1971 Dartmouth Indians football team

American college football season

The 1971 Dartmouth Indians football team represented Dartmouth College during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. The Indians were led by first-year head coach Jake Crouthamel and played their home games at Memorial Field in Hanover, New Hampshire. They finished with an overall record of 8–1, and an Ivy League record of 6–1, sharing the championship with Cornell.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 25	at UMass*	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	W 31–7	16,700
October 2	Holy Cross*	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 28–9	13,750
October 9	Penn	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 19–3	17,600
October 16	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 10–7	10,381
October 23	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 16–13	33,500
October 30	Yale	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 17–15	21,000
November 6	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	L 29–31	18,319
November 13	Cornell	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	W 24–14	20,816
November 20	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 33–7	39,000
*Non-conference game

"1971 Dartmouth Big Green Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
"Dartmouth Routs UMass Team, 31-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. September 26, 1971. p. S5.
McGowen, Deane (October 3, 1971). "Dartmouth Downs Holy Cross, 28-9, by Capitalizing on Fumble Recoveries". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S4.
Keese, Parton (October 10, 1971). "Dartmouth Defeats Penn, 19 to 3, Breaking a 3-3 Tie in the Second Half". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S5.
"Dartmouth Beats Brown Team, 10-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. October 17, 1971. p. S1.
Strauss, Michael (October 24, 1971). "Dartmouth 16-13 Victor; Late Field Goal Downs Harvard". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
Strauss, Michael (October 31, 1971). "Dartmouth Kick Tops Yale, 17-15". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
Koppett, Leonard (November 7, 1971). "Columbia Beats Dartmouth, 31-29, on Field Goal; Kaliades Is Hero". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
Amdur, Neil (November 14, 1971). "Dartmouth Tops Cornell, 24-14; Ivy Lead Shared". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
Gammons, Peter (November 21, 1971). "Dartmouth's Big Play Execution Stops Princeton, 33-7". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 71 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e Dartmouth Big Green football
Venues	Memorial Field (1923–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Cornell Harvard New Hampshire
Culture & lore	Wurtenburg years Keggy the Keg "Dartmouth's In Town Again" Fifth Down Game The Sport Parade The Iron Major
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Ivy League football champions
I-A/FBS	Yale (1956) Princeton (1957) Dartmouth (1958) Penn (1959) Yale (1960) Columbia & Harvard (1961) Dartmouth (1962) Dartmouth & Princeton (1963) Princeton (1964) Dartmouth (1965) Dartmouth, Harvard, & Princeton (1966) Yale (1967) Harvard & Yale (1968) Dartmouth, Yale, & Princeton (1969) Dartmouth (1970) Dartmouth & Cornell (1971) Dartmouth (1972) Dartmouth (1973) Yale (1974) Harvard (1975) Yale & Brown (1976) Yale (1977) Dartmouth (1978) Yale (1979) Yale (1980) Yale & Dartmouth (1981)
I-AA/FCS	Dartmouth, Harvard & Penn (1982) Harvard & Penn (1983) Penn (1984) Penn (1985) Penn (1986) Harvard (1987) Penn & Cornell (1988) Yale & Princeton (1989) Dartmouth & Cornell (1990) Dartmouth (1991) Dartmouth & Princeton (1992) Penn (1993) Penn (1994) Princeton (1995) Dartmouth (1996) Harvard (1997) Penn (1998) Brown & Yale (1999) Penn (2000) Harvard (2001) Penn (2002) Penn (2003) Harvard (2004) Brown (2005) Princeton & Yale (2006) Harvard (2007) Harvard & Brown (2008) Penn (2009) Penn (2010) Harvard (2011) Penn (2012) Harvard & Princeton (2013) Harvard (2014) Harvard, Dartmouth, & Penn (2015) Princeton & Penn (2016) Yale (2017) Princeton (2018) Dartmouth & Yale (2019) No season (2020) Dartmouth & Princeton (2021) Yale (2022) Dartmouth, Harvard, & Yale (2023) Columbia, Dartmouth, & Harvard (2024)

I-A/FBS

I-AA/FCS

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