1981 Dartmouth Big Green football team

American college football season

1981 Dartmouth Big Green football
Ivy League co-champion
Conference	Ivy League
Record	6–4 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Joe Yukica (4th season)
Captains	Kent Cooper George Thompson
Home stadium	Memorial Field
Seasons← 1980 1982 →

1981 Ivy League football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Yale +	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
Dartmouth +	6	–	1	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Princeton	5	–	1	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
Harvard	4	–	2	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
Brown	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Cornell	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Columbia	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0
Penn	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions

The 1981 Dartmouth Big Green football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. Dartmouth tied for third place in the Ivy League.

In their fourth season under head coach Joe Yukica, the Big Green compiled a 6–4 record and outscored opponents 208 to 137. Kent Cooper and George Thompson were the team captains.

The Big Green's 6–1 conference record tied Yale for the Ivy League championship. Dartmouth outscored Ivy opponents 193 to 87. Dartmouth's sole league loss was to its co-champion, Yale.

This was the Big Green's last season in the NCAA's top level of football competition. Shortly after the season ended, the NCAA reassigned all of the Ivy League teams to the second-tier Division I-AA, which would later be renamed the Football Championship Subdivision.

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 19	Princeton	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 32–13	6,981
September 26	at UMass*	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	L 8–10	11,855
October 3	Holy Cross*	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	L 0–28	7,203
October 10	William & Mary*	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	L 7–12	10,061
October 17	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 24–10	25,000
October 24	Cornell	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	W 42–7	12,054
October 31	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 3–24	32,500
November 7	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	W 21–7	3,860
November 14	Brown	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 38–13	9,500
November 21	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 33–13	9,757
*Non-conference game

References

"Season-by-Season Results: 1940-99". Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth College. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
"Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 29. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
Roberts, Ernie (December 4, 1981). "Big Guys on Block Bully Ivy, HC Football". The Boston Globe. Boston, Mass.
Robbins, Paul (September 20, 1981). "Dartmouth Opens by Routing Princeton, 32-13". The Sunday Rutland Herald. Rutland, Vt. sect. 2, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
Eisenberg, Harry (September 27, 1981). "UMass Dumps Dartmouth Again". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 78 – via Newspapers.com.
Roberts, Ernie (October 4, 1981). "HC Cuffs Dartmouth, 28-0". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 85 – via Newspapers.com.
Ballou, Art (October 11, 1981). "William and Mary Downs Dartmouth". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 70 – via Newspapers.com.
Roberts, Ernie (October 18, 1981). "Dartmouth Whips Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 80 – via Newspapers.com.
Reinert, Bob (October 25, 1981). "Dartmouth Coasts". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 86 – via Newspapers.com.
Concannon, Joe (November 1, 1981). "Rogan, Yale Dispose of Dartmouth". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 86 – via Newspapers.com.
Newman, David (November 8, 1981). "It's Dartmouth -- in a Real Breeze". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 80 – via Newspapers.com.
"Dartmouth Throttles Brown". The Burlington Free Press. Burlington, Vt. Associated Press. November 15, 1981. pp. 3C, 2C – via Newspapers.com.
O'Connell, Mike (November 22, 1981). "Dartmouth Shares Title". 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)

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)

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