2009 Dartmouth Big Green football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

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| year = 2009

| team = Dartmouth Big Green

| sport = football

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| conference = Ivy League

| short_conf = Ivy

| record = 2–8

| conf_record = 2–5

| head_coach = Buddy Teevens

| hc_year = 10th

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| captain = Tim McManus

| captain2 = Peter Pidermann

| stadium = Memorial Field

}}

{{2009 Ivy League football standings}}

The 2009 Dartmouth Big Green football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Dartmouth tied for second-to-last in the Ivy League. Dartmouth averaged 4,103 fans per game.

In their fifth consecutive year under head coach Eugene "Buddy" Teevens, his 10th year overall, the Big Green compiled a 2–8 record and were outscored 282 to 161. Tim McManus and Peter Pidermann were the team captains.{{cite web|title=Season-by-Season Results: 2000- |url=https://dartmouthsports.com/sports/2018/8/8/fb-season-by-season-2000-59.aspx |publisher=Dartmouth College |location=Hanover, N.H. |access-date=October 1, 2020}}

The Big Green's 2–5 conference record tied with Yale for sixth place in the Ivy League standings. Dartmouth was outscored 170 to 118 by Ivy opponents.{{cite book|url=https://ivyleague.com/documents/2017/8/23/3_Year_By_Year_History_2017.pdf|title=Ivy League Football Media Guide|chapter=Year-by-Year History|publisher=Ivy League|location=Princeton, N.J.|date=2017|access-date=July 10, 2020|page=44}}

Dartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

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| rankyear = 2009

| rankdivision = NCAA Division I FCS

| poll = The Sports Network

| September 19 | | Colgate

| Memorial Field | Hanover, NH | L 15 34

| 5,073|

| September 26 | @ | #6 New Hampshire

| Cowell Stadium | Durham, NH (rivalry) | L 14 44

| 8,271 | {{cite news |title=UNH Wins Tougher-Than-It-Looks Granite Bowl |first=Allen |last=Lessels |date=September 27, 2009 |page=1 |newspaper=New Hampshire Sunday News |location=Manchester, N.H. |via=NewsBank}}

| October 3 | | Penn

| Memorial Field | Hanover, NH | L 24 30

| 3,623 | {{cite news |title=Battered Quakers Get an Ivy Win |first=Neil |last=Fanaroff |date=October 4, 2009 |page=E3 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64433281/2009-dartmouth-penn/ }}

| October 10 | @ | Yale

| Yale Bowl | New Haven, CT | L 7 38

| 15,773 | {{cite news |title=Hart Passes for 390 Yards |first=Tommy |last=Hine|date=October 11, 2009 |pages=E10, E11 |newspaper=Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Conn.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64436807/2009-dartmouth-yale/ }}

| October 17 | @ | #25 Holy Cross

| Fitton Field | Worcester, MA | L 14 34

| 8,788 | {{cite news |title=HC Electric After Brown-Out |first=Jennifer |last=Toland |date=October 18, 2009 |page=C1 |newspaper=Telegram & Gazette |location=Worcester, Mass. |via=NewsBank}} Attendance figure in {{cite news |title=Colleges: Football |date=October 11, 2009 |page=C19 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.}}

| October 24 | | Columbia

| Memorial Field | Hanover, NH | W 28 6

| 3,816|

| October 31 | @ | Harvard

| Harvard Stadium | Boston, MA (rivalry) | L 21 42

| 8,107 | {{cite news |title=Case of Ground Control: Crimson Rush Past Big Green |first=Craig |last=Larson |date=November 1, 2009 |page=C17 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64461585/2009-dartmouth-harvard/ }}

| November 7 | | Cornell

| Memorial Field | Hanover, NH (rivalry) | W 20 17 <2OT>

| 3,706 | {{cite news |title=Dartmouth Hands Cornell 6th Straight Loss |agency=Associated Press |date=November 8, 2009 |page=6B |newspaper=Star-Gazette |location=Elmira, N.Y.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64465605/2009-cornell-dartmouth/ }} Attendance figure in {{cite news |title=Summaries |date=November 8, 2009 |page=C17 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.}}

| November 14 | @ | Brown

| Brown Stadium | Providence, RI | L 7 14

| 4,410 | {{cite news |title=Brown, Theodhosi Tip Big Green |date=November 15, 2009 |page=4 |newspaper=New Hampshire Sunday News |location=Manchester, N.H. |via=NewsBank}} Attendance figure in {{cite news |title=Colleges: Football |date=November 15, 2009 |page=C20 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.}}

| November 21 | | Princeton

| Memorial Field | Hanover, NH | L 11 23

| 4,297 | {{cite news |title=Tigers Win Finale |date=November 22, 2009 |page=24 |newspaper=The Trentonian |location=Trenton, N.J. |via=NewsBank}}

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{{cite web |author= |title=Dartmouth Big Green Schedule 2009 |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/159/season/2009 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=August 7, 2024 }}{{cite web |author= |title=2009 Football Schedule |url=https://dartmouthsports.com/sports/football/schedule/2009 |publisher=Dartmouth College |access-date=August 7, 2024 }}

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