Dartmouth Big Green football
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The Dartmouth Big Green football team represents Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...

 in National Collegiate Athletic Association
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...

 (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) college football
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...

 competition as a member of the Ivy League
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...

. The team possesses a storied tradition that includes a national championship, seventeen Ivy League championships, and eleven College Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame
The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move...

 inductees.

History

The sport of football, in its embryonic form, was played on the campus as early as 1876. Goalposts were erected on the green where they stood for several months, before being removed for the 1877 commencement. The first intercollegiate game occurred on November 16, 1881, when Amherst traveled to Dartmouth. The Green won with a score of one goal to none. On November 21, the teams met in Amherst, Massachusetts
Amherst, Massachusetts
Amherst is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States in the Connecticut River valley. As of the 2010 census, the population was 37,819, making it the largest community in Hampshire County . The town is home to Amherst College, Hampshire College, and the University of Massachusetts...

 for a rematch on Thanksgiving Day, and the scoreless game ended prematurely in a tie because of snow. In the following years, Dartmouth played games against some of the best teams in the nation. In 1882, Dartmouth played Harvard
Harvard Crimson football
The Harvard Crimson football program represents Harvard University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision . Harvard's football program is one of the oldest in the world, having begun competing in the sport in 1873...

 for the first time and lost, 53–0. In 1884, Yale visited Dartmouth and routed the Green, 113–0. The Elis teams did not return to Hanover
Hanover, New Hampshire
Hanover is a town along the Connecticut River in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 11,260 at the 2010 census. CNN and Money magazine rated Hanover the sixth best place to live in America in 2011, and the second best in 2007....

 until 1971.

From 1887 to 1898, Dartmouth competed against schools such as MIT, Amherst, and Williams as a member of the Triangular Football League
Triangular Football League
The Triangular Football League was an American college football conference. Its founding members were Dartmouth, Williams College, and Amherst College...

. During that period, the Big Green secured eight conference championships, all of them outright except one shared with MIT in 1888.

From 1901 to 1909, Darmouth compiled a 58–9–7 record under several different head coaches. In 1901, Dartmouth played their first game against their intrastate rivals
New Hampshire–Dartmouth rivalry
The New Hampshire–Dartmouth rivalry is an intrastate college sports rivalry between the New Hampshire Wildcats and the Dartmouth Big Green. The rivalry is best known for the football and ice hockey games between the two schools. The schools' football teams compete for the Granite Bowl trophy and...

, UNH. In 1903, Dartmouth traveled to Harvard for the dedication game of their opponents' stadium
Harvard Stadium
Harvard Stadium is a horseshoe-shaped football stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States. Built in 1903, the stadium seats 30,323. The stadium seated up to 57,166 in the past, as permanent steel stands were installed in the north end of the stadium in 1929...

. The Green, who had lost the first 18 meetings by a combined margin of 552 points to 18, upset the Crimson, 11–0. From 1911 to 1916, Frank "the Iron Major" Cavanaugh, led the Green to a 42–9–3 record. He volunteered for World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

 at the age of 41, and was replaced as coach by one of his former players, Clarence Spears
Clarence Spears
Dr. Clarence Wiley "Doc" Spears was an American football player, coach, and doctor. He was an All-American guard at Dartmouth College and served as the head football coach at Dartmouth , West Virginia University , the University of Minnesota , the University of Oregon...

. Spears attained a 21–9–1 record with the Green, and went onto further success at West Virginia
West Virginia Mountaineers football
The West Virginia Mountaineers football team represents West Virginia University in the NCAA FBS division of college football. Dana Holgorsen is the team's 33rd head coach. He has held the position since he was promoted in June 2011 after the resignation of Bill Stewart. The Mountaineers play their...

 and Minnesota
Minnesota Golden Gophers football
The University of Minnesota Golden Gophers are one of the oldest programs in college football history. They compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and the Big Ten Conference. The Golden Gophers have claimed six national championships and have an all time record of 646–481–44 as...

, among others.

