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Dartmouth

FBSI · 1896 Season · Final

Rebuilding
Record
5–2–1
0.688 Win %
Conference
—
0–0 in FBSI

All-Time Resume

Ranked Seasons
93
1881–1981
All-Time Record
502–258–35
0.653 Win %
Peak Final Rank
#3
1881, 1925, 1970
#1 Finishes
0
Top 5: 6 · Top 10: 16 · Top 25: 47
  • Divisional Era · 26 seasons · 3 Top 10
  • AP Poll & Postwar Era · 20 seasons · 2 Top 10
  • Forward Pass & Stadium Boom Era · 25 seasons · 2 Top 10
  • Pioneer Era · 22 seasons · 9 Top 10

Final finishes, as published; the season in progress counts toward record only. Compare Dartmouth head-to-head · History & Eras

1896 Schedule & Results

WkDateOpponentConfOpp. RecordResult
6Week 6 · Oct 6WORCESTER A.C.Unranked—W 30–0
7Week 7 · Oct 13Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)H2HIND FBSI14–1L 0–16
8Week 8 · Oct 20Yale (YALE)H2HIND FBSI13–1L 0–42
9Week 9 · Oct 27Bowdoin (BOWDOIN)H2HIND FBSI5–3–2W 28–10
10Week 10 · Nov 3Brown (BROWN)H2HIND FBSI4–5–1T 10–10
12Week 12 · Nov 17Amherst (AMHERST)H2HIND FBSI3–6–1W 32–0
13Week 13 · Nov 24Williams (WILLIAMS)H2HIND FBSI6–4–1W 10–0
14Week 14 · Dec 1NEWTON A.C.Unranked—W 12–6

Past season results come from the published weekly rankings; home/away is not recorded. Unranked = opponent outside the ranked field. Kickoff times in Eastern Time. TBD = not yet announced. vs* = neutral site. Opp. Record is the current season record; — = unavailable.

Rating Tier Spectrum
2.366
Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

Where the rating sits on the 12-tier scale (lower is better).

NOW — Net Opponent Wins
+12
-2+14
  • Williams +6
  • Bowdoin +5
  • Amherst +3
  • Brown 0
  • Pennsylvania -1
  • Yale -1

Each win stacks that opponent's win total to the right; each loss stacks that opponent's loss total to the left.

National Standing
Rank #11Better than 93%
Win % Place 10thBetter than 93%

0.688 Win % · No change

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week
#18W11#16W12#13W13#11W14#11Final

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins
+30
-16
-42
+18
0
+32
+10
+6

Bars above the line are wins, below are losses; height = point margin.

Final Rank by Season
#131891#181892#131893#151894#131895

Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.

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