1998 Dartmouth Big Green football team

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1998 Dartmouth Big Green football
ConferenceIvy League
Record2–8 (1–6 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Josh Bloom
  • Hunter Buckner
Home stadiumMemorial Field
Seasons
← 1997
1999 →
1998 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Penn $   6 1     8 2  
Brown   5 2     7 3  
Yale   5 2     6 4  
Princeton   4 3     5 5  
Columbia   3 4     4 6  
Harvard   3 4     4 6  
Cornell   1 6     4 6  
Dartmouth   1 6     2 8  
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1998 Dartmouth Big Green football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Big Green tied for last place in the Ivy League.

In its seventh season under head coach John Lyons, the team compiled a 2–8 record and was outscored 226 to 142. Johnathan Gibbs, Kyle Rogers and Adam Young were the team captains.[1]

The Big Green's 1–6 conference record tied for seventh (and worst) in the Ivy League standings. Dartmouth was outscored 157 to 102 by Ivy opponents.[2]

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19 Penn L 14–17 8,519 [3]
September 26 at Maine*
L 3–14 6,541 [4]
October 3 Lafayette*
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 13–10 OT 5,903 [5]
October 10 at Colgate*
L 24–45 5,755 [6]
October 17 Yaledagger
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 22–19 12,017 [7]
October 24 at Cornell L 11–14 10,301 [8]
October 31 Harvard
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH (rivalry)
L 7–20 7,031 [9]
November 7 Columbia
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
L 14–24 4,117 [10]
November 14 at Brown
L 21–28 8,323 [11]
November 21 at Princeton
L 13–35 19,067 [12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

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. pp. 37–38. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
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    . Boston, Mass. October 11, 1998. p. C19.
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    . Boston, Mass. November 8, 1998. p. C12.
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