1955 Dartmouth Indians football team

The 1955 Dartmouth Indians football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College as an independent during the 1955 college football season. In their first season under head coach Bob Blackman, the Indians compiled a 3–6 record, and were outscored 120 to 92. Leo McKennawas the team captain.[1]

1955 Dartmouth Indians football
Conference	Independent
1955 record	3–6
Head coach	Bob Blackman (1st season)
Captain	Leo McKenna
Home stadium	Memorial Field

1955 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Drexel			–					8	–	0	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	1	–	1
Princeton			–					7	–	2	–	0
Yale			–					7	–	2	–	0
Tufts			–					5	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	2	–	1
No. 20 Army			–					6	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					6	–	3	–	0
No. 11 Pittsburgh			–					7	–	4	–	0
Holy Cross			–					6	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Buffalo			–					4	–	4	–	1
Harvard			–					3	–	4	–	1
Dartmouth			–					3	–	6	–	0
Boston University			–					2	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					2	–	6	–	0
Brown			–					2	–	7	–	0
Columbia			–					1	–	8	–	0
Villanova			–					1	–	9	–	0
Temple			–					0	–	8	–	0
Penn			–					0	–	9	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

This would be Dartmouth's final year as a football independent, as the Ivy League, which Dartmouth had helped co-found in 1954, began football competition in 1956. Six of the nine opponents on the Indians' 1955 schedule were Ivy League members (with Penn the only Ivy not scheduled); for decades, (future) Ivy members had comprised a large portion of Dartmouth's opponents.

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	at Colgate	Colgate Athletic Field Hamilton, NY	L 20–21		[1]
October 1	Holy Cross	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	L 21–29		[1]
October 8	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 0–7	15,000	[2]
October 15	at Lafayette	Fisher Field Easton, PA	L 13–21		[1]
October 22	Harvard	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	W 14–9	13,500	[3]
October 29	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 0–20	32,000	[4]
November 5	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	W 14–7	10,000	[5]
November 12	Cornell	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	W 7–0	11,500	[6]
November 19	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 3–6	20,000	[7]

References

1. "Season-by-Season Results: 1940-99". Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth College. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
2. Strauss, Michael (October 9, 1955). "Brown Sets Back Dartmouth by 7-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
3. McGowen, Roscoe (October 23, 1955). "Dartmouth Trips Harvard, 14 to 9". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
4. Effrat, Louis (October 30, 1955). "Elis Triumph, 20-0, on 2d-Half Drive". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
5. Werden, Lincoln A. (November 6, 1955). "Dartmouth Rallies in Mud to Down Columbia, 14 to 7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
6. McGowen, Roscoe (November 13, 1955). "Dartmouth Trips Cornell Team, 7-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
7. Werden, Lincoln A. (November 20, 1955). "Princeton Victor, 6-3; Tigers Win Title". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.