1970 Dartmouth Indians football team
The 1970 Dartmouth Indians football team represented Dartmouth College during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season.[1] The Indians were led by 16th-year head coach Bob Blackman and played their home games at Memorial Field in Hanover, New Hampshire. They finished with a perfect record of 9–0, winning the Ivy League title and the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy, which signified them as champions of the East. Dartmouth finished ranked 14th in both major polls, their first ranked finish since 1943 and the last time an Ivy League school was ranked in the final AP Poll.
| 1970 Dartmouth Indians football | |
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Ivy League champion Eastern champion | |
| Conference | Ivy League |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 13 |
| AP | No. 14 |
| Record | 9–0 (7–0 Ivy) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Field |
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| No. 14 Dartmouth $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 26 | UMass* | W 27–0 | 10,400 | [2] | ||
| October 3 | at Holy Cross* | W 50–14 | 13,222 | [3] | ||
| October 10 | Princeton |
| W 38–0 | 20,306 | [4] | |
| October 17 | Brown |
| W 42–14 | 10,436 | [5] | |
| October 24 | at Harvard | W 37–14 | 35,000 | [6] | ||
| October 31 | at Yale | W 10–0 | 60,820 | [7] | ||
| November 7 | Columbia | No. 17 |
| W 55–0 | 12,850 | [8] |
| November 14 | at Cornell | No. 15 | W 24–0 | 18,000 | [9] | |
| November 21 | at Penn | No. 16 | W 28–0 | 42,329 | [10] | |
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Roster
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Defense
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Special teams
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External links
References
- "1970 Dartmouth Big Green Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
- "Dartmouth Sinks Massachusetts". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. September 27, 1970. p. S7.
- "Dartmouth Defeats Holy Cross as Simms Scores Twice, 50-14". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 4, 1970. p. S5.
- Keese, Parton (October 11, 1970). "Dartmouth, Yale and Cornell Triumph; Princeton Routed, 38-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- McGowen, Deane (October 18, 1970). "Dartmouth Trounces Brown, 42 to 14, as Chasey, Short and Simms Excel". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S5.
- Keese, Parton (October 25, 1970). "Dartmouth Routs Harvard; Short Standout". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- Wallace, William N. (November 1, 1970). "Dartmouth Tops Yale, 10-0; 60,820 See Indians Gain Sixth Triumph". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- McGowen, Deane (November 8, 1970). "Dartmouth Routs Columbia, 55-0; Ivy Mark Broken". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- Keese, Parton (November 15, 1970). "Dartmouth Tops Cornell by 24-0 with Late Drive". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- Keese, Parton (November 22, 1970). "Dartmouth Scores over Penn, 28 to 0, to Win Ivy Crown". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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