1948 Dartmouth Indians football team

The 1948 Dartmouth Indians football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College as an independent during the 1948 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Tuss McLaughry, the Indians compiled a 6–2 record, and outscored their opponents 213 to 130. Dale Armstrong was the team captain.[1]

1948 Dartmouth Indians football
Conference	Independent
1948 record	6–2
Head coach	Tuss McLaughry (6th season)
Captain	Dale Armstrong
Home stadium	Memorial Field

1948 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 6 Army			–					8	–	0	–	1
No. 19 Cornell			–					8	–	1	–	0
Penn State			–					7	–	1	–	1
Buffalo			–					6	–	1	–	1
Villanova			–					8	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					7	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth			–					6	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	2	–	2
Pittsburgh			–					6	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					5	–	3	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					5	–	3	–	1
Harvard			–					4	–	4	–	0
Princeton			–					4	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					4	–	5	–	0
Yale			–					4	–	5	–	0
Tufts			–					3	–	4	–	1
Colgate			–					3	–	6	–	0
Fordham			–					3	–	6	–	0
NYU			–					3	–	6	–	0
Temple			–					2	–	6	–	1
Duquesne			–					2	–	7	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					1	–	7	–	0
Hofstra			–					0	–	6	–	2
Syracuse			–					1	–	8	–	0
Drexel			–					0	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 13–26	60,000	[2]
October 9	Holy Cross	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 19–6	55,000	[3]
October 16	Colgate	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 41–16	12,000	[4]
October 23	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 14–7	46,000	[5]
October 30	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 41–14	66,000	[6]
November 6	Columbia	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 26–21	16,000	[7]
November 13	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 26–27	30,000	[8]
November 20	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 33–13	40,000	[9]

References

1. "Season-by-Season Results: 1940-99". Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth College. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
2. Werden, Lincoln A. (October 3, 1948). "Penn Power Downs Dartmouth, 26-13". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
3. McGowen, Roscoe (October 10, 1948). "Dartmouth Stops Holy Cross by 19-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
4. Werden, Lincoln A. (October 17, 1948). "Dartmouth Trips Colgate by 41-16". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
5. McGowen, Roscoe (October 26, 1948). "Dartmouth Halts Harvard by 14 to 7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
6. Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 31, 1948). "Dartmouth Beats Yale; Indians Win, 41-14". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
7. McGowen, Roscoe (November 7, 1948). "Dartmouth Trips Columbia in Hanover Thriller, 26-21". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
8. Strauss, Michael (November 14, 1948). "Cornell Conquers Dartmouth, 27-26". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
9. Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 21, 1948). "Indians Top Tigers; Dartmouth Eleven Trips Princeton, 33-13, with Aid of 2 Late Scores". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.