May 2008 is Dartmouth Month at AGS - Read the fact a day!

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DARTMOUTH QUICK FACTS
Home Field Memorial Field (15,000)
Location Hanover, NH. 03755
Founded 1769
Enrollment 4,300
Nickname Big Green
Colors Dartmouth Green and White
Conference Ivy League
President James Wright
Director of Athletics Josie Harper
Head Coach Buddy Teevens [Dartmouth ‘79], The Robert L. Blackman Head Football Coach
Record at Dartmouth 33-45-2 [9th season]
Assistant Coaches Cyril Brockmeier, Cedric Calhoun, Lance Clelland,
Kenyada Davis, Mike Hodgson, Jarrail Jackson, Sammy McCorkle, Chris Wilkerson

2008 SCHEDULE
Sept 20 at Colgate 1 p.m.
Sept 27 New Hampshire 12:30 p.m.
Oct. 4 at Pennsylvania* TBA
Oct. 11 Yale* 12:30 p.m.
Oct. 18 Holy Cross# 12:30 p.m.
Oct. 25 at Columbia* 12:30 p.m.
Nov. 1 Harvard* 12:30 p.m.
Nov. 8 at Cornell* TBA
Nov. 15 Brown* 12:30 p.m.
Nov. 22 at Princeton* TBA
* Ivy League games
# Homecoming

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May 1

Ivy League Football Championships

Dartmouth ......................... 17
Yale .................................. 14
Penn ...................................13
Harvard ...............................12
Princeton ..............................9
Brown .................................. 3
Cornell ..................................3
Columbia ...............................1

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May 2

Ivy League Wins Since Official League Play Started in 1956

Dartmouth ..........................217
Harvard ...............................216
Yale ....................................216
Princeton ..............................200
Penn ....................................187
Cornell .................................169
Brown ...................................150
Columbia ................................84

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May 3

Dartmouth On Television

The Big Green played in the first nationally televised football game when it took on Holy Cross in 1953 at Manning Bowl in Lynn., Mass. Dartmouth has now played on TV 60 times. Last year the Big Green fell to New Hampshire (52-31) before the WMUR-TV cameras and put on a show against Cornell on Memorial Field before the YES Network cameras, winning 59-31.

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May 4

Dartmouth has had five undefeated and untied teams. Two won the Lambert Trophy emblematic of Eastern Supremacy in Division I-A. The 1925 team won one of the mythical national championships.

1925
1962
1965 (Lambert Trophy)
1970 (Lambert Trophy)
1996

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May 5

When Harvard dedicated the nation’s first concrete stadium in 1903, visiting Dartmouth spoiled the day with an 11-0 win. On Nov. 1, 2003, Dartmouth spoiled Harvard Stadium’s centennial celebration with a 30-16 upset.

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May 6

Dartmouth has had four 15-game winning streaks

1924-26
1961-63
1970-71
1996-97

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May 7

Dartmouth scored at least one touchdown each game in a 109-game streak from a 28-3 win over New Hampshire in the 1960 opener thought a 10-9 loss in the opener against New Hampshire in 1973. The streak ended with a 10-0 loss to Holy Cross in the second week of the 1973 season.

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May 8

Dartmouth’s 10 Winningest Coaches

1. Bob Blackman (1955-70)................. 104-37-3
2. John Lyons (1992-2004).................. 60-68-1
3. Earl Blaik (1934-40) ....................... 45-15-4
4. Tuss McLaughry (1941-42, ’45-’54...... 44-58-3
5. Frank Cavanaugh (1911-16) .............. 42-9-3
6. Jake Crouthamel (1971-77) ............... 41-20-2
7. Jesse Hawley (1923-28) .................... 39-10-1
8. Jackson Cannell (1921-22, ’29-’33)...... 39-19-4
9. Joe Yukica (1978-86) ........................ 36-47-4
10. Buddy Teevens (1987-91, 2005-current) ....... 33-46-2

