1985 Dartmouth Big Green football team
American college football season
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The 1985 Dartmouth Big Green football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Dartmouth finished sixth in the Ivy League.
ConferenceIvy League
Record2–7–1 (2–4–1 Ivy)
Headcoach
- Joe Yukica (8th season)
Captains
- Robert Brown
- Leonard Fontes
| 1985 Dartmouth Big Green football | |
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| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 2–7–1 (2–4–1 Ivy) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Field |
In their eighth season under head coach Joe Yukica, the Big Green compiled a 2–7–1 record and were outscored 199 to 144. Robert Brown and Leonard Fontes were the team captains.[1]
The Big Green's 2–4–1 conference record placed sixth in the Ivy League standings. Dartmouth was outscored 105 to 95 by Ivy opponents.[2]
Dartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 21 | Princeton |
| L 3–10 | 10,985 | [3] | ||
| September 28 | at New Hampshire* | L 7–23 | 9,121 | [4] | |||
| October 5 | Holy Cross* |
| L 14–17 | 3,100 | [5] | ||
| October 12 | Colgate* |
| L 28–54 | 9,434 | [6] | ||
| October 19 | at Harvard | L 7–17 | 15,800 | [7] | |||
| October 26 | at Cornell | W 20–17 | 16,000 | [8] | |||
| November 2 | at Yale | T 17–17 | 14,018 | [9] | |||
| November 9 | at Columbia | W 34–3 | 6,013 | [10] | |||
| November 16 | Brown |
| L 0–22 | 7,465 | [11] | ||
| November 23 | at Penn | L 14–19 | 19,802 | [12] | |||
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