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1938 Dartmouth

7–⁠2, coached by Red Blaik, finished No. 20 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Dartmouth in 1938, game by game: won vs. Bates 46–0; won vs. St. Lawrence 51–0; won at Princeton 22–0; won vs. Brown 34–13; won at Harvard 13–7; won at Yale 24–6; won vs. Dickinson 44–6; lost at No. 20 Cornell 7–14; lost at Stanford 13–23+51−10Won 46–0 vs. Bates+46BatesWon 51–0 vs. St. Lawrence+51St. LawrenceWon 22–0 at Princeton+22PrincetonWon 34–13 vs. Brown+21BrownWon 13–7 at Harvard+6HarvardWon 24–6 at Yale+18YaleWon 44–6 vs. Dickinson+38DickinsonLost 7–14 at No. 20 Cornell-7No. 20 CornellLost 13–23 at Stanford-10Stanford
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24vsBatesW 46–⁠094%
Oct 1vsSt. LawrenceW 51–⁠094%
Oct 8atPrincetonW 22–⁠058%
Oct 15vsBrownW 34–⁠1382%
Oct 22atHarvardW 13–⁠771%
Oct 29atYaleW 24–⁠665%
Nov 5vsDickinsonW 44–⁠695%
Nov 12at20CornellL 7–⁠1454%
Nov 26atStanfordL 13–⁠2370%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Stanford 23–⁠13; No. 20 in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 16th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 4
  2. Wk 2: 6
  3. Wk 3: 5
  4. Wk 4: 5
  5. Wk 5: 14
  6. Wk 6: 13
  7. Wk 7: 20
  8. Final: 20

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1938.

Heisman voteBob MacLeod, fourth

Consensus All-AmericanBob MacLeod, RB

Record
7–⁠2
Conference
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AP final
No. 20 peak No. 4
Points
254–⁠69
Coach
Red Blaik
Elo
1631 +18 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
16.5 No. 8 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Captain
Bob MacLeod

Drafted in 1939

The 1939 draft
Rd 1Bob MacLeod BBrooklyn Dodgers