2017 Dartmouth Big Green football team

The 2017 Dartmouth Big Green football team represented Dartmouth College in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Big Green were led by head coach Buddy Teevens in his 13th straight year and 18th overall. They played their home games at Memorial Field. They were a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 8–2 overall and 5–2 in Ivy League play to a tie for second place.

2017 Dartmouth Big Green football
Conference	Ivy League
2017 record	8–2 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach	Buddy Teevens (18th season)
Offensive coordinator	Kevin Daft (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Don Dobes (8th season)
Home stadium	Memorial Field (Capacity: 13,000)

2017 Ivy League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 24 Yale $		6	–	1					9	–	1
Columbia		5	–	2					8	–	2
Dartmouth		5	–	2					8	–	2
Penn		4	–	3					6	–	4
Harvard		3	–	4					5	–	5
Cornell		3	–	4					3	–	7
Princeton		2	–	5					5	–	5
Brown		0	–	7					2	–	8
$ – Conference champion Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

The 2017 schedule consisted of five home games, four away games, and one game against Brown at Fenway Park in Boston. The Big Green hosted Ivy League foes Yale, Columbia, Cornell, and Princeton, and traveled to Penn and Harvard.

Dartmouth's non-conference opponents were Stetson of the Pioneer Football League, Holy Cross of the Patriot League, and Sacred Heart of the Northeast Conference. Homecoming coincided with the game against Yale on October 7.[1]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 16	6:00 p.m.	at Stetson*	Spec Martin Stadium DeLand, FL	ESPN3	W 38–7	2,435
September 23	7:00 p.m.	No. 25 Holy Cross*	Memorial Field Hanover, NH		W 27–26 ^OT	7,094
September 29	7:00 p.m.	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	NBCSN	W 16–13	4,023
October 7	1:30 p.m.	Yale	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	ESPN3	W 28–27	8,114
October 14	1:00 p.m.	at Sacred Heart*	Campus Field Fairfield, CT		W 29–26	5,569
October 21	12:30 p.m.	Columbia	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	ELVN	L 17–22	5,237
October 28	Noon	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	NESN	L 22–25	11,143
November 4	1:30 p.m.	Cornell	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)		W 10–0	4,033
November 10	8:00 p.m.	vs. Brown	Fenway Park Boston, MA	NBCSN	W 33–10	12,297
November 18	1:30 p.m.	Princeton	Memorial Field Hanover, NH		W 54–44	3,081
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Stetson

See also: 2017 Stetson Hatters football team

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
First meeting

Dartmouth vs. Stetson – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Dartmouth	0	10	21	7	38
Stetson	0	7	0	0	7

at Spec Martin Stadium • DeLand, FL

• Date: September 16
• Game time: 6:00 p.m.
• Game weather: 87 °F (31 °C); muggy, partly cloudy
• Game attendance: 2,435
• Referee: J. Page
• Box Score

Game information

Second quarter DART – Rashaad Cooper, 10 yard run (David Smith XP good), 10:01 (DART 7–0) STET – Justin Jordan, 6 yard pass from Colin McGovern (Jonny Messina XP good), 4:22 (TIE 7–7) DART – Smith, 25 yard field goal, 0:17 (DART 10–7) Third quarter DART – Jared Gerbino, 1 yard run (Smith XP good), 11:13 (DART 17–7) DART – Cam Poole, 5 yard pass from Jack Heneghan (Smith XP good), 7:30 (DART 24–7) DART – D.J. Avery, 30 yard interception return (Smith XP good), 3:06 (DART 31–7) Fourth quarter DART – Matthew Shearin, 16 yard run (Smith XP good), 9:47 (DART 38–7)

#25 Holy Cross

See also: 2017 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
38–37–4	2016	Dartmouth, 35–10

Holy Cross vs. Dartmouth – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
No. 25 Holy Cross	0	14	0	6	6	26
Dartmouth	7	6	7	0	7	27

at Memorial Field • Hanover, NH

• Date: September 23
• Game time: 7:00 p.m.
• Game weather: 82 °F (28 °C); unseasonably warm
• Game attendance: 7,094
• Referee: M. Overton
• Box Score

Game information

First quarter DART – Emory Thompson, 22 yard pass from Jack Heneghan (David Smith XP good), 5:43 (DART 7–0) Second quarter HC – Blaise Bell, 7 yard pass from Peter Pujals (A.J. Wells XP good), 14:52 (TIE 7–7) DART – Smith, 42 yard field goal, 11:50 (DART 10–7) HC – Miles Alexander, 7 yard run (Wells XP good), 3:12 (HC 14–10) DART – Smith, 35 yard field goal, 0:00 (HC 14–13) Third quarter DART – Ryder Stone, 44 yard run (Smith XP good), 0:45 (DART 20–14) Fourth quarter HC – Bell, 6 yard pass from Pujals (Wells XP blocked), 0:03 (TIE 20–20) Overtime DART – Stephen Johnston, 10 yard pass from Heneghan (Smith XP good) (DART 27–20) HC – Diquan Walker, 1 yard run (2-pt. conversion attempt failed) (DART 27–26)

Penn

See also: 2017 Penn Quakers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
34–48–4	2016	Penn, 37–24

