CollegeFootballDigestfrom CooperSearch

1955 Dartmouth

3–⁠6, coached by Bob Blackman.

Schedule and results

Dartmouth in 1955, game by game: lost at Colgate 20–21; lost vs. Holy Cross 21–29; lost at Brown 0–7; lost vs. Lafayette 13–21; won vs. Harvard 14–9; lost at Yale 0–20; won at Columbia 14–7; won vs. Cornell 7–0; lost at Princeton 3–6+7−20Lost 20–21 at Colgate-1ColgateLost 21–29 vs. Holy Cross-8Holy CrossLost 0–7 at Brown-7BrownLost 13–21 vs. Lafayette-8LafayetteWon 14–9 vs. Harvard+5HarvardLost 0–20 at Yale-20YaleWon 14–7 at Columbia+7ColumbiaWon 7–0 vs. Cornell+7CornellLost 3–6 at Princeton-3Princeton
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24atColgateL 20–⁠2132%
Oct 1vsHoly CrossL 21–⁠2954%
Oct 8atBrownL 0–⁠737%
Oct 15vsLafayetteL 13–⁠2186%
Oct 22vsHarvardW 14–⁠938%
Oct 29atYaleL 0–⁠2023%
Nov 5atColumbiaW 14–⁠750%
Nov 12vsCornellW 7–⁠038%
Nov 19atPrincetonL 3–⁠622%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Princeton 6–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 100th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Record
3–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠3 4th in the Ivy League (Wikipedia)
AP final
Unranked
Points
92–⁠120
Coach
Bob Blackman
Elo
1401 −35 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−13.4 No. 95 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Leo McKenna