1978 Dartmouth Big Green football team

1978 Dartmouth Big Green football
1978 Dartmouth Big Green football
Ivy League champion
Conference	Ivy League
Record	6–3 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Joe Yukica (1st season);
Captains	Joseph Nastri; Buddy Teevens;
Home stadium	Memorial Field
	Seasons ← 1977 1979 →

1978 Ivy League football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Dartmouth $	6	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Brown	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Yale	4	–	1	–	2	5	–	2	–	2
Cornell	3	–	3	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Harvard	2	–	4	–	1	4	–	4	–	1
Columbia	2	–	4	–	1	3	–	5	–	1
Princeton	1	–	4	–	2	2	–	5	–	2
Penn	1	–	5	–	1	2	–	6	–	1

$ – Conference champion

The 1978 Dartmouth Big Green football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Big Green won the Ivy League for their fifth conference title of the 1970s.

In its first season under head coach Joe Yukica, the team compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents 187 to 159. Eugene “Buddy” Teevens and Joseph Nastri were the team captains.^[1]

The Big Green's 6–1 conference was the best in the Ivy League standings. Dartmouth outscored Ivy opponents 170 to 104.^[2]

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	Penn	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 31–21	10,100	^[3]
September 30	at Holy Cross*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 0–35	22,024	^[4]
October 7	Boston University*	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	L 17–20	9,750	^[5]
October 14	Yale	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 10–3	17,500	^[6]
October 21	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 19–24	28,500	^[7]
October 28	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 14–7	15,063	^[8]
November 4	Columbia	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 37–7	9,500	^[9]
November 11	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 31–21	17,200	^[10]
November 18	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 28–21	19,565	^[11]
*Non-conference game