Dartmouth Big Green football
American football program representing Dartmouth College / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Dartmouth Big Green football team represents Dartmouth College in NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) college football competition as a member of the Ivy League. The team possesses a storied tradition that includes a national championship, and holds a record 21 Ivy League Football Championships with 11 College Football Hall of Fame inductees.
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First season | 1881 | ||
Athletic director | Mike Harrity | ||
Head coach | Sammy McCorkle 1st season, 6–4 (.600) | ||
Stadium | Memorial Field (capacity: 15,600) | ||
Field surface | Field Turf | ||
Location | Hanover, New Hampshire | ||
Conference | Ivy League | ||
Past conferences | Triangular Football League (1887–1898) | ||
All-time record | 733–470–46 (.605) | ||
Claimed national titles | 1 (1925) | ||
Conference titles | 28 (1888, 1889, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2023) | ||
Rivalries | Cornell (rivalry) Harvard (rivalry) New Hampshire (rivalry) | ||
Consensus All-Americans | 15 | ||
Current uniform | |||
Colors | Dartmouth green and white[1] | ||
Fight song | As the Backs Go Tearing By | ||
Mascot | Keggy the Keg[2][lower-alpha 1] | ||
Website | DartmouthSports.com |
After Dartmouth formally entered the Ivy League in 1956, head coach Bob Blackman led the 1962 team to the program's first undefeated season since the 1925 national championship team. Blackman also had his first All-American player in Donald McKinnon, class of 1963, who anchored a strong defense that allowed only six points in its first five games.