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1998 Dartmouth Big Green football
ConferenceIvy League
Record2–8 (1–6 Ivy)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRoger Hughes (7th season)
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[edit]

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[edit]

  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.
  3. ^ Monahan, Bob (September 20, 1998). "Penn, Finn Slip Past Dartmouth". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D17 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Warner, Pete (September 28, 1998). "UMaine Defense Prevails; Early TDs Hold Off Dartmouth". Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Greenidge, Jim (October 4, 1998). "Dartmouth Kicks In, Tops Lafayette in OT". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D17 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Colgate Routs Dartmouth". The Sunday Rutland Herald. Rutland, Vt. October 11, 1998. sect. B, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Ivy League: Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 11, 1998. p. C19.
  7. ^ Berlet, Bruce (October 18, 1998). "Refs, Clock Tick Off Yale". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E7, E9 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ McShea, Keith (October 26, 1998). "Surviving for First Ivy Win: Cornell Blocks One Field Goal, Watches Another Go Wide". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Concannon, Joe (November 1, 1998). "Harvard Shows Bounce". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C17 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Columbia 24, Dartmouth 14". The Record. Hackensack, N.J. Associated Press. November 8, 1998. p. S-4 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Ivy League". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 8, 1998. p. C12.
  11. ^ "Brown Survives Scare". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. Associated Press. November 15, 1998. p. C16 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Finnegan, Tara (November 22, 1998). "Theisen Runs Over Dartmouth in Finale". Home News Tribune. New Brunswick, N.J. p. C6 – via Newspapers.com.
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