# 2017 Dartmouth Big Green football team

The 2017 Dartmouth Big Green football team represented Dartmouth College in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Big Green were led by head coach Buddy Teevens in his 13th straight year and 18th overall. They played their home games at Memorial Field. They were a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 8–2 overall and 5–2 in Ivy League play to a tie for second place. Dartmouth averaged 6,642 fans per game.

## Schedule

The 2017 schedule consisted of five home games, four away games, and one game against Brown at Fenway Park in Boston. The Big Green hosted Ivy League foes Yale, Columbia, Cornell, and Princeton, and traveled to Penn and Harvard.
Dartmouth's non-conference opponents were Stetson of the Pioneer Football League, Holy Cross of the Patriot League, and Sacred Heart of the Northeast Conference. Homecoming coincided with the game against Yale on October 7.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 16 | 6:00 p.m. | at Stetson* | Spec Martin StadiumDeLand, FL | ESPN3 | W 38–7 | 2,435 |
| September 23 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 25 Holy Cross* | Memorial FieldHanover, NH | | W 27–26 $^{OT}$ | 7,094 |
| September 29 | 7:00 p.m. | at Penn | Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA | NBCSN | W 16–13 | 4,023 |
| October 7 | 1:30 p.m. | Yale | Memorial FieldHanover, NH | ESPN3 | W 28–27 | 8,114 |
| October 14 | 1:00 p.m. | at Sacred Heart* | Campus FieldFairfield, CT | | W 29–26 | 5,569 |
| October 21 | 12:30 p.m. | Columbia | Memorial FieldHanover, NH | ELVN | L 17–22 | 5,237 |
| October 28 | 12:00 p.m. | at Harvard | Harvard StadiumBoston, MA (rivalry) | NESN | L 22–25 | 11,143 |
| November 4 | 1:30 p.m. | Cornell | Memorial FieldHanover, NH (rivalry) | | W 10–0 | 4,033 |
| November 10 | 8:00 p.m. | vs. Brown | Fenway ParkBoston, MA | NBCSN | W 33–10 | 12,297 |
| November 18 | 1:30 p.m. | Princeton | Memorial FieldHanover, NH | | W 54–44 | 3,081 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Game summaries
### Stetson

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Dartmouth | 0 | 10 | 21 | 7 | 38 |
| Stetson | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
at Spec Martin Stadium • DeLand, FL
* Date: September 16
* Game time: 6:00 p.m.
* Game weather: 87 °F (31 °C); muggy, partly cloudy
* Game attendance: 2,435
* Referee: J. Page
* Box Score

### #25 Holy Cross

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| No. 25 Holy Cross | 0 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 26 |
| Dartmouth | 7 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 27 |
at Memorial Field • Hanover, NH
* Date: September 23
* Game time: 7:00 p.m.
* Game weather: 82 °F (28 °C); unseasonably warm
* Game attendance: 7,094
* Referee: M. Overton
* Box Score

### Penn

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Penn | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| Dartmouth | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
at Memorial Field • Hanover, NH
* Date: September 30
* Game time: 7:00 p.m.
* Game attendance: 4,023
* Box Score

### Yale

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Yale | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
| Dartmouth | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
at Memorial Field • Hanover, NH
* Date: October 7
* Game time: 1:30 p.m.
* Game weather: 50 °F (10 °C); overcast
* Game attendance: 8,114
* Referee: W. Gillis
* Box Score

### Sacred Heart

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Dartmouth | 14 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 29 |
| Sacred Heart | 7 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 26 |
at Campus Field • Fairfield, CT
* Date: October 14
* Game time: 1:00 p.m.
* Game weather: 69 °F (21 °C); cloudy
* Game attendance: 5,569
* Referee: J. DeAngulo
* Box Score

### Columbia

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Columbia | 3 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 32 |
| Dartmouth | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
at Memorial Field • Hanover, CT
* Date: October 21
* Game time: 12:30 p.m.
* Game weather: 66 °F (19 °C); sunny and warm
* Game attendance: 5,237
* Referee: H. Johns
* Box Score

### Harvard

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Dartmouth | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 22 |
| Harvard | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 25 |
at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA
* Date: October 28
* Game time: Noon
* Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C); mostly sunny
* Game attendance: 11,143
* Referee: H. Wimberg
* Box Score

### Cornell

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cornell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dartmouth | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
at Memorial Field • Hanover, NH
* Date: November 4
* Game time: 1:30 p.m.
* Game weather: 45 °F (7 °C); sunny
* Game attendance: 4,033
* Referee: S. Cadorette
* Box Score

### Brown

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Dartmouth | 6 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 33 |
| Brown | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
at Fenway Park • Boston, MA
* Date: November 10
* Game time: 8:00 p.m.
* Game weather: 27 °F (−3 °C); clear and cold
* Game attendance: 12,297
* Referee: J. Gray
* Box Score

### Princeton

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Princeton | 6 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 44 |
| Dartmouth | 3 | 17 | 0 | 34 | 54 |
at Memorial Field • Hanover, NH
* Date: November 18
* Game time: 1:30 p.m.
* Game weather: 43 °F (6 °C); cold and overcast
* Game attendance: 3,081
* Referee: T. Marcella
* Box Score