1889 Dartmouth football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

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{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1889

| team = Dartmouth

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association

| short_conf = EIFA

| record = 7–1

| conf_record = 4–0

| head_coach = None

| captain = William Odlin

| stadium =

| champion = EIFA champion

}}

{{1889 Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association standings}}

The 1889 Dartmouth football team represented Dartmouth College as a member of the Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association (EIFA) during the 1889 college football season. Dartmouth compiled an overall record of 7–1 with a mark of 4–0 in EIFA play, winning the league title.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 27

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Phillips Academy

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Andover, MA

| score = 45–4

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Dartmouth Vs. Phillips-Andover |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98083353/rutland-daily-herald/ |newspaper=The Ruland Daily Herald |location=Rutland, Vermont |date=September 29, 1889 |page=3 |access-date=March 21, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 28

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Phillips Exeter Academy

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Exeter, NH

| score = 34–0

| source =

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 11

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Phillips Academy

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Andover, MA

| score = 20–4

| source =

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 12

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Harvard

| site_stadium = Jarvis Field

| site_cityst = Cambridge, MA

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 38–0

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Harvard's Goal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98083649/the-boston-globe/ |newspaper=The Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Massachusetts |date=October 13, 1889 |page=2 |access-date=March 21, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 30

| w/l = w

| opponent = Amherst

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Hanover, NH

| score = 60–6

| attend = 600

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Dartmouth Defeats Amherst |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51794035/dartmouth-defeats-amherst/ |newspaper=Morning Journal and Courier |location=New Haven, Connecticut |date=October 31, 1889 |page=3 |access-date=March 21, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 2

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1889|team=MIT Engineers|title=MIT}}

| site_stadium = South End Grounds

| site_cityst = Boston, MA

| score = 36–6

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Downed The Tech |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98083876/the-boston-globe/ |newspaper=The Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Massachusetts |date=November 3, 1889 |page=5 |access-date=March 21, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 23

| time = 10:10 a.m.

| w/l = w

| neutral = y

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1889|team=Williams Ephs|title=Williams}}

| site_stadium = Hampden Park

| site_cityst = Springfield, MA

| score = 20–9

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Dartmouth Beats Williams |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98084010/the-boston-globe/ |newspaper=The Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Massachusetts |date=November 24, 1889 |page=7 |access-date=March 21, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 28

| time = 11:00 a.m.

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1889|team=Stevens|title=Stevens}}

| site_stadium = St. George Cricket Grounds

| site_cityst = Hoboken, NJ

| score = 18–5

| attend = 1,000

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Dartmouth Wins The Pennant |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98084339/the-sun/ |newspaper=The Sun |location=New York, New York |date=November 29, 1889 |page=2 |access-date=March 21, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

}}

}}

References

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