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1970 Dartmouth

9–⁠0 (7–⁠0 Ivy League), coached by Bob Blackman, finished No. 14 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Dartmouth in 1970, game by game: won vs. Massachusetts 27–0; won at Holy Cross 50–14; won vs. Princeton 38–0; won vs. Brown 42–14; won at Harvard 37–14; won at Yale 10–0; won vs. Columbia 55–0; won at Cornell 24–0; won at Pennsylvania 28–0+55Won 27–0 vs. Massachusetts+27MassachusettsWon 50–14 at Holy Cross+36Holy CrossWon 38–0 vs. Princeton+38PrincetonWon 42–14 vs. Brown+28BrownWon 37–14 at Harvard+23HarvardWon 10–0 at Yale+10YaleWon 55–0 vs. Columbia+55ColumbiaWon 24–0 at Cornell+24CornellWon 28–0 at Pennsylvania+28Pennsylvania
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vsMassachusettsW 27–⁠090%
Oct 3atHoly CrossW 50–⁠1473%
Oct 10vsPrincetonW 38–⁠061%
Oct 17vsBrownW 42–⁠1489%
Oct 24atHarvardW 37–⁠1464%
Oct 31atYaleW 10–⁠044%
Nov 7vsColumbiaW 55–⁠090%
Nov 14atCornellW 24–⁠068%
Nov 21atPennsylvaniaW 28–⁠080%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Pennsylvania 28–⁠0; No. 14 in the final AP poll; Ivy League champions.

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

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 9: 17
  2. Wk 10: 15
  3. Wk 11: 16
  4. Wk 12: 14
  5. Wk 13: 15
  6. Wk 14: 14
  7. Final: 14

Ivy League champions7–⁠0 in the conference

Walter Camp Coach of the YearBob Blackman, coach

Record
9–⁠0
Conference
7–⁠0 first in Ivy League
AP final
No. 14 peak No. 14
Points
311–⁠42
Coach
Bob Blackman
Elo
1732 +146 this season
SP+ rating
28.8 No. 5 of 117; offense No. 12, defense No. 4
SRS
10.5 No. 36 of 123 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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1970 Ivy League standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Dartmouth7–⁠09–⁠014
Yale5–⁠27–⁠2
Harvard5–⁠27–⁠2
Cornell4–⁠36–⁠3
Princeton3–⁠45–⁠4
Pennsylvania2–⁠54–⁠5
Columbia1–⁠63–⁠6
Brown1–⁠62–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.