1923 Dartmouth Indians football team

1923 Dartmouth Indians football
Conference	Independent
Record	8–1
Head coach	Jesse Hawley (1st season)
Captain	Cyril J. Aschenbach
Home stadium	Memorial Field

1923 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Cornell			–					8	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					8	–	0	–	0
St. John's			–					5	–	0	–	1
Dartmouth			–					8	–	1	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	1	–	0
Boston College			–					7	–	1	–	1
Rutgers			–					7	–	1	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	1	–	1
Holy Cross			–					8	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					6	–	1	–	2
Tufts			–					6	–	2	–	0
Army			–					6	–	2	–	1
Colgate			–					6	–	2	–	1
Geneva			–					6	–	2	–	1
Lehigh			–					6	–	2	–	1
NYU			–					6	–	2	–	1
Penn State			–					6	–	2	–	1
Vermont			–					6	–	3	–	1
Brown			–					6	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					4	–	3	–	1
Carnegie Tech			–					4	–	3	–	1
Penn			–					5	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					5	–	4	–	0
Bucknell			–					4	–	4	–	1
Columbia			–					4	–	4	–	1
Duquesne			–					4	–	4	–	0
Princeton			–					3	–	3	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					3	–	5	–	1
Drexel			–					2	–	6	–	0
Buffalo			–					2	–	5	–	1
Fordham			–					2	–	7	–	0
Boston University			–					1	–	6	–	0
Villanova			–					0	–	7	–	1
Temple			–					0	–	5	–	0
CCNY			–					0	–	7	–	0
Springfield			–					0	–	7	–	0

The 1923 Dartmouth Indians football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College as an independent during the 1923 college football season. In their first season under head coach Jesse Hawley, the Indians compiled an 8–1 record, shut out five of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 202 to 54.^[1]

In November 1923, Dartmouth began a 22-game unbeaten streak that continued until October 1926.^[2]

Cyril J. Aschenbach was the team captain. H. Lester Haws was the team's leading scorer with 60 points scored on 10 touchdowns. Ed B. Dooley and R. B. Hall followed with 24 points each.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29		Norwich	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 13–0
October 6		Maine	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 6–0
October 13		Boston University	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 24–0		[4]
October 20		at Vermont	Centennial Field Burlington, VT	W 27–2		[5]
October 27		at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 16–0	52,000	[6]
November 3		Cornell	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	L 7–32	> 15,000	[7][8]
November 10	2:00 p.m.	vs. Brown	Fenway Park Boston, MA	W 16–14	25,000	[9][10]
November 17		Colby	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 62–0
November 29		at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	W 31–6
All times are in Eastern time

References

1. "1923 Dartmouth Big Green Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
2. "Dartmouth Football 1880-1939". Dartmouth College. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
3. "Varsity Football 1924" (PDF). Dartmouth College. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
4. "Dartmouth Too Strong For B.U.: Piles Up 24 Points and Blanks Terriers". The Boston Globe. October 14, 1923. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Dartmouth Squares Up for '22 Defeat". The Boston Globe. October 21, 1923. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Harvard Suffers Rude Setback At Dartmouth Hands". Buffalo Courier. October 28, 1923. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Great Cornell Gridiron Team Rides Roughshod Over Dartmouth 32 to 7". Ithaca Journal-News. November 5, 1923. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Cornell Romps Over Dartmouth Team: Big Red Eleven Crushes Green By Score of 32-7". New York Daily News. November 4, 1923. p. 57 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Halligan, John J. (November 10, 1923). "Bear Believe Teeth and Claws Sharp Enough to Do The Trick—Dartmouth Is Confident of Victory". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 9. Retrieved September 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
10. John J. Hallahan (November 11, 1923). "Brown's Desperate Rally Falls Short". The Boston Globe. pp. 1, 19 – via Newspapers.com.