Before the 1922 game against Harvard, the media began referring to Dartmouth as "the Indians", in addition to their preexisting nickname of the Big Green. In 1923, Jesse Hawley
Jesse Hawley
Jesse Hawley may refer to:* Jesse Hawley , American entrepreneur & activist* Jesse Hawley , American football coach...

 took over as head coach. In 1925, the Green finished 8–0, and two of that team's players, Swede Oberlander and Myles Lane
Myles Lane
Myles J. Lane was a professional ice hockey player, college football player and coach, and New York Supreme Court justice. He was the last surviving member of the 1929 Stanley Cup champion Bruins.-Hockey:...

, were later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame
The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move...

. One, Nathan Parker, became a Rhodes Scholar
Rhodes Scholarship
The Rhodes Scholarship, named after Cecil Rhodes, is an international postgraduate award for study at the University of Oxford. It was the first large-scale programme of international scholarships, and is widely considered the "world's most prestigious scholarship" by many public sources such as...

. The Indians were named 1925 national champions by Parke H. Davis
Parke H. Davis
Parke Hill Davis was an American football player, coach and historian who retroactively named the national championship teams in American college football from the 1869 through the 1932 seasons. He also named co-national champions at the conclusion of the 1933 season...

 and the Dickinson system.

Earl "Red" Blaik
Earl Blaik
Earl Henry "Red" Blaik was an American football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and United States Army officer. He served as the head football coach at Dartmouth College from 1934 to 1940 and at the United States Military Academy from 1941 to 1958, compiling a career college...

 became head coach in 1934 and posted a 45–15–4 mark in his seven seasons. In 1935, he led them to their first victory over Yale, 14–6. Between 1936 and 1938, the Green compiled a 22-game unbeaten streak, but declined an invitation to the 1937 Rose Bowl
1937 Rose Bowl
The 1937 Rose Bowl was the 23rd Rose Bowl game, an American post-season college football game that was played on New Year's Day 1937 in Pasadena, California. It featured the Pittsburgh Panthers against the Washington Huskies. The Rose Bowl seating was increased to 87,677.-External links:*...

. Against Cornell
Cornell Big Red football
The Cornell Big Red football team represents Cornell University in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Championship Subdivision college football competition as a member of the Ivy League. It is one of the oldest and most storied football programs in the nation...

, in 1940, they played the infamous Fifth Down Game
Fifth Down Game (1940)
The Fifth Down Game is a college football game that was conceded by the victor after films confirmed that errors by the game officials had allowed an unpermitted fifth down as the last play of the game.-Background:...

. In 1941, Blaik left to coach the Army team
Army Black Knights football
The Army Black Knights football program represents the United States Military Academy. Army was recognized as the national champions in 1944, 1945 and 1946....

 at West Point
United States Military Academy
The United States Military Academy at West Point is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located at West Point, New York. The academy sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, north of New York City...

, whom he led to two consecutive national championships.

Dartmouth played its first season of football as a member of the Ivy League
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...

 in 1956. Future Hall of Fame inductee Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Denver , Dartmouth College , the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign , and Cornell University , compiling a career college football record of...

 took over as head coach and went on to compile a 104–37–3 record and seven Ivy League titles. Jake Crouthamel
Jake Crouthamel
John Jacob Crouthamel graduated with a B.A. in history from Dartmouth College in 1960. He was the first football player to sign with the Dallas Cowboys but was traded to the Boston Patriots in 1960. He was head football coach at Dartmouth from 1971-1977 and became athletic director at Syracuse...

, from 1971 to 1977, and Joe Yukica
Joe Yukica
Joe Yukica is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of New Hampshire , Boston College , and Dartmouth College , compiling a career college football record of 111–93–4...

, from 1978 to 1986, each coached the Green to three more Ivy League championships. The 1978 Ivy League Player of the Year, Buddy Teevens
Buddy Teevens
Eugene Francis "Buddy" Teevens III is the head football coach at Dartmouth College. He has previously served in the same position at the University of Maine, Tulane University, and Stanford University.-Early life:...

