American college football season
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.
Previous season [ ]
The Big Green finished the 2017 season 8–2, 5–2 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for second place.
Schedule [ ]
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 * ESPN+ W 41–04,815
September 22 1:00 p.m. at Holy Cross * PL Net W 34–147,175
September 29 1:30 p.m. Penn Memorial Field Hanover, NH ESPN+ W 37–143,692
6:00 p.m. at Yale ESPNU W 41–1810,176
October 13 6:00 p.m. Sacred Heart * Memorial Field Hanover, NH ESPN+ W 42–03,138
October 20 1:30 p.m. at Columbia ESPN+ W 28–1212,506
October 27 1:30 p.m. Harvard Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry ) ESPN+ W 24–175,814
November 3 1:00 p.m. at No. 18 Princeton No. 24 NBCS BOS L 9–148,014
November 10 1:30 p.m. at Cornell No. 25 ESPN+ W 35–243,604
November 17 1:30 p.m. Brown No. 20 Memorial Field Hanover, NH ESPN+ W 49–72,575
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Game summaries [ ]
Georgetown [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Hoyas
0
0
0
0
0
Big Green
6
14
14
7
41
at Holy Cross [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Big Green
3
17
7
7
34
Crusaders
0
0
0
14
14
Penn [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Quakers
0
7
0
7
14
Big Green
7
6
21
3
37
at Yale [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Big Green
13
14
7
7
41
Bulldogs
7
3
0
8
18
Sacred Heart [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Pioneers
0
0
0
0
0
Big Green
21
14
7
0
42
at Columbia [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Big Green
7
0
7
14
28
Lions
3
3
0
6
12
Harvard [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Crimson
0
0
7
10
17
Big Green
14
7
0
3
24
at Princeton [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 24 Big Green
7
2
0
0
9
No. 18 Tigers
7
0
0
7
14
at Cornell [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 25 Big Green
21
0
14
0
35
Big Red
0
17
0
7
24
Brown [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
0
7
0
0
7
No. 20 Big Green
7
6
29
7
49
Ranking movements [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
STATS FCS
RV
NR
NR
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
24
25
20
18
18
Coaches
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
RV
NR
24
20
20–T
23
20
15
15
References [ ]
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