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May 9

Dartmouth’s 90-Yard Rushing Plays

97 yards - David Clark vs. Princeton, 1988
97 yards - David Clark vs. Harvard, 1988
95 yards - Bob Lee vs. Norwich, 1930
94 yards - George Troxell vs. Princeton, 1941
93 yards - Ralph Glaize vs. Amherst, 1903

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May 10

Dartmouth’s 90-Yard Passing Plays

98 yards - David Gabianelli to Craig Morton vs. Columbia, 1986
93 yards - Eddie Chamberlain to Elbert Camp vs. Cornell, 1935
90 yards - Josh Cohen to Jason Raiti vs. Cornell, 2005

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5/11

Dartmouth had five players win the Asa S. Bushnell Cup as Ivy League Player of the Year
1970 – Jim Chasey, quarterback
1978 – Buddy Teevens, quarterback
1990 – Shon Page, tailback
1991 – Al Rosier, tailback
1992 – Jay Fiedler, quarterback

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5/12

Dartmouth has six Ivy League Rookies of the Year since the award was instituted in 1981.

1982 – Mike Caraviello, quarterback
1986 – Craig Morton, wide receiver
1990 – Matt Brzica, quarterback
1991 – Jay Fiedler, quarterback
2001 – Steve Jensen, cornerback/kick returner
2002 – Josh Dooley, linebacker

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5/13

Seven times a Dartmouth kicker has booted a field goal of 50 or more yards

52. Tyler Lavin vs. Colgate, 2003
51. Tyler Lavin vs. Columbia, 2002
51. Craig Saltzgaber vs. Cornell, 1984
51. Nick Lowery vs. Harvard 1976
51. Pudge Neidlinger vs. Harvard, 1922
50. Tyler Lavin vs. Harvard, 2003
50. Jim Robertson vs. Cornell, 1919

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5/14

The Dartmouth record for longest kickoff return is 98 yards. It is shared by Tom Fleming, who turned the trick in 1973 and Brian White, who accomplished the feat against Harvard in 1994. White, the son of former Boston Celtics great Jo Jo White, is today an actor in Los Angeles.

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5/15

The 1979 and 1980 Dartmouth teams received a good deal of media coverage because of the family heritage of their quarterback and top wide receiver. Throwing passes those two years was future NFL quarterback Jeff Kemp, son of former NFL QB and national political figure Jack Kemp. On the receiving end was David Shula, son the NFL Hall of Fame coach Don Shula. David Shula’s son, Dan, played quarterback for the Big Green before graduating in 2006.

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5/16

Despite playing just three years of varsity football (freshmen were ineligible when he arrived on campus) Jay Fiedler holds Dartmouth’s career passing record of 6,684 yards. His 50 touchdown throws are a school mark. He set the school record of 419 yards in a 39-27 win over Yale, throwing four touchdowns without an interception while completing 20-of-31 throws (64.5 percent).

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5/17

Lloyd Lee set the Dartmouth record for interceptions in a season with seven during the undefeated 1996 campaign. He shares the career record of 13 with Scott Sims, who picked of his baker’s dozen from 1986-88. Lee, who played briefly with the San Diego Chargers, is today the linebackers coach for the Chicago Bears.

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5/18

The 1970 Dartmouth team outscored its opponents, 311-42, on the way to a 9-0 record. The Big Green shut out six of its nine opponents and finished the season ranked 14th in the nation. The final Associated Press poll had Dartmouth slotted between No. 13 Georgia Tech and No. 16 USC.

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5/19

The 1920 Dartmouth team led by All-America halfback Jim Robertson helped dedicate the University of Washington’s Husky Stadium on Nov. 27, 1920. Dartmouth won the game, 27-7.

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5/20

Jake Crouthamel, who would go on to coach Dartmouth before becoming the longtime athletic director at Syracuse, led the Big Green in rushing all three years with the varsity. He ran for 462 yards as a sophomore, 722 yards as a junior and 579 yards as a senior. His 1,763 yards rushing was a school record until Rick Klupchak raised the mark to 1,788 in 1973. The current record is 2,252 set by Al Rosier between 1989 and 1991.

