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2003 Dartmouth

5–⁠5 (4–⁠3 Ivy League).

Schedule and results

Dartmouth in 2003, game by game: lost vs. Colgate 9–31; lost at New Hampshire 17–42; lost vs. Pennsylvania 20–33; lost at Yale 17–40; won at Holy Cross 24–20; won vs. Columbia 26–21; won at Harvard 30–16; won vs. Cornell 26–17; lost at Brown 21–26; won vs. Princeton 21–15+14−25Lost 9–31 vs. Colgate-22ColgateLost 17–42 at New Hampshire-25New HampshireLost 20–33 vs. Pennsylvania-13PennsylvaniaLost 17–40 at Yale-23YaleWon 24–20 at Holy Cross+4Holy CrossWon 26–21 vs. Columbia+5ColumbiaWon 30–16 at Harvard+14HarvardWon 26–17 vs. Cornell+9CornellLost 21–26 at Brown-5BrownWon 21–15 vs. Princeton+6Princeton
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsColgateL 9–⁠3160%
Sep 27atNew HampshireL 17–⁠4247%
Oct 4vsPennsylvaniaL 20–⁠3344%
Oct 11atYaleL 17–⁠4025%
Oct 18atHoly CrossW 24–⁠2042%
Oct 25vsColumbiaW 26–⁠2156%
Nov 1atHarvardW 30–⁠1620%
Nov 8vsCornellW 26–⁠1773%
Nov 15atBrownL 21–⁠2645%
Nov 22vsPrincetonW 21–⁠1567%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Princeton 21–⁠15; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Ivy League.

In program history: The 117th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 2nd in Ivy League
AP final
Unranked
Points
211–⁠261
Coach
—
Elo
1311 −15 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−32.3 No. 58 of 120 in Division I-AA
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Casey Cramer and Clayton Smith

Drafted in 2004

The 2004 draft
Rd 7Casey Cramer RBTampa Bay Buccaneers

2003 Ivy League standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Pennsylvania7–⁠010–⁠0
Harvard4–⁠37–⁠3
Yale4–⁠36–⁠4
Dartmouth4–⁠35–⁠5
Brown4–⁠35–⁠5
Columbia3–⁠44–⁠6
Princeton2–⁠52–⁠8
Cornell0–⁠71–⁠9

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