1966 Dartmouth Indians football team explained

Year:1966
Team:Dartmouth Indians
Sport:football
Conference:Ivy League
Short Conf:Ivy
Record:7–2
Conf Record:6–1
Head Coach:Bob Blackman
Hc Year:12th
Captain:William Calhoun
Stadium:Memorial Field
Champion:Ivy League co-champion

The 1966 Dartmouth Indians football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. The Indians shared the championship of the Ivy League in a three-way tie.

In their tenth season under head coach Bob Blackman, the Indians compiled a 7–2 record and outscored opponents 273 to 131. William Calhoun was the team captain.[1]

The Indians' 6–1 conference record earned a three-way tie for first place in the Ivy League standings. The Indians outscored Ivy opponents 250 to 117.[2] Dartmouth defeated one of its co-champions, Princeton, and suffered its lone in-conference loss to the other co-champion, Harvard.

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Season-by-Season Results: 1940-99 . . Hanover, N.H. . July 3, 2020.
  2. Book: Ivy League Football Media Guide. Year-by-Year History. Ivy League. Princeton, N.J.. 2017. July 10, 2020. 23.