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5/21

Perhaps the most famous game in Dartmouth football history was played on Nov. 16, 1940 when unbeaten and top-ranked Cornell visited Dartmouth. Although the Big Green was just 3-4 on the season, it carried a 3-0 lead into the final minute when referee Red Friesell and his crew lost track of the downs and awarded Cornell an extra play that resulted in a touchdown. After returning to Ithaca, N.Y., and renewing the film, Cornell generously conceded the victory to Dartmouth, which was declared a 3-0 victor. The contest has been known ever since as the “Fifth Down Game.”

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5/22

Dartmouth enjoyed a 22-game unbeaten streak that stretched from Nov. 7, 1995 (a 14-7 home win over Lafayette) to Nov. 18, 1997 (a 46-26 home loss to Lehigh). The only blemish during the two-year run was a 10-10 tie with Princeton on Nov. 18, 1995. During the three-year span from 1995-1997 Dartmouth was a combined 25-4-1.

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5/23

The unique Dartmouth helmet featuring the “block D” in the front and two tracks of parallel stripes arcing front to back was developed by Hall of Fame coach Bob Blackman in 1965. The Big Green’s trademark helmet was used until 1986 when former Dartmouth quarterback Buddy Teevens returned as head coach and replaced it with a design that spelled Dartmouth on the side of the helmet. The “block D” design was brought back in 1999.

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5/24

The list of highly successful Dartmouth football alumni is long and distinguished. Two former Big Green offensive linemen, however, are in the headlines frequently. Henry “Hank” Paulson was an All-Ivy League, All-East and honorable-mention All-American before graduating from Dartmouth in 1968. Today he’s the United States Secretary of the Treasury. Jeff Immelt, a teammate of current coach Buddy Teevens before graduating in 1978, is the CEO, Chairman of the Board and Director of General Electric.

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5/25

Jimmie Lee Solomon, the Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations for Major League Baseball, is a former Dartmouth wide receiver. The 1978 graduate of the college is another former teammate of current coach Buddy Teevens.

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5/26

Former Dartmouth tight end Casey Cramer is a fullback/tight end with the Tennessee Titans. Cramer graduated in 2003 as Dartmouth’s second all-time leading receiver with 185 catches. He was also second in career yards at 2,477 but first in touchdowns with 21. He was chosen a first-team All-American in 2002 by the American Football Coaches Association, Walter Camp and The Sports Network.

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5/27

Dartmouth has had eight players enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Ind.

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5/27

Dartmouth has had eight players enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Ind.

5/28

Clarence (Fat) Spears ‘17
Edward Healey ‘18
Andrew (Swede) Oberlander ‘26
Myles Lane ‘28
William (Air Mail) Morton ‘32
Robert MacLeod ‘39
Murry Bowden ‘71
Reggie Williams ’76

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5/29

Dartmouth had three Academic All-Americans on the 1994 team.

Josh Bloom, linebacker
Zack Lehman, nose guard
David Shearer, wide receiver

Only two players have repeated as winner of the Bob Blackman Trophy, presented to the players who has contributed the most to the success of the team.

Quarterback Jay Fiedler, 1992 and 1993
Linebacker Matt Mercer, 200 and 2001

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5/30

When Dartmouth held its annual Green-White Scrimmage this spring, the honorary coaches on both sidelines were very familiar to current head coach Buddy Teevens. Jack Crouthamel was the Dartmouth coach for Teevens’ first three years in a Big Green uniform. Yukica was his coach as a senior.

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5/31

Two of Dartmouth’s three all-time tackle leaders went on to play in the NFL. Ironically, the all-time leader, Jerry Pierce, did not. Pierce had 385 stops between 1978 and 1980. Second on the list is Reggie Williams, the former Cincinnati Bengals standout,who made 370 tackles between 1973 and 1975. Zack Walz, who would go on to play for the Arizona Cardinals, is third on the list with 356 stops between 1994 and 1997.