Only once in Dartmouth’s storied football history has the team rallied from a 20-point deficit to snatch victory from defeat. On Oct. 27, 1951, host Harvard took a 20-0 lead in the first half, only to have the Green score 26 unanswered points for a 26-20 triumph.
The refreshingly candid Dartmouth notes also include this:
In each of the past two seasons, Dartmouth was among the nation’s leaders in fewest sacks allowed. But through three games this year, Big Green opponents have dropped the quarterback 11 times already, surpassing the total from 2010 (7) and 2011 (9).
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For a story I freelanced on NFL receiver-turned-Dartmouth-wide receivers coach Cortez Hankton for the Dartmouth-Butler game program, click here.
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The Sports Network's column on the Rice Award watch list for the nation's outstanding FCS freshman suggests that Yale running back Tyler Varga may be classified by the Ivy League as a sophomore rather than a freshman because of his experience playing last year in Canada.The TSN notes also mention that Cornell has scored at least 45 points in each of its last three Ivy games and that Princeton is the only team in the nation not to allow a touchdown through the air.
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Record aside, there's a feeling in New York City that coach Pete Mangurian has tapped into something important for the turnaround of the Columbia football program. The Columbia Spectator has a column.
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Two fifth-year senior football players at Cornell have started an online network that the Cornell Daily Sun reports is intended to help the school's "student-athletes to connect and learn career preparation skills . . ."
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