1986 Dartmouth Big Green football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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| year = 1986
| team = Dartmouth Big Green
| sport = football
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| conference = Ivy League
| short_conf = Ivy
| record = 3–6–1
| conf_record = 3–3–1
| head_coach = Joe Yukica
| hc_year = 9th
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| captain = David Gabianelli
| captain2 = Russell Gardner
| stadium = Memorial Field
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{{1986 Ivy League football standings}}
The 1986 Dartmouth Big Green football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Big Green finished fourth in the Ivy League.
In its ninth and final season under head coach Joe Yukica, the team compiled a 3–6–1 record and was outscored 272 to 188. David Gabianelli and Russell Gardner were the team captains.{{cite web|title=Season-by-Season Results: 1940-99 |url=https://dartmouthsports.com/sports/2018/8/8/fb-season-by-season-1940-99.aspx?id=944 |publisher=Dartmouth College |location=Hanover, N.H. |accessdate=July 3, 2020}}
The Big Green's 3–3–1 conference record placed fourth in the Ivy League standings. Dartmouth outscored Ivy opponents 169 to 113.{{cite book|url=https://ivyleague.com/documents/2017/8/23/3_Year_By_Year_History_2017.pdf?id=2998|title=Ivy League Football Media Guide|chapter=Year-by-Year History|publisher=Ivy League|location=Princeton, N.J.|date=2017|accessdate=July 10, 2020|pages=31–32}}
Dartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.
Schedule
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| September 20 | | Penn
| Memorial Field | Hanover, NH | L 7 21
| 7,260 | {{cite news |title=Penn Tramples Dartmouth, 21-7 |first=Ernie |last=Roberts |date=September 21, 1986 |page=76 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57264701/1986-dartmouth-penn/ }}
| September 27 | | New Hampshire
| Memorial Field | Hanover, NH (rivalry) | L 12 66
| 9,927 | {{cite news |title=UNH Annihilates Dartmouth, 66-12 |first=Bob |last=Reinert |date=September 28, 1986 |page=71 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57266358/1986-dartmouth-unh/ }}
| October 4 | @ | Navy
| Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium | Annapolis, MD | L 0 45
| 31,543 | {{cite news |title=Middies Shut Out Dartmouth |first=Bill |last=Free |date=October 5, 1986 |page=1F |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |location=Baltimore, Md.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57270360/1986-dartmouth-navy/ }}
| October 11 | @ | #9 Holy Cross
| Fitton Field | Worcester, MA | L 7 48
| 14,171 | {{cite news |title=Lockbaum Lifts HC, 48-7 |first=Sean |last=O'Sullivan |date=October 12, 1986 |page=55 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57276435/1986-dartmouth-hc/ }}
| October 18 | | Harvard
| Memorial Field | Hanover, NH (rivalry) | L 26 42
| 15,618 | {{cite news |title=Yohe's Offense the Key; Harvard Tramples Dartmouth, 42-26 |first=Bob |last=Reinert |date=October 19, 1986 |page=68 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57278750/1986-dartmouth-harvard/ }}
| October 25 | | Cornell
| Memorial Field | Hanover, NH (rivalry) | L 7 10
| 8,137 | {{cite news |title=Cornell Sacks Dartmouth, 10-7 |first=Bob |last=Reinert |date=October 26, 1986 |page=76 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57300069/1986-cornell-dartmouth/ }}
| November 1 | @ | Yale
| Yale Bowl | New Haven, CT | W 39 13
| 17,170 | {{cite news |title=Beleaguered Yukica, Dartmouth Savor Rout of Yale |first=Bob |last=Sudyk |date=November 2, 1986 |page=D9 |newspaper=The Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Conn.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57302650/1986-dartmouth-yale/ }}
| November 8 | | Columbia
| Wien Stadium | New York, NY | W 41 0
| 2,210 | {{cite news |title=Dartmouth Flattens Columbia |first=Jack |last=Craig |date=November 9, 1986 |page=71 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57303675/1986-columbia-dartmouth/ }}
| November 15 | @ | Brown
| Brown Stadium | Providence, RI | T 21 21
| 6,350 | {{cite news |title=Brown 21, Dartmouth 21 |date=November 16, 1986 |page=68 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57306073/1986-brown-dartmouth/ }}
| November 22 | @ | Princeton
| Palmer Stadium | Princeton, NJ | W 28 6
| 8,200 | {{cite news |title=Easy Win over Princeton Sends Away Green Coach |first=Sue |last=Esterman |date=November 23, 1986 |page=C1 |newspaper=The Home News |location=New Brunswick, N.J.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57306758/1986-dartmouth-princeton/ }}
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