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1939 Dartmouth

5–⁠3–⁠1, coached by Red Blaik.

Schedule and results

Dartmouth in 1939, game by game: won vs. St. Lawrence 41–9; won vs. Hampden Sydney 34–6; tied vs. Navy 0–0; won vs. Lafayette 14–0; won at Harvard 16–0; won at Yale 33–0; lost at Princeton 7–9; lost vs. No. 4 Cornell 6–35; lost vs. Stanford 3–14+33−29Won 41–9 vs. St. Lawrence+32St. LawrenceWon 34–6 vs. Hampden Sydney+28Hampden SydneyTied 0–0 vs. Navy0NavyWon 14–0 vs. Lafayette+14LafayetteWon 16–0 at Harvard+16HarvardWon 33–0 at Yale+33YaleLost 7–9 at Princeton-2PrincetonLost 6–35 vs. No. 4 Cornell-29No. 4 CornellLost 3–14 vs. Stanford-11Stanford
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 30vsSt. LawrenceW 41–⁠993%
Oct 7vsHampden SydneyW 34–⁠691%
Oct 14vsNavyT 0–⁠066%
Oct 21vsLafayetteW 14–⁠081%
Oct 28atHarvardW 16–⁠055%
Nov 4atYaleW 33–⁠065%
Nov 11atPrincetonL 7–⁠961%
Nov 18vs4CornellL 6–⁠3553%
Dec 2vsStanfordL 3–⁠1480%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Stanford 14–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 44th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 4: 14
  2. Wk 5: 20
Record
5–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
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AP final
Unranked peak No. 14
Points
154–⁠73
Coach
Red Blaik
Elo
1557 −30 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
1.4 No. 56 of 124 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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