Largest Point Differentials

Building on this week's posts about Dartmouth's 10 highest scoring seasons in the Ivy League era (1956-forward) and 10 stingiest defenses in the same era, today features the 10 best point differentials over the same span with the year, average differential, record and head coach.

1970 – 29.9 (9-0) Bob Blackman
1965 – 22.2 (9-0) Blackman
1969 – 20.3 (8-1) Blackman
1962 – 19.9 (9-0) Blackman
1996 – 17.1 (10-0) John Lyons
1992 – 16.1 (8-2) Lyons
1966 – 15.7 (7-2) Blackman
1976 – 13.9 (6-3) Jake Crouthamel
1971 – 11.2 (8-1) Crouthamel
1964 – 11.1 (6-3) Blackman

In case you were wondering ... the 1970 team outscored its nine opponents, 311-42. That's the second-most points scored by Dartmouth since the start of formal Ivy League play in 1956, topped only by the 364 the Big Green scored in 1992. The '92 team gave up 203 points.

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Penn's roster has been updated (link) with the addition of the incoming freshman class. Among the members of the Class of 2014 profiled is 6-foot-4, 190-pound wide receiver Conner Scott. He happens to be the younger brother of 6-4, 190-pound Dartmouth senior receiver Tanner Scott.

Brown has posted a release on its 2010 schedule that includes information on the first night game in the history of 85-year-old Brown Stadium. The Homecoming game against Harvard on Sept. 25 will kick off at 6 p.m. The release notes:

Four banks of Musco lights will illuminate Brown Stadium, with two banks of temporary lights towering above the stadium on either side of the field.

Brown coach Phil Estes:

“Our team is really excited about playing Harvard at night and making history. When it was announced to our players a rousing cheer went up. We're going to have a great crowd, it's exciting and there's something special about a night game. We've excited to give our players and fans an opportunity to experience this historic event.”

I could be wrong but given that it is the first night game in stadium history, it's early enough in the season that the weather should be warm, it's Homecoming and it's against Harvard, it would be a surprise to me if that game doesn't come close to selling out the 20,000 seat facility.

(In case you are wondering, the Musco Lighting folks contacted the Dartmouth sports information office some years ago to build a file on Memorial Field in the event that the college ever wanted to host a night game. It hasn't happened yet.)

Yesterday's mention of a heralded fullback in the Bucknell recruiting class sent me scurrying to take a look at the incoming Bison class only to discover nothing official has been released. Given the coaching change out in Lewisburg, that isn't a huge surprise. If you are curious about freshmen who might be on the other side of the field when the Big Green kicks off the season on Sept. 18, check out this unofficial recruiting list on the Lehigh Football Nation site.

And finally ... that Certain Hanover High Sophomore started driver training yesterday and while a lot of boys would be thrilled at the prospect, this one takes after his old man a bit and sounds as if he could do without a car if possible. He said they watched some pretty scary videos in the first classroom session but they didn't watch the infamous Signal 30, which seemed ancient even back when I was in high school.