Year: | 1990 |
Team: | Dartmouth Big Green |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Ivy League |
Short Conf: | Ivy |
Record: | 7–2–1 |
Conf Record: | 6–1 |
Head Coach: | Buddy Teevens |
Hc Year: | 4th |
Def Coach: | John Lyons |
Dc Year: | 3rd |
Captain: | Peter Chapman |
Captain2: | Richard Joyce |
Stadium: | Memorial Field |
Champion: | Ivy League co-champion |
The 1990 Dartmouth Big Green football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Big Green were co-champions of the Ivy League.
In its fourth under head coach Eugene "Buddy" Teevens, the team compiled a 7–2–1 record and outscored opponents 211 to 121. Peter Chapman and Richard Joyce were the team captains.[1]
The Big Green's 6–1 conference record tied for first in the Ivy League standings. Dartmouth outscored Ivy opponents 147 to 65.[2] Dartmouth shared the championship despite having defeated its co-champion, Cornell, in their head-to-head matchup.
The Big Green were unranked for most of the year, but entered the national Division I-AA top 20 toward the end of their six-game win streak, and were ranked No. 17 at the end of the year.
Dartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.