1982 Dartmouth Big Green football team

American college football season

1982 Dartmouth Big Green football

Ivy League co-champion

Conference| Ivy League
Record| 5–5 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach|

* Joe Yukica (5th season)

Captains|

* Sean Mahler
* David Neslund

Home stadium| Memorial Field

Seasons

← 1981

1983 →

1982 Ivy League football standings

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Team | W |   | L |   | T |  |  | W |   | L |   | T
Harvard \+  | 5  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 0
Penn \+  | 5  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 0
Dartmouth \+  | 5  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Princeton | 3  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 7  | – | 0
Yale | 3  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
Brown | 3  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Cornell | 3  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
Columbia | 1  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 9  | – | 0

* \+ – Conference co-champions

The 1982 Dartmouth Big Green football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Big Green were one of three co-champions of the Ivy League.

In its fifth season under head coach Joe Yukica, the team compiled a 5–5 record but was outscored 235 to 219. Sean Mahler and David Neslund were the team captains.[1]

The Big Green's 5–2 conference record put them in a three-way tie atop the Ivy League standings. Dartmouth outscored Ivy opponents 170 to 145.[2] Dartmouth had beaten both of its co-champions, Harvard and Penn, in head-to-head matchups.

This was Dartmouth's first year in Division I-AA, after having competed in the top-level Division I-A and its predecessors since 1881.

Dartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 18 |  Penn |

* Memorial Field
* Hanover, NH

| L 0–21|  8,500 |  [3]
September 25 | at No. 6 Holy Cross* |

* Fitton Field
* Worcester, MA

| L 12–28|  18,861 |  [4]
October 2 |  No. 7 Colgate* |

* Memorial Field
* Hanover, NH

| L 21–38|  3,400 |  [5]
October 9 | at William & Mary* |

* Cary Field
* Williamsburg, VA

| L 16–24|  14,400 |  [6]
October 16 |  Harvard |

* Memorial Field
* Hanover, NH (rivalry)

| W 14–12|  17,416 |  [7]
October 23 | at Cornell |

* Schoellkopf Field
* Ithaca, NY (rivalry)

| W 14–13|  5,700 |  [8]
October 30 |  Yale |

* Memorial Field
* Hanover, NH

| L 21–22|  15,300 |  [9]
November 6 |  Columbia |

* Memorial Field
* Hanover, NH

| W 56–41|  5,100 |  [10]
November 13 | at Brown |

* Brown Stadium
* Providence, RI

| W 22–16|  5,600 |  [11]
November 20 | at Princeton |

* Palmer Stadium
* Princeton, NJ

| W 43–20|  3,200 |  [12]

* *Non-conference game
* Rankings from the latest NCAA Division I-AA poll released prior to the game

## References

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1. ^ "Season-by-Season Results: 1940-99". Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth College. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
2. ^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 30. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
3. ^ Reinert, Bob (September 19, 1982). "Penn Shuts Off Dartmouth". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 52 – via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ Roberts, Ernie (September 26, 1982). "HC Lays Dartmouth Rally to Rest". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 70 – via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ Reinert, Bob (October 3, 1982). "Colgate Swamps Dartmouth". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 81 – via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ Denn, Charlie (October 10, 1982). "Bench Gives W&M Victory Over Green". Daily Press. Newport News, Va. p. D-1 – via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ Roberts, Ernie (October 17, 1982). "Dartmouth Stiffens, Holds Off Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 56 – via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ Van Sickle, Kenny (October 24, 1982). "Winless Cornell Falls Short Once Again". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ Duffy, Bob (October 31, 1982). "Yale Rebuffs Dartmouth by Cashing In Second Life". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 54 – via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ O'Connell, Mike (November 7, 1982). "Dartmouth Outslugs Columbia". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 82 – via Newspapers.com.
11. ^ "Dartmouth Rallies Late". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 14, 1982. p. 50 – via Newspapers.com.
12. ^ "Dartmouth's Triumph Gains Share of Ivy Title". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. Associated Press. November 21, 1982. pp. 11-E, 16-E – via Newspapers.com.

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Dartmouth Big Green football

Venues|

* Memorial Field (1923–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Cornell
* Harvard
* New Hampshire

Culture & lore|

* Wurtenburg years
* Keggy the Keg
* "Dartmouth's In Town Again"
* Fifth Down Game
* The Sport Parade
* The Iron Major

People|

* Head coaches
* NFL draftees

Seasons|

* 1881
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National championship seasons in bold

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Ivy League football champions

I-A/FBS|

* Yale (1956)
* Princeton (1957)
* Dartmouth (1958)
* Penn (1959)
* Yale (1960)
* Columbia & Harvard (1961)
* Dartmouth (1962)
* Dartmouth & Princeton (1963)
* Princeton (1964)
* Dartmouth (1965)
* Dartmouth, Harvard, & Princeton (1966)
* Yale (1967)
* Harvard & Yale (1968)
* Dartmouth, Yale, & Princeton (1969)
* Dartmouth (1970)
* Dartmouth & Cornell (1971)
* Dartmouth (1972)
* Dartmouth (1973)
* Yale (1974)
* Harvard (1975)
* Yale & Brown (1976)
* Yale (1977)
* Dartmouth (1978)
* Yale (1979)
* Yale (1980)
* Yale & Dartmouth (1981)

I-AA/FCS|

* Dartmouth, Harvard & Penn (1982)
* Harvard & Penn (1983)
* Penn (1984)
* Penn (1985)
* Penn (1986)
* Harvard (1987)
* Penn & Cornell (1988)
* Yale & Princeton (1989)
* Dartmouth & Cornell (1990)
* Dartmouth (1991)
* Dartmouth & Princeton (1992)
* Penn (1993)
* Penn (1994)
* Princeton (1995)
* Dartmouth (1996)
* Harvard (1997)
* Penn (1998)
* Brown & Yale (1999)
* Penn (2000)
* Harvard (2001)
* Penn (2002)
* Penn (2003)
* Harvard (2004)
* Brown (2005)
* Princeton & Yale (2006)
* Harvard (2007)
* Harvard & Brown (2008)
* Penn (2009)
* Penn (2010)
* Harvard (2011)
* Penn (2012)
* Harvard & Princeton (2013)
* Harvard (2014)
* Harvard, Dartmouth, & Penn (2015)
* Princeton & Penn (2016)
* Yale (2017)
* Princeton (2018)
* Dartmouth & Yale (2019)
* No season (2020)
* Dartmouth & Princeton (2021)
* Yale (2022)
* Dartmouth, Harvard, & Yale (2023)
* Columbia, Dartmouth, & Harvard (2024)

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