, succeeded Yukica in 1987. Teevens spent five years at Dartmouth and captured two conference championships. John Lyons
John Lyons
John Lyons is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.At the 2001 general election, he was elected to the British House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Strathkelvin and Bearsden....

 led the Green to two more titles and another 22-game unbeaten streak. Teevens returned in 2005 and currently remains head coach.

National championships

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| 1925 || Dickinson, Parke H. Davis
Parke H. Davis
Parke Hill Davis was an American football player, coach and historian who retroactively named the national championship teams in American college football from the 1869 through the 1932 seasons. He also named co-national champions at the conclusion of the 1933 season...

 || Jesse Hawley
Jesse Hawley
Jesse Hawley may refer to:* Jesse Hawley , American entrepreneur & activist* Jesse Hawley , American football coach...

 || 8–0
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| colspan="3"| Total national championships:
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Conference championships

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!bgcolor="#38672f"| Conference record
|- align="center"
| 1888 || Triangular Football League
Triangular Football League
The Triangular Football League was an American college football conference. Its founding members were Dartmouth, Williams College, and Amherst College...

  || – || 3–4|| 3–1
|- align="center"
| 1889 || Triangular Football League
Triangular Football League
The Triangular Football League was an American college football conference. Its founding members were Dartmouth, Williams College, and Amherst College...

  || – || 7–1|| 4–0
|- align="center"
| 1893 || Triangular Football League
Triangular Football League
The Triangular Football League was an American college football conference. Its founding members were Dartmouth, Williams College, and Amherst College...

  || Wallace Moyle
Wallace Moyle
-References:...

  || 4–3|| 2–0
|- align="center"
| 1894 || Triangular Football League
Triangular Football League
The Triangular Football League was an American college football conference. Its founding members were Dartmouth, Williams College, and Amherst College...

  || Wallace Moyle
Wallace Moyle
-References:...

 || 5–4|| 2–0
|- align="center"
| 1895 || Triangular Football League
Triangular Football League
The Triangular Football League was an American college football conference. Its founding members were Dartmouth, Williams College, and Amherst College...

  || Bill Wurtenburg
Bill Wurtenburg
William Charles "Bill" Wurtenburg was an American football coach. He served as the fourth head coach for the United States Naval Academy football team during the 1894 season, and as the second head coach for the Dartmouth College football team from 1895 to 1899...

 || 7–5–1|| 2–0
|- align="center"
| 1896 || Triangular Football League
Triangular Football League
The Triangular Football League was an American college football conference. Its founding members were Dartmouth, Williams College, and Amherst College...

  || Bill Wurtenburg
Bill Wurtenburg
William Charles "Bill" Wurtenburg was an American football coach. He served as the fourth head coach for the United States Naval Academy football team during the 1894 season, and as the second head coach for the Dartmouth College football team from 1895 to 1899...

 || 5–2–1|| 2–0
|- align="center"
| 1897 || Triangular Football League
Triangular Football League
The Triangular Football League was an American college football conference. Its founding members were Dartmouth, Williams College, and Amherst College...

  || Bill Wurtenburg
Bill Wurtenburg
William Charles "Bill" Wurtenburg was an American football coach. He served as the fourth head coach for the United States Naval Academy football team during the 1894 season, and as the second head coach for the Dartmouth College football team from 1895 to 1899...

 || 4–3|| 2–0
|- align="center"
| 1898 || Triangular Football League
Triangular Football League
The Triangular Football League was an American college football conference. Its founding members were Dartmouth, Williams College, and Amherst College...

  || Bill Wurtenburg
Bill Wurtenburg
William Charles "Bill" Wurtenburg was an American football coach. He served as the fourth head coach for the United States Naval Academy football team during the 1894 season, and as the second head coach for the Dartmouth College football team from 1895 to 1899...

 || 5–6|| 2–0
|- align="center"
| 1958 || Ivy League
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...

  || Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Denver , Dartmouth College , the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign , and Cornell University , compiling a career college football record of...

  || 7–2 || 6–1
|- align="center"
| 1962 || Ivy League
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...

  || Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Denver , Dartmouth College , the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign , and Cornell University , compiling a career college football record of...

