1969 Dartmouth Indians football team explained

Year:1969
Team:Dartmouth Indians
Sport:football
Conference:Ivy League
Short Conf:Ivy
Record:8–1
Conf Record:6–1
Head Coach:Bob Blackman
Hc Year:15th
Captain:Ernest Babcock
Captain2:John Ritchie
Stadium:Memorial Field
Champion:Ivy League co-champion

The 1969 Dartmouth Indians football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. Dartmouth was one of three Ivy League co-champions, its fifth league title of the 1960s.

In their 15th season under head coach Bob Blackman, the Indians compiled an 8–1 record and outscored opponents 282 to 99. John Ritchie and Ernest Babcock were the team captains.[1]

The Indians' 6–1 conference record tied with Princeton and Yale as the best in the Ivy League. Dartmouth outscored Ivy opponents 213 to 93.[2] Dartmouth defeated one of its co-champions, Yale, and suffered its lone loss in the final week of the year to the other co-champion, Princeton.

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. 25.