1902 Dartmouth football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2–1
Head coach
CaptainVictor M. Place
Home stadiumAlumni Oval
Seasons
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1902 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Ursinus   –   9 – 0 – 0
Yale   –   11 – 0 – 1
Geneva   –   7 – 0 – 0
Harvard   –   11 – 1 – 0
Princeton   –   8 – 1 – 0
Army   –   6 – 1 – 1
Frankin & Marshall   –   7 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth   –   6 – 2 – 1
Holy Cross   –   6 – 2 – 1
Syracuse   –   6 – 2 – 1
Carlisle   –   8 – 3 – 0
Cornell   –   8 – 3 – 0
Lafayette   –   8 – 3 – 0
Amherst   –   7 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   7 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   9 – 4 – 0
Lehigh   –   7 – 3 – 1
Vermont   –   5 – 3 – 2
Colgate   –   5 – 3 – 1
NYU   –   5 – 3 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 4 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   6 – 4 – 0
Columbia   –   6 – 4 – 1
Springfield Training School   –   3 – 2 – 1
Villanova   –   4 – 3 – 0
Brown   –   5 – 4 – 1
Swarthmore   –   6 – 6 – 0
Western U. of Penn.   –   5 – 6 – 1
New Hampshire   –   2 – 3 – 1
Buffalo   –   3 – 5 – 1
Tufts   –   4 – 6 – 1
Fordham   –   2 – 4 – 1
Wesleyan   –   3 – 6 – 1
Rutgers   –   3 – 7 – 0
Navy   –   2 – 7 – 1
Drexel   –   1 – 4 – 1
Temple   –   1 – 4 – 1
Pittsburgh College   –   1 – 6 – 0
Boston College   –   0 – 8 – 0

The 1902 Dartmouth football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College as an independent during the 1902 college football season. In its second and final season under head coach Walter McCornack, the team compiled a 6–2–1 record, shut out five of nine opponents, and outscored opponents by a total of 105 to 39. Victor M. Place was the team captain.[1][2] The team played its home games at Alumni Oval in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4Vermont
W 11–0[3]
October 8Massachusetts
T 0–0
October 11Tufts
  • Alumni Oval
  • Hanover, NH
W 29–0
October 15at Williams
W 18–0
October 25Amherst
L 6–12
November 1at Wesleyan
W 12–5
November 8Springfield Training School
  • Alumni Oval
  • Hanover, NH
W 11–0[4]
November 22at Harvard
L 6–1610,000[5]
November 29vs. Brown
W 12–6

References

  1. ^ "Dartmouth Football 1880-1939". Dartmouth College. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  2. ^ "1902 Dartmouth Big Green Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  3. ^ "Dartmouth 11, U. of Vt. 0". The Boston Globe. October 5, 1902. Retrieved June 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Victory For Dartmouth". The Burlington Free Press. Burlington, Vermont. November 10, 1902. p. 2. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Dartmouth Scares Harvard". The Boston Globe. November 16, 1902. pp. 1, 5 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.


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