# 2018 Dartmouth Big Green football team

The 2018 Dartmouth Big Green football team represented Dartmouth College in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. The Big Green were led by head coach Buddy Teevens in his 14th straight year and 19th overall. They played their home games at Memorial Field. They finished the season 9–1 overall and 6–1 in Ivy League play to place second. Dartmouth averaged 4,006 fans per game.

## Schedule

The 2018 schedule consisted of five home games and five away games. The Big Green hosted Ivy League foes Penn, Harvard, and Brown, and traveled to Yale, Princeton, Columbia, and Cornell.
Dartmouth's non-conference opponents were Georgetown and Holy Cross of the Patriot League, and Sacred Heart of the Northeast Conference. Homecoming coincided with the game against Harvard on October 27.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 15 | 1:30 p.m. | Georgetown* | | Memorial FieldHanover, NH | ESPN+ | W 41–0 | 4,815 |
| September 22 | 1:00 p.m. | at Holy Cross* | | Fitton FieldWorcester, MA | PL Net | W 34–14 | 7,175 |
| September 29 | 1:30 p.m. | Penn | | Memorial FieldHanover, NH | ESPN+ | W 37–14 | 3,692 |
| October 5 | 6:00 p.m. | at Yale | | Yale BowlNew Haven, CT | ESPNU | W 41–18 | 10,176 |
| October 13 | 6:00 p.m. | Sacred Heart* | | Memorial FieldHanover, NH | ESPN+ | W 42–0 | 3,138 |
| October 20 | 1:30 p.m. | at Columbia | | Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien StadiumNew York, NY | ESPN+ | W 28–12 | 12,506 |
| October 27 | 1:30 p.m. | Harvard | | Memorial FieldHanover, NH (rivalry) | ESPN+ | W 24–17 | 5,814 |
| November 3 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 18 Princeton | No. 24 | Powers Field at Princeton StadiumPrinceton, NJ | NBCS BOS | L 9–14 | 8,014 |
| November 10 | 1:30 p.m. | at Cornell | No. 25 | Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY (rivalry) | ESPN+ | W 35–24 | 3,604 |
| November 17 | 1:30 p.m. | Brown | No. 20 | Memorial FieldHanover, NH | ESPN+ | W 49–7 | 2,575 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time ||||||||

## Game summaries
### Georgetown

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hoyas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Big Green | 6 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 41 |

### At Holy Cross

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Big Green | 3 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
| Crusaders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |

### Penn

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Quakers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Big Green | 7 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 37 |

### At Yale

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Big Green | 13 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 41 |
| Bulldogs | 7 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 18 |

### Sacred Heart

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Pioneers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Big Green | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 42 |

### At Columbia

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Big Green | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| Lions | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 |

### Harvard

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Crimson | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| Big Green | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 24 |

### At Princeton

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 24 Big Green | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| No. 18 Tigers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |

### At Cornell

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 25 Big Green | 21 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
| Big Red | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 24 |

### Brown

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| No. 20 Big Green | 7 | 6 | 29 | 7 | 49 |

## Ranking movements

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| STATS FCS | RV | — | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 25 | 20 | 18 | 18 |
| Coaches | — | — | — | — | — | RV | — | 24 | 20 | 20–T | 23 | 20 | 15 | 15 |