American college football season
The 2018 Dartmouth Big Green football team represented Dartmouth College in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League . The Big Green were led by head coach Buddy Teevens in his 14th straight year and 19th overall. They played their home games at Memorial Field . They finished the season 9–1 overall and 6–1 in Ivy League play to place second. Dartmouth averaged 4,006 fans per game.
Schedule
The 2018 schedule consisted of five home games and five away games. The Big Green hosted Ivy League foes Penn , Harvard , and Brown , and traveled to Yale , Princeton , Columbia , and Cornell .
Dartmouth's non-conference opponents were Georgetown and Holy Cross of the Patriot League , and Sacred Heart of the Northeast Conference . Homecoming coincided with the game against Harvard on October 27.[ 1]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 15 1:30 p.m. Georgetown * ESPN+ W 41–04,815 September 22 1:00 p.m. at Holy Cross * PL Net W 34–147,175 September 29 1:30 p.m. Penn Memorial Field Hanover, NH ESPN+ W 37–143,692 6:00 p.m. at Yale ESPNU W 41–1810,176 October 13 6:00 p.m. Sacred Heart * Memorial Field Hanover, NH ESPN+ W 42–03,138 October 20 1:30 p.m. at Columbia ESPN+ W 28–1212,506 October 27 1:30 p.m. Harvard Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry ) ESPN+ W 24–175,814 November 3 1:00 p.m. at No. 18 Princeton No. 24 NBCS BOS L 9–148,014 November 10 1:30 p.m. at Cornell No. 25 ESPN+ W 35–243,604 November 17 1:30 p.m. Brown No. 20 Memorial Field Hanover, NH ESPN+ W 49–72,575 *Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries
Georgetown
Total
Hoyas
0
0
0
0
0
Big Green
6
14
14
7
41
At Holy Cross
Total
Big Green
3
17
7
7
34
Crusaders
0
0
0
14
14
Penn
Total
Quakers
0
7
0
7
14
Big Green
7
6
21
3
37
At Yale
Total
Big Green
13
14
7
7
41
Bulldogs
7
3
0
8
18
Sacred Heart
Total
Pioneers
0
0
0
0
0
Big Green
21
14
7
0
42
At Columbia
Total
Big Green
7
0
7
14
28
Lions
3
3
0
6
12
Harvard
Total
Crimson
0
0
7
10
17
Big Green
14
7
0
3
24
At Princeton
Total
No. 24 Big Green
7
2
0
0
9
No. 18 Tigers
7
0
0
7
14
At Cornell
Total
No. 25 Big Green
21
0
14
0
35
Big Red
0
17
0
7
24
Brown
Total
Bears
0
7
0
0
7
No. 20 Big Green
7
6
29
7
49
Ranking movements
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS FCS RV — — RV RV RV RV RV RV 24 25 20 18 18 Coaches — — — — — RV — 24 20 20–T 23 20 15 15
References
Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold
