2018 Dartmouth Big Green football team

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.

2018 Dartmouth Big Green football
Conference	Ivy League
Ranking
STATS	No. 18
FCS Coaches	No. 15
2018 record	9–1 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Buddy Teevens (19th season)
Offensive coordinator	Kevin Daft (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Don Dobes (9th season)
Home stadium	Memorial Field (Capacity: 13,000)

2018 Ivy League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 11 Princeton $		7	–	0					10	–	0
No. 18 Dartmouth		6	–	1					9	–	1
Harvard		4	–	3					6	–	4
Yale		3	–	4					5	–	5
Penn		3	–	4					6	–	4
Columbia		3	–	4					6	–	4
Cornell		2	–	5					3	–	7
Brown		0	–	7					1	–	9
$ – Conference champion Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

The Big Green finished the 2017 season 8–2, 5–2 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for second place.

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*		Memorial Field Hanover, NH	ESPN+	W 41–0	4,815
September 22	1:00 p.m.	at Holy Cross*		Fitton Field Worcester, MA	PL Net	W 34–14	7,175
September 29	1:30 p.m.	Penn		Memorial Field Hanover, NH	ESPN+	W 37–14	3,692
October 5	6:00 p.m.	at Yale		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	ESPNU	W 41–18	10,176
October 13	6:00 p.m.	Sacred Heart*		Memorial Field Hanover, NH	ESPN+	W 42–0	3,138
October 20	1:30 p.m.	at Columbia		Wien Stadium New York, NY	ESPN+	W 28–12	12,506
October 27	1:30 p.m.	Harvard		Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 24–17	5,814
November 3	1:00 p.m.	at No. 18 Princeton	No. 24	Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	NBCS BOS	L 9–14	8,014
November 10	1:30 p.m.	at Cornell	No. 25	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 35–24	3,604
November 17	1:30 p.m.	Brown	No. 20	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	ESPN+	W 49–7	2,575
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Georgetown

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoyas	0	0	0	0	0
Big Green	6	14	14	7	41

at Holy Cross

	1	2	3	4	Total
Big Green	3	17	7	7	34
Crusaders	0	0	0	14	14

Penn

	1	2	3	4	Total
Quakers	0	7	0	7	14
Big Green	7	6	21	3	37

at Yale

	1	2	3	4	Total
Big Green	13	14	7	7	41
Bulldogs	7	3	0	8	18

Sacred Heart

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pioneers	0	0	0	0	0
Big Green	21	14	7	0	42

at Columbia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Big Green	7	0	7	14	28
Lions	3	3	0	6	12

Harvard

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crimson	0	0	7	10	17
Big Green	14	7	0	3	24

at Princeton

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 24 Big Green	7	2	0	0	9
No. 18 Tigers	7	0	0	7	14

at Cornell

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 25 Big Green	21	0	14	0	35
Big Red	0	17	0	7	24

Brown

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	7	0	0	7
No. 20 Big Green	7	6	29	7	49

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	RV	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	25	20	18	18
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	24	20	20–T	23	20	15	15

References

1. "Football - 2018 Schedule". Dartmouth College Varsity Athletics. Retrieved 3 April 2018.