1938 Dartmouth Indians football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1938
| team = Dartmouth Indians
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Independent
| sport = football
| APRank = 20
| record = 7–2
| head_coach = Earl Blaik
| hc_year = 5th
| captain = Bob MacLeod{{cite web|title=Season-by-Season Results: 1881-1939 |url=https://dartmouthsports.com/sports/2018/8/8/fb-season-by-season-1881-1939.aspx?id=945 |publisher=Dartmouth College |location=Hanover, N.H. |access-date=June 26, 2023}}
| stadium = Memorial Field
}}
{{1938 Eastern college football independents records}}
The 1938 Dartmouth Indians football team represented Dartmouth College in the 1938 college football season. The Indians were led by fifth-year head coach Earl Blaik and played their home games at Memorial Field in Hanover, New Hampshire. The Indians finished with a record of 7–2, finishing No. 20 in the final AP Poll.{{cite web |url=http://collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=22 |title=1938 Final AP Football Poll |work=CollegePollArchive.com |access-date=May 13, 2017}} Their loss on the road to rival Cornell snapped a 22-game unbeaten streak.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1938
| poll = AP
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 24
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1938|team=Bates Bobcats|title=Bates}}
| site_stadium = Memorial Field
| site_cityst = Hanover, NH
| score = 46–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 1
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1938|team=St. Lawrence Saints|title=St. Lawrence}}
| site_stadium = Memorial Field
| site_cityst = Hanover, NH
| score = 51–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 8
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Princeton
| site_stadium = Palmer Stadium
| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ
| score = 22–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 15
| w/l = w
| opponent = Brown
| site_stadium = Memorial Field
| site_cityst = Hanover, NH
| score = 34–13
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 22
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank = 4
| opponent = Harvard
| site_stadium = Harvard Stadium
| site_cityst = Boston, MA
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 13–7
| source = {{cite news|title=Unbeaten Big Green Trims Harvard, 13-7|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=October 23, 1938|page=92|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-unbeaten-big-green-trims-harv/133719786/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 29
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank = 6
| opponent = Yale
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| score = 24–6
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 5
| w/l = w
| rank = 5
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1938|team=Dickinson Red Devils|title=Dickinson}}
| site_stadium = Memorial Field
| site_cityst = Hanover, NH
| score = 44–6
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 12
| w/l = l
| away = y
| rank = 5
| opponent = Cornell
| opprank = 20
| site_stadium = Schoellkopf Field
| site_cityst = Ithaca, NY
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 7–14
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 26
| w/l = l
| away = y
| rank = 13
| opponent = Stanford
| site_stadium = Stanford Stadium
| site_cityst = Stanford, CA
| score = 13–23
}}
}}
References
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