Penn vs. Dartmouth – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Penn	0	7	3	3	13
Dartmouth	0	10	0	6	16

at Memorial Field • Hanover, NH

• Date: September 30
• Game time: 7:00 p.m.
• Game attendance: 4,023
• Box Score

Game information

Second quarter DART – Hunter Hagdorn, 12 yard pass from Jack Heneghan (David Smith XP good), 13:06 (DART 7–0) PENN – Justin Watson, 6 yard pass from Fischer-Colbrie (Jack Soslow XP good), 1:20 (TIE 7–7) DART – Smith, 43 yard field goal, 0:00 (DART 10–7) Third quarter PENN – Soslow, 31 yard field goal, 0:30 (TIE 10–10) Fourth quarter PENN – Soslow, 27 yard field goal, 5:37 (PENN 13–10) DART – Jared Gerbino, 1 yard run, 0:00 (DART 16–13)

Yale

See also: 2017 Yale Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
40–54–6	2016	Yale, 21–13

Yale vs. Dartmouth – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Yale	7	17	3	0	27
Dartmouth	0	7	7	14	28

at Memorial Field • Hanover, NH

• Date: October 7
• Game time: 1:30 p.m.
• Game weather: 50 °F (10 °C); overcast
• Game attendance: 8,114
• Referee: W. Gillis
• Box Score

Game information

First quarter YALE – C. Williams-Lopez, 46 yard pass from Kurt Rawlings (Alex Galland XP good), 3:59 (YALE 7–0) Second quarter YALE – Melvin Rouse II, 4 yard pass from Rawlings (Galland XP good), 14:14 (YALE 14–0) YALE – Zane Dudek, 22 yard pass from Rawlings (Galland XP good), 7:39 (YALE 21–0) DART – Isiah Swann, 47 yard interception return (David Smith XP good), 2:24 (YALE 21–7) YALE – Galland, 29 yard field goal, 0:00 (YALE 24–7) Third quarter DART – Drew Hunnicut, 30 yard pass from Jack Heneghan (Smith XP good), 12:18 (YALE 24–14) YALE – Galland, 20 yard field goal, 6:07 (YALE 27–14) Fourth quarter DART – Dylan Mellor, 40 yard pass from Heneghan (Smith XP good), 6:10 (YALE 27–21) DART – Hunnicut, 15 yard pass from Heneghan (Smith XP good), 0:34 (DART 28–27)

Sacred Heart

See also: 2017 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–2	2015	Dartmouth, 49–7

Dartmouth vs. Sacred Heart – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Dartmouth	14	0	7	8	29
Sacred Heart	7	16	3	0	26

at Campus Field • Fairfield, CT

• Date: October 14
• Game time: 1:00 p.m.
• Game weather: 69 °F (21 °C); cloudy
• Game attendance: 5,569
• Referee: J. DeAngulo
• Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Columbia

See also: 2017 Columbia Lions football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
68–18–1	2016	Columbia, 9–7

Columbia vs. Dartmouth – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Columbia	3	13	6	10	32
Dartmouth	0	0	7	10	17

at Memorial Field • Hanover, CT

• Date: October 21
• Game time: 12:30 p.m.
• Game weather: 66 °F (19 °C); sunny and warm
• Game attendance: 5,237
• Referee: H. Johns
• Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Harvard

See also: 2017 Harvard Crimson football team and Dartmouth–Harvard football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
45–70–5	2016	Harvard, 23–21

Dartmouth vs. Harvard – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Dartmouth	7	7	0	8	22
Harvard	0	6	6	13	25

at Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA

• Date: October 28
• Game time: Noon
• Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C); mostly sunny
• Game attendance: 11,143
• Referee: H. Wimberg
• Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Cornell

See also: 2017 Cornell Big Red football team and Cornell–Dartmouth football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
59–40–1	2016	Dartmouth, 17–13

Cornell vs. Dartmouth – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cornell	0	0	0	0	0
Dartmouth	7	0	0	3	10

at Memorial Field • Hanover, NH

• Date: November 4
• Game time: 1:30 p.m.
• Game weather: 45 °F (7 °C); sunny
• Game attendance: 4,033
• Referee: S. Cadorette
• Box Score

Game information
First quarter DART – Hunter Hagdorn, 23 yard pass from Jack Heneghan (David Smith XP good), 6:22 (DART 7–0) Fourth quarter DART – Smith, 33 yard field goal, 1:19 (DART 10–0)

Brown

See also: 2017 Brown Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
58–32–4	2016	Brown, 24–21

Dartmouth vs. Brown – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Dartmouth	6	17	7	3	33
Brown	0	3	0	7	10

at Fenway Park • Boston, MA

• Date: November 10
• Game time: 8:00 p.m.
• Game weather: 27 °F (−3 °C); clear and cold
• Game attendance: 12,297
• Referee: J. Gray
• Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Princeton

See also: 2017 Princeton Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
48–44–4	2016	Princeton, 38–21

Princeton vs. Dartmouth – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Princeton	6	7	14	17	44
Dartmouth	3	17	0	34	54

at Memorial Field • Hanover, NH

• Date: November 18
• Game time: 1:30 p.m.
• Game weather: 43 °F (6 °C); cold and overcast
• Game attendance: 3,081
• Referee: T. Marcella
• Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

References

1. "Football - 2017 Schedule". Dartmouth College Varsity Athletics. Retrieved 13 March 2017.