  || 9–0 || 7–0
|- align="center"
| 1963 || Ivy League
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...

  || Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Denver , Dartmouth College , the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign , and Cornell University , compiling a career college football record of...

  || 7–2 || 5–2
|- align="center"
| 1965 || Ivy League
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...

  || Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Denver , Dartmouth College , the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign , and Cornell University , compiling a career college football record of...

  || 9–0 || 7–0
|- align="center"
| 1966 || Ivy League
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...

  || Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Denver , Dartmouth College , the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign , and Cornell University , compiling a career college football record of...

  || 7–2 || 6–1
|- align="center"
| 1969 || Ivy League
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...

  || Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Denver , Dartmouth College , the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign , and Cornell University , compiling a career college football record of...

  || 8–1 || 6–1
|- align="center"
| 1970 || Ivy League
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...

  || Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Denver , Dartmouth College , the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign , and Cornell University , compiling a career college football record of...

  || 9–0 || 7–0
|- align="center"
| 1971 || Ivy League
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...

  || Jake Crouthamel
Jake Crouthamel
John Jacob Crouthamel graduated with a B.A. in history from Dartmouth College in 1960. He was the first football player to sign with the Dallas Cowboys but was traded to the Boston Patriots in 1960. He was head football coach at Dartmouth from 1971-1977 and became athletic director at Syracuse...

  || 8–1 || 6–1
|- align="center"
| 1972 || Ivy League
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...

  || Jake Crouthamel
Jake Crouthamel
John Jacob Crouthamel graduated with a B.A. in history from Dartmouth College in 1960. He was the first football player to sign with the Dallas Cowboys but was traded to the Boston Patriots in 1960. He was head football coach at Dartmouth from 1971-1977 and became athletic director at Syracuse...

  || 7–1–1 || 5–1–1
|- align="center"
| 1973 || Ivy League
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...

  || Jake Crouthamel
Jake Crouthamel
John Jacob Crouthamel graduated with a B.A. in history from Dartmouth College in 1960. He was the first football player to sign with the Dallas Cowboys but was traded to the Boston Patriots in 1960. He was head football coach at Dartmouth from 1971-1977 and became athletic director at Syracuse...

  || 6–3 || 6–1
|- align="center"
| 1978 || Ivy League
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...

  || Joe Yukica
Joe Yukica
Joe Yukica is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of New Hampshire , Boston College , and Dartmouth College , compiling a career college football record of 111–93–4...

  || 6–3 || 6–1
|- align="center"
| 1981 || Ivy League
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...

  || Joe Yukica
Joe Yukica
Joe Yukica is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of New Hampshire , Boston College , and Dartmouth College , compiling a career college football record of 111–93–4...

  || 6–4 || 6–1
|- align="center"
| 1982|| Ivy League
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...

  || Joe Yukica
Joe Yukica
Joe Yukica is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of New Hampshire , Boston College , and Dartmouth College , compiling a career college football record of 111–93–4...

  || 5–5 || 5–2
|- align="center"
| 1990 || Ivy League
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...

  || Buddy Teevens
Buddy Teevens
Eugene Francis "Buddy" Teevens III is the head football coach at Dartmouth College. He has previously served in the same position at the University of Maine, Tulane University, and Stanford University.-Early life:...

  || 7–2–1 || 6–1
|- align="center"
| 1991 || Ivy League
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...

  || Buddy Teevens
Buddy Teevens
Eugene Francis "Buddy" Teevens III is the head football coach at Dartmouth College. He has previously served in the same position at the University of Maine, Tulane University, and Stanford University.-Early life:...

  || 7–2–1 || 6–0–1
|- align="center"
| 1992 || Ivy League
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...

  || John Lyons
John Lyons
John Lyons is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.At the 2001 general election, he was elected to the British House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Strathkelvin and Bearsden....

  || 8–2 || 6–1
|- align="center"
| 1996 || Ivy League
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...

  || John Lyons
John Lyons
John Lyons is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.At the 2001 general election, he was elected to the British House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Strathkelvin and Bearsden....

|| 10–0 || 7–0
|}
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