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American college football season
The 1993 Dartmouth Big Green football team was an
American football team that represented
Dartmouth College in
Ivy League during the
1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season . The played their home games at
Memorial Field in
Hanover, New Hampshire . They were a member of the
Ivy League . In its second season under head coach
John Lyons , the team compiled a 7–3 record overall and a 6–1 mark against Ivy League opponents.
The team's statistical leaders included senior quarterback
Jay Fiedler with 2,542 passing yards, senior wide receiver John Hyland with 1,076 receiving yards, and Pete Oberle with 660 rushing yards.
[1] Fiedler later played 10 seasons in the
National Football League .
[2]
Five Dartmouth players were selected by conference coaches as first-team players on the 1993 All-Ivy League team: Fielder at quarterback; Hyland at wide receiver; Andy McDonald at offensive line; George Neos at linebacker; and Jim McGeehan at defensive back.
[3]
Schedule
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 18 at
Penn L 6–1013,488
[4]
September 25
Holy Cross * L 7–134,925
[5]
October 2
Bucknell * Memorial Field Hanover, NH W 31–137,858
[6]
October 9 at
New Hampshire * L 7–146,309
[7]
[8]
October 16 at
Yale W 31–1418,316
[9]
October 23
Cornell Memorial Field Hanover, NH (
rivalry ) W 28–277,023
[10]
[11]
October 30
Harvard Memorial Field Hanover, NH (
rivalry ) W 39–3411,030
[12]
November 6 at
Columbia W 42–254,485
[13]
November 13
Brown Memorial Field Hanover, NH W 39–165,913
[14]
November 20
Princeton Memorial Field Hanover, NH W 28–229,120
[15]
[16]
[17]
References
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"1993 Stats" (PDF) . Dartmouth College Athletics . Retrieved September 9, 2019 .
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"Jay Fiedler Stats" . Pro-Football-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 15, 2019 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"All Ivy League" . Press & Sun-Bulletin . November 24, 1993. p. 9 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Juliano, Joe (September 19, 1993).
"With Weather a Key Factor, Quakers Upset Dartmouth" .
The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. D12 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Lessels, Allen (September 26, 1993).
"Holy Cross Stands Tall: Dartmouth Gets Nowhere Against Crusaders' Goal-Line Defense" .
Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 97 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Couragen, Chris (October 4, 1993).
"Dartmouth Offense Eats up Bison Defense to Wallop Bucknell 31–12" .
The Danville News . Danville, Pa. p. 9 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Lessels, Allen (October 10, 1993).
"UNH Wears Down Dartmouth" .
Boston Sunday Globe . p. 60 – via
Newspapers.com .
^
"Dartmouth Loses In-State Battle to New Hampshire" .
The Sunday Rutland Herald . Rutland, Vt. October 10, 1993. p. 11 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Berlet, Bruce (October 17, 1993).
"Yale Again Doesn't Have What It Takes: Oberle Powers Dartmouth" .
The Hartford Courant . p. D9 – via
Newspapers.com .
^
"Fiedler, Dartmouth Rally to Beat Cornell" .
The Hartford Courant .
Associated Press . October 24, 1993. p. E11 – via
Newspapers.com .
^
"Dartmouth Burns Cornell in 4th Quarter" .
Press & Sun-Bulletin . Binghamton, N.Y.
Associated Press . October 24, 1993. pp. 5D, 6D – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Concannon, Joe (October 31, 1993).
"Dartmouth Burns Harvard: QB Fiedler Lights a Fire Under Big Green in 4th" .
Boston Sunday Globe . p. 75 – via
Newspapers.com .
^
"Dartmouth Rolls On" .
The Sunday Rutland Herald . Rutland, Vt. November 7, 1993. p. 11 – via
Newspapers.com . Attendance figure in
"Ivy League Summaries: Dartmouth, 42-25" .
Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. November 7, 1993. p. 62 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Haley, Tom (November 14, 1993).
"Dartmouth Rolls to Easy Victory Over Brown" .
The Sunday Rutland Herald . p. 14 – via
Newspapers.com . Attendance figure in "Ivy League Summaries: Dartmouth 39, Brown 16".
Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. November 14, 1993. p. 60.
^
"Dartmouth Defeats Princeton by 28–22" .
The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa.
Associated Press . November 21, 1993. p. D12 – via
Newspapers.com .
^
"1993-94 Football Schedule" . Dartmouth College Athletics . Retrieved April 1, 2019 .
^
"Dartmouth (NH) Yearly Results" . CFB Data Warehouse . Archived from
the original on January 14, 2017. Retrieved April 17, 2019 .
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