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1998 Dartmouth Big Green football
ConferenceIvy League
Record2–8 (1–6 Ivy)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRoger Hughes (7th season)
Defensive coordinatorTom Gilmore (2nd season)
Captains
  • Josh Bloom
  • Hunter Buckner
Home stadiumMemorial Field
Seasons← 19971999 →
1998 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Penn $   6 – 1     8 – 2  
Brown   5 – 2     7 – 3  
Yale   5 – 2     6 – 4  
Princeton   4 – 3     5 – 5  
Columbia   3 – 4     4 – 6  
Harvard   3 – 4     4 – 6  
Cornell   1 – 6     4 – 6  
Dartmouth   1 – 6     2 – 8  
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1998 Dartmouth Big Green football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Big Green tied for last place in the Ivy League.

In its seventh season under head coach John Lyons, the team compiled a 2–8 record and was outscored 226 to 142. Johnathan Gibbs, Kyle Rogers and Adam Young were the team captains.

The Big Green's 1–6 conference record tied for seventh (and worst) in the Ivy League standings. Dartmouth was outscored 157 to 102 by Ivy opponents.

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19 Penn L 14–17 8,519
September 26 at Maine* L 3–14 6,541
October 3 Lafayette*
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 13–10 5,903
October 10 at Colgate* L 24–45 5,755
October 17 Yale
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 22–19 12,017
October 24 at Cornell L 11–14 10,301
October 31 Harvard
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH (rivalry)
L 7–20 7,031
November 7 Columbia
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
L 14–24 4,117
November 14 at Brown L 21–28 8,323
November 21 at Princeton L 13–35 19,067
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming

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. pp. 37–38. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. Monahan, Bob (September 20, 1998). "Penn, Finn Slip Past Dartmouth". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D17 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Warner, Pete (September 28, 1998). "UMaine Defense Prevails; Early TDs Hold Off Dartmouth". Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Greenidge, Jim (October 4, 1998). "Dartmouth Kicks In, Tops Lafayette in OT". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D17 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Colgate Routs Dartmouth". The Sunday Rutland Herald. Rutland, Vt. October 11, 1998. sect. B, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Ivy League: Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 11, 1998. p. C19.
  7. Berlet, Bruce (October 18, 1998). "Refs, Clock Tick Off Yale". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E7, E9 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. McShea, Keith (October 26, 1998). "Surviving for First Ivy Win: Cornell Blocks One Field Goal, Watches Another Go Wide". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Concannon, Joe (November 1, 1998). "Harvard Shows Bounce". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C17 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Columbia 24, Dartmouth 14". The Record. Hackensack, N.J. Associated Press. November 8, 1998. p. S-4 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Ivy League". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 8, 1998. p. C12.
  11. "Brown Survives Scare". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. Associated Press. November 15, 1998. p. C16 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. Finnegan, Tara (November 22, 1998). "Theisen Runs Over Dartmouth in Finale". Home News Tribune. New Brunswick, N.J. p. C6 – via Newspapers.com.
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