10 yard run (David Smith XP good), 10:01 (DART 7–0)
STET – Justin Jordan, 6 yard pass from Colin McGovern (Jonny Messina XP good), 4:22 (TIE 7–7)
DART – Smith, 25 yard field goal, 0:17 (DART 10–7)

Third quarter

DART – Jared Gerbino, 1 yard run (Smith XP good), 11:13 (DART 17–7)
DART – Cam Poole, 5 yard pass from Jack Heneghan (Smith XP good), 7:30 (DART 24–7)
DART – D.J. Avery, 30 yard interception return (Smith XP good), 3:06 (DART 31–7)

Fourth quarter

DART – Matthew Shearin, 16 yard run (Smith XP good), 9:47 (DART 38–7)

#25 Holy Cross[]

Holy Cross vs. Dartmouth – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
No. 25 Holy Cross	0	14	0	6	6	26
Dartmouth	7	6	7	0	7	27

at Memorial Field • Hanover, NH

Date: September 23
Game time: 7:00 p.m.
Game weather: 82 °F (28 °C); unseasonably warm
Game attendance: 7,094
Referee: M. Overton
Box Score

Game information

First quarter

DART – Emory Thompson, 22 yard pass from Jack Heneghan (David Smith XP good), 5:43 (DART 7–0)

Second quarter

HC – Blaise Bell, 7 yard pass from Peter Pujals (A.J. Wells XP good), 14:52 (TIE 7–7)
DART – Smith, 42 yard field goal, 11:50 (DART 10–7)
HC – Miles Alexander, 7 yard run (Wells XP good), 3:12 (HC 14–10)
DART – Smith, 35 yard field goal, 0:00 (HC 14–13)

Third quarter

DART – Ryder Stone, 44 yard run (Smith XP good), 0:45 (DART 20–14)

Fourth quarter

HC – Bell, 6 yard pass from Pujals (Wells XP blocked), 0:03 (TIE 20–20)

Overtime

DART – Stephen Johnston, 10 yard pass from Heneghan (Smith XP good) (DART 27–20)
HC – Diquan Walker, 1 yard run (2-pt. conversion attempt failed) (DART 27–26)

Penn[]

Penn vs. Dartmouth – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Penn	0	7	3	3	13
Dartmouth	0	10	0	6	16

at Memorial Field • Hanover, NH

Date: September 30
Game time: 7:00 p.m.
Game attendance: 4,023
Box Score

Game information

Second quarter

DART – Hunter Hagdorn, 12 yard pass from Jack Heneghan (David Smith XP good), 13:06 (DART 7–0)
PENN – Justin Watson, 6 yard pass from Fischer-Colbrie (Jack Soslow XP good), 1:20 (TIE 7–7)
DART – Smith, 43 yard field goal, 0:00 (DART 10–7)

Third quarter

PENN – Soslow, 31 yard field goal, 0:30 (TIE 10–10)

Fourth quarter

PENN – Soslow, 27 yard field goal, 5:37 (PENN 13–10)
DART – Jared Gerbino, 1 yard run, 0:00 (DART 16–13)

Yale[]

Yale vs. Dartmouth – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Yale	7	17	3	0	27
Dartmouth	0	7	7	14	28

at Memorial Field • Hanover, NH

Date: October 7
Game time: 1:30 p.m.
Game weather: 50 °F (10 °C); overcast
Game attendance: 8,114
Referee: W. Gillis
Box Score

Game information

First quarter

YALE – C. Williams-Lopez, 46 yard pass from Kurt Rawlings (Alex Galland XP good), 3:59 (YALE 7–0)

Second quarter

YALE – Melvin Rouse II, 4 yard pass from Rawlings (Galland XP good), 14:14 (YALE 14–0)
YALE – Zane Dudek, 22 yard pass from Rawlings (Galland XP good), 7:39 (YALE 21–0)
DART – Isiah Swann, 47 yard interception return (David Smith XP good), 2:24 (YALE 21–7)
YALE – Galland, 29 yard field goal, 0:00 (YALE 24–7)

Third quarter

DART – Drew Hunnicut, 30 yard pass from Jack Heneghan (Smith XP good), 12:18 (YALE 24–14)
YALE – Galland, 20 yard field goal, 6:07 (YALE 27–14)

Fourth quarter

DART – Dylan Mellor, 40 yard pass from Heneghan (Smith XP good), 6:10 (YALE 27–21)
DART – Hunnicut, 15 yard pass from Heneghan (Smith XP good), 0:34 (DART 28–27)

Sacred Heart[]

Dartmouth vs. Sacred Heart – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Dartmouth	14	0	7	8	29
Sacred Heart	7	16	3	0	26

at Campus Field • Fairfield, CT

Date: October 14
Game time: 1:00 p.m.
Game weather: 69 °F (21 °C); cloudy
Game attendance: 5,569
Referee: J. DeAngulo
Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Columbia[]

Columbia vs. Dartmouth – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Columbia	3	13	6	10	32
Dartmouth	0	0	7	10	17

at Memorial Field • Hanover, CT

Date: October 21
Game time: 12:30 p.m.
Game weather: 66 °F (19 °C); sunny and warm
Game attendance: 5,237
Referee: H. Johns
Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Harvard[]

Dartmouth vs. Harvard – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Dartmouth	7	7	0	8	22
Harvard	0	6	6	13	25

at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA

Date: October 28
Game time: Noon
Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C); mostly sunny
Game attendance: 11,143
Referee: H. Wimberg
Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Cornell[]

Cornell vs. Dartmouth – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cornell	0	0	0	0	0
Dartmouth	7	0	0	3	10

at Memorial Field • Hanover, NH

Date: November 4
Game time: 1:30 p.m.
Game weather: 45 °F (7 °C); sunny
Game attendance: 4,033
Referee: S. Cadorette
Box Score

Game information

First quarter

DART – Hunter Hagdorn, 23 yard pass from Jack Heneghan (David Smith XP good), 6:22 (DART 7–0)

Fourth quarter

DART – Smith, 33 yard field goal, 1:19 (DART 10–0)

Brown[]

Dartmouth vs. Brown – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Dartmouth	6	17	7	3	33
Brown	0	3	0	7	10

at Fenway Park • Boston, MA

Date: November 10
Game time: 8:00 p.m.
Game weather: 27 °F (−3 °C); clear and cold
Game attendance: 12,297
Referee: J. Gray
Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Princeton[]

Princeton vs. Dartmouth – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Princeton	6	7	14	17	44
Dartmouth	3	17	0	34	54

at Memorial Field • Hanover, NH

Date: November 18
Game time: 1:30 p.m.
Game weather: 43 °F (6 °C); cold and overcast
Game attendance: 3,081
Referee: T. Marcella
Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

References[]

^ "Football - 2017 Schedule". Dartmouth College Varsity Athletics. Retrieved 13 March 2017.

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2017 Ivy League football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 24 Yale $		6	–	1		9	–	1
Columbia		5	–	2		8	–	2
Dartmouth		5	–	2		8	–	2
Penn		4	–	3		6	–	4
Harvard		3	–	4		5	–	5
Cornell		3	–	4		3	–	7
Princeton		2	–	5		5	–	5
Brown		0	–	7		2	–	8

$ – Conference champion Rankings from STATS Poll