1996 Dartmouth Big Green football team

1996 Dartmouth Big Green football
Ivy League champion
Conference	Ivy League
Record	10–0 (7–0 Ivy)
Head coach	John Lyons (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Roger Hughes (5th season)
Home stadium	Memorial Field

1996 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 17 Dartmouth $		7	–	0					10	–	0
Columbia		5	–	2					8	–	2
Brown		4	–	3					5	–	5
Cornell		4	–	3					4	–	6
Penn		3	–	4					5	–	5
Harvard		2	–	5					4	–	6
Princeton		2	–	5					3	–	7
Yale		1	–	6					2	–	8
$ – Conference champion Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1996 Dartmouth Big Green football team represented Dartmouth College in the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	Penn	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 24–22	8,521	[1]
September 28	at Lehigh*	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 21–14	11,325	[2]
October 5	Fordham*	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 20–7	6,105	[3]
October 12	Holy Cross*	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 35–7	6,112	[4]
October 19	Yale	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 40–6	10,119	[5]
October 26	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 38–21	8,226	[6]
November 2	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 6–3	17,100	[7]
November 9	Columbia	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 40–0	5,119	[8]
November 16	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 27–24	8,257	[9]
November 23	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 24–0	16,461	[10]
*Non-conference game

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References

1. Juliano, Joe (September 22, 1996). "Big Green Top Penn by 24-22 in Opener". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C16 – via Newspapers.com.
2. Blockus, Gary R. (September 29, 1996). "Two Lehigh Turnovers Lead to Loss to Dartmouth". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C3 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Dartmouth Still Unbeaten". The Burlington Free Press. Burllington, Vt. Associated Press. October 6, 1996. p. 4C – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 6, 1996. p. C17.
4. Lessels, Allen (October 13, 1996). "Dartmouth Gets a Rush". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C18 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Greenberg, Alan (October 20, 1996). "Dartmouth Scores Its Biggest Victory Over Yale". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E11, E12 – via Newspapers.com.
6. McShea, Keith (October 28, 1996). "Big Red Falls Back with Loss". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 4B – via Newspapers.com.
7. Concannon, Joe (November 3, 1996). "Harvard Loses by a Foot". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. F17 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Concannon, Joe (November 10, 1996). "Big Win for the Big Green". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C15 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Burris, Joe (November 17, 1996). "Dartmouth Avoids a Brown-Out". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C16 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Denman, Elliott (November 24, 1996). "Tigers Come Up Short in Palmer Finale". The Home News & Tribune. New Brunswick, N.J. p. C6 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "1996-97 Football Schedule". Dartmouth College Athletics. Retrieved January 4, 2019.