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2009 Dartmouth

2–⁠8 (2–⁠5 Ivy League).

Schedule and results

Dartmouth in 2009, game by game: lost vs. Colgate 15–34; lost at New Hampshire 14–44; lost vs. Pennsylvania 24–30; lost at Yale 7–38; lost at Holy Cross 14–34; won vs. Columbia 28–6; lost at Harvard 21–42; won vs. Cornell 20–17; lost at Brown 7–14; lost vs. Princeton 11–23+22−31Lost 15–34 vs. Colgate-19ColgateLost 14–44 at New Hampshire-30New HampshireLost 24–30 vs. Pennsylvania-6PennsylvaniaLost 7–38 at Yale-31YaleLost 14–34 at Holy Cross-20Holy CrossWon 28–6 vs. Columbia+22ColumbiaLost 21–42 at Harvard-21HarvardWon 20–17 vs. Cornell+3CornellLost 7–14 at Brown-7BrownLost 11–23 vs. Princeton-12Princeton
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsColgateL 15–⁠3424%
Sep 26atNew HampshireL 14–⁠449%
Oct 3vsPennsylvaniaL 24–⁠3033%
Oct 10atYaleL 7–⁠3817%
Oct 17atHoly CrossL 14–⁠3411%
Oct 24vsColumbiaW 28–⁠640%
Oct 31atHarvardL 21–⁠4212%
Nov 7vsCornellW 20–⁠1752%
Nov 14atBrownL 7–⁠1415%
Nov 21vsPrincetonL 11–⁠2350%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Princeton 23–⁠11; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Ivy League.

In program history: The 124th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Record
2–⁠8
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 6th in Ivy League
AP final
Unranked
Points
161–⁠282
Coach
—
Elo
1119 −32 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−34.8 No. 82 of 125 in FCS
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Tim McManus and Peter Pidermann

2009 Ivy League standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Pennsylvania7–⁠08–⁠2
Harvard6–⁠17–⁠3
Brown4–⁠36–⁠4
Princeton3–⁠44–⁠6
Columbia3–⁠44–⁠6
Yale2–⁠54–⁠6
Dartmouth2–⁠52–⁠8
Cornell1–⁠62–⁠8

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