1979 Dartmouth Big Green football team

1979 Dartmouth Big Green football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	4–4–1 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach	Joe Yukica (2nd season)
Home stadium	Memorial Field
Seasons ← 1978 1980 →

The 1979 Dartmouth Big Green football team represented Dartmouth College in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	Princeton	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	L 0–16	14,500	^[1]
September 29	at No. 8 New Hampshire*	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH (rivalry)	T 10–10	13,500	^[2]
October 6	Holy Cross*	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	L 7–13	10,700	^[3]
October 13	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 0–3	26,000	^[4]
October 20	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 10–7	32,000	^[5]
October 27	Cornell	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	L 10–21	10,600	^[6]
November 3	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	W 17–0	2,150	^[7]
November 10	Brown	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 24–10	9,700	^[8]
November 17	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 20–6	10,397	^[9]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1979 Dartmouth Big Green football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`14`	Jeff Kemp	Jr
WR	`13`	Dave Shula	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ Roberts, Ernie (September 23, 1979). "Princeton Tips Sluggish Green". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 88 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Dartmouth 10, New Hampshire 10". Sunday News Journal. Wilmington, Del. Associated Press. September 30, 1979. p. D4 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Roberts, Ernie (October 7, 1979). "Ahern Sparks HC". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 41 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Concannon, Joe (October 14, 1979). "Yale Bottles Up Dartmouth Attack". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 50 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Roberts, Ernie (October 21, 1979). "Sawch Kicks Green over Harvard, 10-7". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 58 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Roberts, Ernie (October 28, 1979). "Cornell Wears Out Dartmouth at End". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 82 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Clarke, Evan (November 4, 1979). "Dartmouth Breezes". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 52 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Laird, Carleton (November 11, 1979). "Kemp, Shula Team to Tame Brown as Dartmouth Wins". The Sunday Rutland Herald. Rutland, Vt. sect. 2, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Shister, Gail (November 18, 1979). "It's Over; Penn Bows to Dartmouth, Ends Its Season Winless". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 10-D – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1979 Dartmouth Big Green Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 30, 2019.

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