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
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| 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 =
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| 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/ }}
}}
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
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{{Ivy League football champions}}
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