1989 Dartmouth Big Green football team

American college football season

1989 Dartmouth Big Green football

Conference| Ivy League
Record| 5–5 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach|

* Buddy Teevens (3rd season)

Defensive coordinator| John Lyons (2nd season)
Captains|

* Mark Johnson
* Kevin Luensmann

Home stadium| Memorial Field

Seasons

← 1988

1990 →

1989 Ivy League football standings

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Team | W |   | L |   | T |  |  | W |   | L |   | T
Yale \+  | 6  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
Princeton \+  | 6  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 1
Harvard | 5  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Dartmouth | 4  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Cornell | 2  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
Penn | 2  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
Brown | 2  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 8  | – | 0
Columbia | 1  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 9  | – | 0

* \+ – Conference co-champions

The 1989 Dartmouth Big Green football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Dartmouth finished fourth in the Ivy League.

In their third season under head coach Eugene "Buddy" Teevens, the Big Green compiled a 5–5 record and were outscored 178 to 170. Mark Johnson and Kevin Luensmann were the team captains.[1]

The Big Green's 4–3 conference record placed fourth in the Ivy League standings. Dartmouth outscored Ivy opponents 115 to 82.[2]

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 16 |  Princeton |

* Memorial Field
* Hanover, NH

| L 14–20|  6,916 |  [3]
September 23 |  Boston University* |

* Memorial Field
* Hanover, NH

| W 28–27|  4,923 |  [4]
September 30 | at Bucknell* |

* Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium
* Lewisburg, PA

| L 20–36|  4,280 |  [5]
October 7 |  No. 3 Holy Cross* |

* Memorial Field
* Hanover, NH

| L 7–33|  7,107 |  [6]
October 14 |  No. 20 Yale |

* Memorial Field
* Hanover, NH

| L 19–24|  15,431 |  [7]
October 21 | at Harvard |

* Harvard Stadium
* Boston, MA (rivalry)

| L 5–6|  20,500 |  [8]
October 28 | at Cornell |

* Schoellkopf Field
* Ithaca, NY (rivalry)

| W 28–14|  11,000 |  [9]
November 4 | at Columbia |

* Wien Stadium
* New York, NY

| W 13–12|  4,830 |  [10]
November 11 |  Brown |

* Memorial Field
* Hanover, NH

| W 12–6|  3,753 |  [11]
November 18 | at Penn |

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA

| W 24–0|  8,207 |  [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. 33. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
3. ^ Reinert, Bob (September 17, 1989). "Garrett Plows Dartmouth". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 68 – via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ Burris, Joe (September 24, 1989). "Dartmouth Frustrates Terriers, 28-27". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 65 – via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ Baker, Wayne (October 1, 1989). "Bucknell Rolls to Win". The Daily Item. Sunbury, Pa. pp. 2C, 11C – via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ Craig, John (October 8, 1989). "Holy Cross Soars; Ciaccio Throws Dartmouth, 33-7". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 64 – via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ Lessels, Allen (October 15, 1989). "Yale Holds Off Dartmouth". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 62 – via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ Concannon, Joe (October 22, 1989). "Harvard Boots Dartmouth". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 72 – via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ Fox, Mike (October 23, 1989). "Dartmouth Spells Deja Vu for Big Red". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ Raskin, David A. (November 5, 1989). "Columbia Finds a Way to Lose". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. pp. S6, S9.
11. ^ "Dartmouth 12, Brown 6". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. Associated Press. November 12, 1989. p. 66 – via Newspapers.com.
12. ^ Juliano, Joe (November 19, 1989). "Quakers Lay a Colossal Egg vs. Big Green". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 11-E – via Newspapers.com.

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Dartmouth Big Green football

Venues|

* Memorial Field (1923–present)

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* Bowl games
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* Harvard
* New Hampshire

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

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