2023 Dartmouth Big Green football team

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
Ivy League co-champion
ConferenceIvy League
Record6–4 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorKevin Daft (6th season)
Offensive schemeOption
Defensive coordinatorDon Dobes (13th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumMemorial Field
Seasons
← 2022
2024 →
2023 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
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  
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from STATS Poll

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

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 166:00 p.m.at No. 11 New Hampshire*FloSportsL 7–248,330
September 231:30 p.m.Lehigh*ESPN+W 34–173,641
September 301:00 p.m.at PennESPN+W 23–20 OT7,970
October 71:30 p.m.Yale
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
ESPN+L 24–312,880
October 141:00 p.m.at Colgate*ESPN+L 24–27 OT2,732
October 211:30 p.m.Columbia 
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
ESPN+W 20–94,188
October 284:00 p.m.at HarvardNESN, ESPN+L 9–1722,515
November 37:00 p.m.Princeton
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
ESPNUW 23–212,526
November 111:30 p.m.Cornell
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH (rivalry)
ESPN+W 30–142,530
November 1812:00 p.m.at BrownNESN, ESPN+W 38–131,531
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Dartmouth makes McCorkle permanent head football coach". Valley News. October 19, 2023. Retrieved November 19, 2023.
  3. ^ "Dartmouth 38, Brown 13: Somber start to year turns celebratory with split championship". Valley News. November 19, 2023. Retrieved November 19, 2023.
  4. ^ "Ivy League Announces Football All-Ivy, Rookie of the Year & Coach of the Year". Ivy League Athletics. November 21, 2023. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
  5. ^ "Dartmouth Big Green Schedule 2023". ESPN. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  6. ^ "2023 Football Schedule". Dartmouth College. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  7. ^ "2023 Dartmouth Football Schedule". FBSchedules. Retrieved March 9, 2023.