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1969 Dartmouth Indians football
Ivy League co-champion
ConferenceIvy League
Record8–1 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Ernest Babcock
  • John Ritchie
Home stadiumMemorial Field
Seasons← 19681970 →
1969 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Dartmouth + 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Yale + 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Princeton + 6 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Cornell 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Penn 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Harvard 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Brown 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Columbia 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1969 Dartmouth Indians football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. Dartmouth was one of three Ivy League co-champions, its fifth league title of the 1960s.

In their 15th season under head coach Bob Blackman, the Indians compiled an 8–1 record and outscored opponents 282 to 99. John Ritchie and Ernest Babcock were the team captains.

The Indians' 6–1 conference record tied with Princeton and Yale as the best in the Ivy League. Dartmouth outscored Ivy opponents 213 to 93. Dartmouth defeated one of its co-champions, Yale, and suffered its lone loss in the final week of the year to the other co-champion, Princeton.

Dartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27 New Hampshire* W 31–0 14,000
October 4 Holy Cross*
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 38–6 13,500
October 11 Penn
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 41–0 17,000
October 18 at Brown W 38–13 15,000
October 25 at Harvard W 24–10 40,000
November 1 at Yale W 42–21 49,958
November 8 at Columbia W 37–7 8,713
November 15 Cornell
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH (rivalry)
W 24–7 13,835
November 22 at Princeton L 7–35 35,000
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "Season-by-Season Results: 1940-99". Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth College. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  2. "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 25. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. "Dartmouth Romps, 31-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. September 28, 1969. p. S5.
  4. Keese, Parton (October 5, 1969). "Dartmouth Tops Holy Cross, 38-6; Purple, Crippled by Illness, No Match for Big Green". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S5.
  5. McGowen, Deane (October 12, 1969). "Dartmouth and Princeton Elevens Win; Penn Beaten, 41-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. Keese, Parton (October 19, 1969). "Dartmouth Wins; Brown Bows, 38-13". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. Keese, Parton (October 26, 1969). "Dartmouth Tops Harvard, 24-10, for 5th Straight; Misplays the Key". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. Wallace, William N. (November 2, 1969). "Dartmouth Routs Yale, 42-21; Eli Streak Halted". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. Koppett, Leonard (November 9, 1969). "Princeton and Dartmouth Win to Stay in Ivy Tie; Undefeated Indians Make Columbia 7th Victim, 37-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. Keese, Parton (November 16, 1969). "Dartmouth 24-7 Victor; 3 Chasey Passes Go for Scores in Rout of Cornell Team". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  11. Keese, Parton (November 23, 1969). "Princeton and Yale Win, Tie Dartmouth for Title; Indians Upset, 35-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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