2018 Dartmouth Big Green football team

	2018 Ivy League football standings
	† – Conference champion ; The Ivy League does not participate in the FCS Playoffs. ; Rankings from STATS FCS Poll;

Dartmouth Big Green football
2018 Dartmouth Big Green football
File:Dartmouth Big Green.svg
Conference	Ivy League
Ranking
Coaches	#15
2018 record	9–1 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Buddy Teevens (14th straight, 19th overall year)
Offensive coordinator	Keith Clark
Defensive coordinator	Don Dobes
Home stadium	Memorial Field (Capacity: 13,000)
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The 2018 Dartmouth Big Green football team represented Dartmouth College in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. The Big Green were led by head coach Buddy Teevens in his 14th straight year and 19th overall. They played their home games at Memorial Field. They finished the season 9–1, 6–1 in Ivy League play to finish in second place.

Previous season[]

The Big Green finished the 2017 season 8–2, 5–2 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for second place.

Schedule[]

The 2018 schedule consisted of five home games and five away games. The Big Green hosted Ivy League foes Penn, Harvard, and Brown, and traveled to Yale, Princeton, Columbia, and Cornell.

Dartmouth's non-conference opponents were Georgetown and Holy Cross of the Patriot League, and Sacred Heart of the Northeast Conference. Homecoming coincided with the game against Harvard on October 27.^[1]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 15	1:30 p.m.	Georgetown*		Memorial Field Hanover, NH	ESPN+	W 41–0	4,815
September 22	1:00 p.m.	at Holy Cross*		Fitton Field Worcester, MA	PL Net	W 34–14	7,175
September 29	1:30 p.m.	Penn		Memorial Field Hanover, NH	ESPN+	W 37–14	3,692
October 5	6:00 p.m.	at Yale		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	ESPNU	W 41–18	10,176
October 13	6:00 p.m.	Sacred Heart*		Memorial Field Hanover, NH	ESPN+	W 42–0	3,138
October 20	1:30 p.m.	at Columbia		Wien Stadium New York City, NY	ESPN+	W 28–12	12,506
October 27	1:30 p.m.	Harvard		Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 24–17	5,814
November 3	1:00 p.m.	at No. 18 Princeton	No. 24	Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ	NBCS BOS	L 9–14	8,014
November 10	1:30 p.m.	at Cornell	No. 25	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 35–24	3,604
November 17	1:30 p.m.	Brown	No. 20	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	ESPN+	W 49–7	2,575
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries[]

Georgetown[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Hoyas	0	0	0	0	0
Big Green	6	14	14	7	41

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	September 19, 2015	W, 31–10

at Holy Cross[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Big Green	3	17	7	7	34
Crusaders	0	0	0	14	14

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
39–37–4	September 23, 2017	W, 27–26 ^OT

Penn[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Quakers	0	7	0	7	14
Big Green	7	6	21	3	37

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
35–48–4	September 29, 2017	W, 16–13

at Yale[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Big Green	13	14	7	7	41
Bulldogs	7	3	0	8	18

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
41–54–6	October 7, 2017	W, 28–27

Sacred Heart[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Pioneers	0	0	0	0	0
Big Green	21	14	7	0	42

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–2	October 14, 2017	W, 29–26

at Columbia[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Big Green	7	0	7	14	28
Lions	3	3	0	6	12

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
68–19–1	October 21, 2017	L, 17–32

Harvard[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Crimson	0	0	7	10	17
Big Green	14	7	0	3	24

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
45–71–5	October 28, 2017	L, 22–25

at Princeton[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
No. 24 Big Green	7	2	0	0	9
No. 18 Tigers	7	0	0	7	14

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
49–44–4	November 18, 2017	W, 54–44

at Cornell[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
No. 25 Big Green	21	0	14	0	35
Big Red	0	17	0	7	24

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
60–40–1	November 4, 2017	W, 10–0

Brown[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Bears	0	7	0	0	7
No. 20 Big Green	7	6	29	7	49

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
59–32–4	November 10, 2017	W, 33–10

Ranking movements[]

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	RV	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	25	20	18
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	24	20	20–T	23	20	15

References[]

↑ "Football - 2018 Schedule". Dartmouth College Varsity Athletics. http://www.dartmouthsports.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=48874&SPID=4719&DB_OEM_ID=11600&Q_SEASON=2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

[1] "Football - 2018 Schedule". Dartmouth College Varsity Athletics. http://www.dartmouthsports.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=48874&SPID=4719&DB_OEM_ID=11600&Q_SEASON=2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

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