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Dartmouth

IVY · 1979 Season · Final

Struggling −
Record
4–4–1
0.500 Win %
Conference
5th
4–3 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

1979 Schedule & Results

WkDateOpponentConfOpp. RecordResult
5Week 5 · Sep 25Princeton (PRINCETON)H2HIND IVY5–4L 0–16
6Week 6 · Oct 2NEW HAMPSHIREUnranked—T 10–10
7Week 7 · Oct 9Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)H2HIND FBSI5–6L 7–13
8Week 8 · Oct 16Yale (YALE)H2HIND IVY8–1L 0–3
9Week 9 · Oct 23Harvard (HARVARD)H2HIND IVY3–6W 10–7
10Week 10 · Oct 30Cornell (CORNELL)H2HIND IVY5–4L 10–21
11Week 11 · Nov 6Columbia (COLUMBIA)H2HIND IVY1–8W 17–0
12Week 12 · Nov 13Brown (BROWN)H2HIND IVY6–3W 24–10
13Week 13 · Nov 20Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)H2HIND IVY0–9W 20–6

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
3.650
Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

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

NOW — Net Opponent Wins
-5
-15+10
  • Brown +6
  • Harvard +3
  • Columbia +1
  • Pennsylvania 0
  • Yale -1
  • Princeton -4
  • Cornell -4
  • Holy Cross -6

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 #79Better than 43%
Win % Place 70thBetter than 50%

0.500 Win % · No change

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week
#80Regular Season Final#80Post-Season W2#80Post-Season W3#79Post-Season W4#79Final

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins
-16
0
-6
-3
+3
-11
+17
+14
+14

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

Final Rank by Season
#961974#671975#351976#541977#441978

Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.

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