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Dartmouth

IVY · 1959 Season · Final

Rebuilding
Record
5–3–1
0.611 Win %
Conference
2nd
5–1 in IVY

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

1959 Schedule & Results

WkDateOpponentConfOpp. RecordResult
5Week 5 · Sep 29Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)H2HIND FBSI6–4L 8–31
6Week 6 · Oct 6Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)H2HIND IVY7–1–1L 0–13
7Week 7 · Oct 13Brown (BROWN)H2HIND IVY2–6–1T 0–0
8Week 8 · Oct 20Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)H2HIND FBSI5–4L 12–35
9Week 9 · Oct 27Harvard (HARVARD)H2HIND IVY6–3W 9–0
10Week 10 · Nov 3Yale (YALE)H2HIND IVY6–3W 12–8
11Week 11 · Nov 10Columbia (COLUMBIA)H2HIND IVY2–7W 22–0
12Week 12 · Nov 17Cornell (CORNELL)H2HIND IVY5–4W 21–12
13Week 13 · Nov 24Princeton (PRINCETON)H2HIND IVY4–5W 12–7

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
2.125
Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

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

NOW — Net Opponent Wins
+14
-9+23
  • Harvard +6
  • Yale +6
  • Cornell +5
  • Princeton +4
  • Columbia +2
  • Brown 0
  • Pennsylvania -1
  • Holy Cross -4
  • Boston College -4

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 #23Better than 84%
Win % Place 31stBetter than 78%

0.611 Win % · Change 2

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week
#26W14#26Regular Season Final#26Post-Season W1#25Post-Season W2#23Final

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins
-23
-13
0
-23
+9
+4
+22
+9
+5

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

Final Rank by Season
#781954#821955#451956#121957#151958

Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.

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