1979 DARTMOUTH BIG GREEN FOOTBALL TEAM

1979 Dartmouth Big Green football
1979 Dartmouth Big Green football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	4–4–1 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach	Joe Yukica (2nd season);
Home stadium	Memorial Field
	Seasons ← 1978 1980 →

The 1979 Dartmouth Big Green football team represented Dartmouth College in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	Princeton	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	L 0–16	14,500	^[1]
September 29	at No. 8 New Hampshire*	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH ( rivalry)	T 10–10	13,500	^[2]
October 6	Holy Cross*	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	L 7–13	10,700	^[3]
October 13	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 0–3	26,000	^[4]
October 20	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA ( rivalry)	W 10–7	32,000	^[5]
October 27	Cornell	Memorial Field Hanover, NH ( rivalry)	L 10–21	10,600	^[6]
November 3	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	W 17–0	2,150	^[7]
November 10	Brown	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 24–10	9,700	^[8]
November 17	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 20–6	10,397	^[9]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1979 Dartmouth Big Green football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`14`	Jeff Kemp	Jr
WR	`13`	Dave Shula	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ Roberts, Ernie (September 23, 1979). "Princeton Tips Sluggish Green". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 88 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Dartmouth 10, New Hampshire 10". Sunday News Journal. Wilmington, Del. Associated Press. September 30, 1979. p. D4 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Roberts, Ernie (October 7, 1979). "Ahern Sparks HC". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 41 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Concannon, Joe (October 14, 1979). "Yale Bottles Up Dartmouth Attack". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 50 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Roberts, Ernie (October 21, 1979). "Sawch Kicks Green over Harvard, 10-7". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 58 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Roberts, Ernie (October 28, 1979). "Cornell Wears Out Dartmouth at End". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 82 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Clarke, Evan (November 4, 1979). "Dartmouth Breezes". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 52 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Laird, Carleton (November 11, 1979). "Kemp, Shula Team to Tame Brown as Dartmouth Wins". The Sunday Rutland Herald. Rutland, Vt. sect. 2, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Shister, Gail (November 18, 1979). "It's Over; Penn Bows to Dartmouth, Ends Its Season Winless". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 10-D – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1979 Dartmouth Big Green Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 30, 2019.

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Culture & lore	Keggy the Keg " Dartmouth's In Town Again" Fifth Down Game The Sport Parade The Iron Major
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
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v t e Dartmouth Big Green football
Venues	Memorial Field (1923–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Cornell Harvard New Hampshire
Culture & lore	Keggy the Keg " Dartmouth's In Town Again" Fifth Down Game The Sport Parade The Iron Major
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
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