The 2023 Dartmouth Big Green football team represented Dartmouth College in the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. The team was to be led by 23rd-year head coach Buddy Teevens, but interim head coach Sammy McCorkle took over play-calling as Teevens recovered from injuries sustained in a bicycle crash which ultimately took his life.[1] McCorkle was later promoted from interim head coach to permanent head coach on October 19.[2] With three straight conference victories against Princeton, Cornell, and Brown in the final three weeks of the season, in combination with a Yale victory over Harvard in the season's final week, the Dartmouth Big Green won a share of the Ivy League title.[3] They played their home games at Memorial Field.
2023 Dartmouth Big Green football | |
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Ivy League co-champion | |
Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 6–4 (5–2 Ivy) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Kevin Daft (6th season) |
Offensive scheme | Option |
Defensive coordinator | Don Dobes (13th season) |
Base defense | 4–3 |
Home stadium | Memorial Field |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard + | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale + | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth + | 5 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 4 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 2 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 1 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Following the season's conclusion, Sammy McCorkle was named the Ivy League Coach of the Year for 2023. Additionally, nine Dartmouth players won a total of ten all-Ivy League selections, tying with Harvard, Yale, and Penn. Offensive lineman Nick Schwitzgebel, defensive lineman Charlie Looes, and kicker Owen Zalc won first-team honors. Receiver Paxton Scott, defensive lineman Josiah Green, linebackers Macklin Ayers and Marques White, and Sean Williams (as both defensive back and right safety) won second-team honors. Offensive lineman Delby Lemieux and Kyle Brown, quarterback Nick Howard, running back Q Jones, and tight end Nic Sani received honorable mentions.[4]
Schedule
editDate | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 16 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 11 New Hampshire* | FloSports | L 7–24 | 8,330 | |
September 23 | 1:30 p.m. | Lehigh* | ESPN+ | W 34–17 | 3,641 | |
September 30 | 1:00 p.m. | at Penn | ESPN+ | W 23–20 OT | 7,970 | |
October 7 | 1:30 p.m. | Yale |
| ESPN+ | L 24–31 | 2,880 |
October 14 | 1:00 p.m. | at Colgate* | ESPN+ | L 24–27 OT | 2,732 | |
October 21 | 1:30 p.m. | Columbia |
| ESPN+ | W 20–9 | 4,188 |
October 28 | 4:00 p.m. | at Harvard | NESN, ESPN+ | L 9–17 | 22,515 | |
November 3 | 7:00 p.m. | Princeton |
| ESPNU | W 23–21 | 2,526 |
November 11 | 1:30 p.m. | Cornell |
| ESPN+ | W 30–14 | 2,530 |
November 18 | 12:00 p.m. | at Brown | NESN, ESPN+ | W 38–13 | 1,531 | |
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References
edit- ^ "Buddy Teevens, Dartmouth football coach, dies 6 months after being hit by pickup while cycling - CBS News". CBS News. September 20, 2023. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
- ^ "Dartmouth makes McCorkle permanent head football coach". Valley News. October 19, 2023. Retrieved November 19, 2023.
- ^ "Dartmouth 38, Brown 13: Somber start to year turns celebratory with split championship". Valley News. November 19, 2023. Retrieved November 19, 2023.
- ^ "Ivy League Announces Football All-Ivy, Rookie of the Year & Coach of the Year". Ivy League Athletics. November 21, 2023. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
- ^ "Dartmouth Big Green Schedule 2023". ESPN. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
- ^ "2023 Football Schedule". Dartmouth College. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
- ^ "2023 Dartmouth Football Schedule". FBSchedules. Retrieved March 9, 2023.