1987 Dartmouth Big Green football team
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| year = 1987
| team = Dartmouth Big Green
| sport = football
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| conference = Ivy League
| short_conf = Ivy
| record = 2–8
| conf_record = 1–6
| head_coach = Buddy Teevens
| hc_year = 1st
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| captain = Matthew Drury
| captain2 = Brett Matthews
| stadium = Memorial Field
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{{1987 Ivy League football standings}}
The 1987 Dartmouth Big Green football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Dartmouth finished second-to-last in the Ivy League.
In their first season under head coach Eugene "Buddy" Teevens, the Big Green compiled a 2–8 record and were outscored 302 to 113. Matthew Drury and Brett Matthews 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 1–6 conference record placed seventh in the Ivy League standings. Dartmouth was outscored 192 to 46 by Ivy opponents.{{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|page=32}} The team's only league win was a two-point victory over Columbia, a team in the midst of a five-year losing streak.
Dartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.
Schedule
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| September 19 | | Princeton
| Memorial Field | Hanover, NH | L 3 34
| 8,919 | {{cite news |title=Tigers Roar; Garrett Brothers Fire Up Princeton |first=Ernie |last=Roberts |date=September 20, 1987 |page=60 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57357320/1987-dartmouth-princeton/ }}
| September 26 | @ | New Hampshire
| Cowell Stadium | Durham, NH (rivalry) | L 3 41
| 10,207 | {{cite news |title=A One-Sided End to Rivalry; New Hampshire Rolls over Dartmouth in Last Meeting, 41-3 |first=Nancy L. |last=Marrapese |date=September 27, 1987 |page=80 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57360754/1987-dartmouth-unh/ }}
| October 3 | | Davidson
| Memorial Field | Hanover, NH | W 38 7
| 6,103 | {{cite news |title=Davidson's Losing Streak at 16 After Loss to Dartmouth |first=Kevin |last=Quirk |date=October 4, 1987 |page=17D |newspaper=The Charlotte Observer |location=Charlotte, N.C.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57361722/1987-dartmouth-davidson/ }}
| October 10 | | #1 Holy Cross
| Memorial Field | Hanover, NH | L 23 62
| 11,109 | {{cite news |title=Another Blowout by HC |first=Nancy L. |last=Marrapese |date=October 11, 1987 |page=73 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57362712/1987-dartmouth-hc/ }}
| October 17 | @ | Harvard
| Harvard Stadium | Boston, MA (rivalry) | L 3 42
| 20,500 | {{cite news |title=Harvard Rolls It Up, 42-3 |first=Joe |last=Concannon |date=October 18, 1987 |page=74 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57364222/1987-dartmouth-harvard/ }}
| October 24 | @ | Cornell
| Schoellkopf Field | Ithaca, NY (rivalry) | L 14 21
| 10,500 | {{cite news |title=Cornell Overcomes Mistakes to Defeat Dartmouth |first=Kenny |last=Van Sickle |date=October 26, 1987 |page=B1 |newspaper=The Ithaca Journal |location=Ithaca, N.Y. |via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27207784/ }}
| October 31 | | Yale
| Memorial Field | Hanover, NH | L 7 17
| 11,131 | {{cite news |title=Yale Comes Up Big over Dartmouth, 17-7 |first=Jack |last=Craig |date=November 1, 1987 |page=70 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57367260/1987-dartmouth-yale/ }}
| November 7 | @ | Columbia
| Wien Stadium | New York, NY | W 12 10
| 6,875 | {{cite news |title=A Missed Field Goal, a 39th Columbia Loss |agency=Associated Press |date=November 8, 1987 |page=13-D |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57368128/1987-columbia-dartmouth/ }}
| November 14 | | Brown
| Memorial Field | Hanover, NH | L 0 19
| 6,114 | {{cite news |title=Donovan, Brown Run Past Dartmouth |agency=Associated Press |date=November 15, 1987 |page=74 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57369199/1987-brown-dartmouth/ }}
| November 21 | @ | Penn
| Franklin Field | Philadelphia, PA | L 7 49
| 4,620 | {{cite news |title=Flynn's 5 TDs Propel Penn |first=Chuck |last=Newman |date=November 22, 1987 |page=11-C |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57370071/1987-dartmouth-penn/ }}
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