| Year: | 1978 |
| Team: | Dartmouth Big Green |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Ivy League |
| Short Conf: | Ivy |
| Record: | 6–3 |
| Conf Record: | 6–1 |
| Head Coach: | Joe Yukica |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Captain: | Joseph Nastri |
| Stadium: | Memorial Field |
| Champion: | Ivy League 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.