Numbers To Think About

Some interesting numbers . . .

Dartmouth's record against conference opponents in the 55 years since the start of formal Ivy League play:

vs. Columbia 46-8-1, .840
vs. Brown 35-17-3, .676
vs.Cornell 36-19-0, .648
vs. Princeton 33-22-1, .583
vs. Penn 26-29-0, .481
vs. Yale 25-28-2, .481
vs. Harvard 22-31-2, .426

Interestingly, Dartmouth's .840 winning percentage against Columbia is tied for the best record any school has a league opponent with Harvard, which also has an .identical 46-8-1 record against Columbia.

Here's how many conference teams each school has a winning record against since the start of formal Ivy League play:

Harvard 7
Yale 6
Dartmouth 4
Princeton 4
Penn 3
Brown 2
Cornell 2
Columbia 0

Harvard's lowest winning percentage is .519 against Princeton.

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The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has a story with St. Vincent College head coach Bob Colbert in which he strongly suggests divisions below Division I do it the right way. Colbert, once the youngest college football coach in the country, is in his 42nd year as a college coach and served as Buddy Teevens' offensive line coach at Dartmouth in the 1990 Ivy League championship season and also coached at Cornell and Colgate among others.

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The assistant head coach at Game One opponent Colgate says if you are replacing your quarterback you sleep a lot better when you have your entire starting offensive line and the nation's leading rusher returning. He also reminds us it is not exactly a secret what the Raiders like to do on offense. Check out this video that includes comments from a couple of Colgate's big guys up front.