1998 Dartmouth Big Green football team

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.

1998 Dartmouth Big Green football
ConferenceIvy League
Record2–8 (1–6 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Josh Bloom
  • Hunter Buckner
Home stadiumMemorial Field
1998 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
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

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.
  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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