1996 Dartmouth Big Green football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1996

| team = Dartmouth Big Green

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Ivy League

| short_conf = Ivy

| record = 10–0

| conf_record = 7–0

| head_coach = John Lyons

| hc_year = 5th

| off_coach = Roger Hughes

| oc_year = 5th

| off_scheme =

| def_coach =

| dc_year =

| def_scheme =

| captain =

| stadium = Memorial Field

| champion = Ivy League champion

}}

{{1996 Ivy League football standings}}

The 1996 Dartmouth Big Green football team represented Dartmouth College in the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 21

| w/l = w

| opponent = Penn

| site_stadium = Memorial Field

| site_cityst = Hanover, NH

| score = 24–22

| attend = 8,521

| source = {{cite news |title=Big Green Top Penn by 24-22 in Opener |first=Joe |last=Juliano |date=September 22, 1996 |page=C16 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30126782/big-green-top-penn-by-24-22-in-opener/ }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 28

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Lehigh

| site_stadium = Goodman Stadium

| site_cityst = Bethlehem, PA

| score = 21–14

| attend = 11,325

| source = {{cite news |title=Two Lehigh Turnovers Lead to Loss to Dartmouth |first=Gary R. |last=Blockus |date=September 29, 1996 |page=C3 |newspaper=The Morning Call |location=Allentown, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59167799/1996-dartmouth-lehigh/ }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 5

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Fordham

| site_stadium = Memorial Field

| site_cityst = Hanover, NH

| score = 20–7

| attend = 6,105

| source = {{cite news |title=Dartmouth Still Unbeaten |agency=Associated Press |date=October 6, 1996 |page=4C |newspaper=The Burlington Free Press |location=Burllington, Vt.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59178522/1996-dartmouth-fordham/ }} Attendance figure in {{cite news |title=Summaries |date=October 6, 1996 |page=C17 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 12

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Holy Cross

| site_stadium = Memorial Field

| site_cityst = Hanover, NH

| score = 35–7

| attend = 6,112

| source = {{cite news |title=Dartmouth Gets a Rush |first=Allen |last=Lessels |date=October 13, 1996 |page=C18 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59179340/1996-dartmouth-hc/ }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 19

| w/l = w

| opponent = Yale

| site_stadium = Memorial Field

| site_cityst = Hanover, NH

| score = 40–6

| attend = 10,119

| source = {{cite news |title=Dartmouth Scores Its Biggest Victory Over Yale |first=Alan |last=Greenberg |date=October 20, 1996 |pages=E11, E12 |newspaper=The Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Conn.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59181122/1996-dartmouth-yale/ }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 26

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Cornell

| site_stadium = Schoellkopf Field

| site_cityst = Ithaca, NY

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 38–21

| attend = 8,226

| source = {{cite news |title=Big Red Falls Back with Loss |first=Keith |last=McShea |date=October 28, 1996 |page=4B |newspaper=The Ithaca Journal |location=Ithaca, N.Y.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59183412/1996-cornell-dartmouth/ }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 2

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Harvard

| site_stadium = Harvard Stadium

| site_cityst = Boston, MA

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 6–3

| attend = 17,100

| source = {{cite news |title=Harvard Loses by a Foot |first=Joe |last=Concannon |date=November 3, 1996 |page=F17 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59183566/1996-dartmouth-harvard/ }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 9

| w/l = w

| opponent = Columbia

| site_stadium = Memorial Field

| site_cityst = Hanover, NH

| score = 40–0

| attend = 5,119

| source = {{cite news |title=Big Win for the Big Green |first=Joe |last=Concannon |date=November 10, 1996 |page=C15 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59184896/1996-columbia-dartmouth/ }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 16

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Brown

| site_stadium = Brown Stadium

| site_cityst = Providence, RI

| score = 27–24

| attend = 8,257

| source = {{cite news |title=Dartmouth Avoids a Brown-Out |first=Joe |last=Burris |date=November 17, 1996 |page=C16 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59186819/1996-brown-dartmouth/ }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 23

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Princeton

| site_stadium = Palmer Stadium

| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ

| score = 24–0

| attend = 16,461

| source = {{cite news |title=Tigers Come Up Short in Palmer Finale |first=Elliott |last=Denman |date=November 24, 1996 |page=C6 |newspaper=The Home News & Tribune |location=New Brunswick, N.J.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59188226/1996-dartmouth-princeton/ }}

}}

}}

{{cite web |url=https://dartmouthsports.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=476 |title=1996-97 Football Schedule |work=Dartmouth College Athletics |access-date=January 4, 2019}}

References

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