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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
Ivy League champion
Eastern champion
ConferenceIvy League
Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
APNo. 14
Record9–0 (7–0 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Field
Seasons
← 1969
1971 →
1970 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26UMass*
W 27–010,400[2]
October 3at Holy Cross*
W 50–1413,222[3]
October 10Princeton
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 38–020,306[4]
October 17Brown
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 42–1410,436[5]
October 24at Harvard
W 37–1435,000[6]
October 31at Yale
W 10–060,820[7]
November 7ColumbiaNo. 17
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 55–012,850[8]
November 14at CornellNo. 15
W 24–018,000[9]
November 21at PennNo. 16
W 28–042,329[10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

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1970 Dartmouth Indians football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
OT 73 Don Nelson So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt
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References

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  1. ^ "1970 Dartmouth Big Green Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  2. ^ "Dartmouth Sinks Massachusetts". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. September 27, 1970. p. S7.
  3. ^ "Dartmouth Defeats Holy Cross as Simms Scores Twice, 50-14". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 4, 1970. p. S5.
  4. ^ Keese, Parton (October 11, 1970). "Dartmouth, Yale and Cornell Triumph; Princeton Routed, 38-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Keese, Parton (October 25, 1970). "Dartmouth Routs Harvard; Short Standout". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ McGowen, Deane (November 8, 1970). "Dartmouth Routs Columbia, 55-0; Ivy Mark Broken". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. ^ Keese, Parton (November 15, 1970). "Dartmouth Tops Cornell by 24-0 with Late Drive". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. ^ 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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