1970 Dartmouth Indians football team

1970 Dartmouth Indians football
1970 Dartmouth Indians football
Ivy League champion; Eastern champion
Conference	Ivy League
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 14
Record	9–0 (7–0 Ivy)
Head coach	Bob Blackman (16th season);
Home stadium	Memorial Field
	Seasons ← 1969 1971 →

The 1970 Dartmouth Indians football team represented Dartmouth College during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season.^[1] The Indians were led by 16th-year head coach Bob Blackman and played their home games at Memorial Field in Hanover, New Hampshire. They finished with a perfect record of 9–0, winning the Ivy League title and the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy, which signified them as champions of the East. Dartmouth finished ranked 14th in both major polls, their first ranked finish since 1943 and the last time an Ivy League school was ranked in the final AP Poll.

CoachesNo. 13

APNo. 14

Record9–0 (7–0 Ivy)

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1970 Ivy League football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 14 Dartmouth $	7	–	0	–	0	9	–	0	–	0
Yale	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Harvard	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Cornell	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Princeton	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Penn	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Columbia	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Brown	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	UMass*		Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 27–0	10,400	^[2]
October 3	at Holy Cross*		Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 50–14	13,222	^[3]
October 10	Princeton		Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 38–0	20,306	^[4]
October 17	Brown		Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 42–14	10,436	^[5]
October 24	at Harvard		Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 37–14	35,000	^[6]
October 31	at Yale		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 10–0	60,820	^[7]
November 7	Columbia	No. 17	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 55–0	12,850	^[8]
November 14	at Cornell	No. 15	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 24–0	18,000	^[9]
November 21	at Penn	No. 16	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 28–0	42,329	^[10]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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1970 Dartmouth Indians football
Ivy League champion Eastern champion
Conference	Ivy League
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 14
Record	9–0 (7–0 Ivy)
Head coach	Bob Blackman (16th season)
Home stadium	Memorial Field
Seasons ← 1969 1971 →