1994 Dartmouth Big Green football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1994
| team = Dartmouth Big Green
| sport = football
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| conference = Ivy League
| short_conf = Ivy
| record = 4–6
| conf_record = 2–5
| head_coach = John Lyons
| hc_year = 3rd
| off_coach = Roger Hughes
| oc_year = 3rd
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| captain = Josh Bloom
| captain2 = Hunter Buckner
| stadium = Memorial Field
}}
{{1994 Ivy League football standings}}
The 1994 Dartmouth Big Green football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 1994 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Big Green tied for last place in the Ivy League.
In its third season under head coach John Lyons, the team compiled a 4–6 record and was outscored 187 to 166. Josh Bloom and Hunter Buckner 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 2–5 conference record tied for seventh (and worst) in the Ivy League standings. Dartmouth was outscored 138 to 92 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|pages=35–36}}
Dartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.
Schedule
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| rankyear = 1994
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I-AA
| poll = The Sports Network
| September 17 | @ | Colgate
| Andy Kerr Stadium | Hamilton, NY | L 16 20
| September 24 | | #18 Penn
| Memorial Field | Hanover, NH | L 11 13
| 8,024 | {{cite news |title=Dartmouth Pinned by Penn's Defense |first=Allen |last=Lessels |date=September 25, 1994 |page=65 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58846513/1994-dartmouth-penn/ }}
| October 1 | | Fordham
| Memorial Field | Hanover, NH | W 31 14
| 5,101 | {{cite news |title=Dartmouth's Defense Shuts Down Fordham, 31-14 |first=Tom |last=Haley |date=October 2, 1994 |at=sect. B, p. 3 |newspaper=The Sunday Rutland Herald |location=Rutland, Vt.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58860176/1994-dartmouth-fordham/ }} Attendance figure in {{cite news |title=College Football: East |date=October 2, 1994 |page=10-B |newspaper=The Sunday Oklahoman |location=Oklahoma City, Okla.}}
| October 8 | @ | Lafayette
| Fisher Field | Easton, PA | W 27 15
| 5,989 | {{cite news |title=Leopards' Loss Is No Surprise |first=Ted |last=Meixell |date=October 9, 1994 |page=C1 |newspaper=The Morning Call |location=Allentown, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58861118/1994-dartmouth-lafayette/ }} Attendance figure in {{cite news |title=Ivy League Summaries |date=October 9, 1994 |page=61 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.}}
| October 15 | | Yale
| Memorial Field | Hanover, NH | W 14 13
| 15,150 | {{cite news |title=Two-Point Conversion Lifts Dartmouth Over Yale |first=Paul |last=Doyle |date=October 16, 1994 |page=C5 |newspaper=The Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Conn.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58870942/1994-dartmouth-yale/ }}
| October 22 | @ | Cornell
| Schoellkopf Field | Ithaca, NY (rivalry) | L 14 17
| 10,863 | {{cite news |title=Pulling Out a Last-Minute CU Miracle |first=Dennis |last=Read |date=October 24, 1994 |page=1B |newspaper=The Ithaca Journal |location=Ithaca, N.Y.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58872401/1994-cornell-dartmouth/ }}
| October 29 | | Harvard
| Memorial Field | Hanover, NH (rivalry) | L 12 35
| 9,529 | {{cite news |title=About-Face for Harvard: Crimson Marches Over Dartmouth with Surprising Ease |first=Joe |last=Concannon |date=October 30, 1994 |page=60 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58873140/1994-dartmouth-harvard/ }}
| November 5 | | Columbia
| Wien Stadium | New York, NY | W 14 13
| 4,115 | {{cite news |title=Dartmouth Fends Off Columbia |date=November 6, 1994 |page=70 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58874973/1994-columbia-dartmouth/ }}
| November 12 | @ | Brown
| Brown Stadium | Providence, RI | L 14 27
| 4,021 | {{cite news |title=Brown 27, Dartmouth 14 |date=November 13, 1994 |at=sect. B, p. 3 |newspaper=The Sunday Rutland Herald |location=Rutland, Vt.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58876948/1994-brown-dartmouth/ }} Attendance figure in {{cite news |title=Brown, 27-14 |date=November 13, 1994 |page=63 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.}}
| November 19 | @ | Princeton
| Palmer Stadium | Princeton, NJ | L 13 20
| 10,011 | {{cite news |title=Princeton Finishes Year Victorious |first=John |last=Bruns |date=November 20, 1994 |page=B3 |newspaper=The Sunday Home News |location=New Brunswick, N.J.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58877503/1994-dartmouth-princeton/ }}
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