1966 Dartmouth Indians football team

1966 Dartmouth Indians football
Ivy League co-champion
Conference	Ivy League
Record	7–2 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Bob Blackman (12th season)
Captain	William Calhoun
Home stadium	Memorial Field
Seasons ← 1965 1967 →

1966 Ivy League football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Dartmouth +	6	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Harvard +	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Princeton +	6	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Cornell	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Yale	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Columbia	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Penn	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Brown	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	8	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions

The 1966 Dartmouth Indians football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. The Indians shared the championship of the Ivy League in a three-way tie.

In their tenth season under head coach Bob Blackman, the Indians compiled a 7–2 record and outscored opponents 273 to 131. William Calhoun was the team captain.^[1]

The Indians' 6–1 conference record earned a three-way tie for first place in the Ivy League standings. The Indians outscored Ivy opponents 250 to 117.^[2] Dartmouth defeated one of its co-champions, Princeton, and suffered its lone in-conference loss to the other co-champion, Harvard.

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	Massachusetts*	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 17–7	12,500	^[3]
October 1	at Holy Cross*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 6–47	12,000	^[4]
October 8	Princeton	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 31–13	15,948	^[5]
October 15	Brown	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 49–14	11,000	^[6]
October 22	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 14–19	39,909	^[7]
October 29	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 28–13	54,360	^[8]
November 5	Columbia	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 56–14	11,000	^[9]
November 12	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 32–23	23,000	^[10]
November 19	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 40–21	10,592	^[11]
*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. 23. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
^ McGowen, Deane (September 25, 1966). "Dartmouth Downs Massachusetts, 17-7, Extends Winning Streak to 11 Games". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S5.
^ Litsky, Frank (October 2, 1966). "Dartmouth Bows; Indians Upset, 7-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Danzig, Allison (October 9, 1966). "Princeton Beaten, 31-13; Indian Attack Explosive". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ McGowen, Deane (October 16, 1966). "Dartmouth 49-14 Winner; Indians Overpower Brown". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Danzig, Allison (October 23, 1966). "A Late Rally by Crimson Downs Dartmouth, 19-14". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Wallace, William N. (October 30, 1966). "Yale Bows to Dartmouth; Indians Triumph, 28-13". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ McGowen, Deane (November 6, 1966). "Dartmouth Routs Columbia by 56-14". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Durso, Joseph (November 13, 1966). "Cornell Defeated by Indians, 32-23, on Beard's Passes". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Strauss, Michael (November 20, 1966). "Dartmouth 40-21 Victor; Penn Is Beaten". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.

v t e Dartmouth Big Green football
Venues	Memorial Field (1923–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Cornell Harvard New Hampshire
Culture & lore	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
National championship seasons in bold

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)

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