Curt Bury '53, has traveled to the Yale Bowl from his home in Maryland to see his 64th consecutive Dartmouth-Yale football game. Curt, who wrote the first program to computerize play-by-play statistics for Dartmouth football in the 1980s, was kind enough to share a list of his 10 most memorable Dartmouth-Yale games through the years as well as a second list of games that narrowly missed the cut.
CURT'S TOP 10
1. 1949 - (1st of 64): Dartmouth 34, Yale 13 - My first in the streak and my Freshman year at Dartmouth. Alumni chartered bus from Fairfield, CT to Yale Bowl. Johnny Clayton QB's the win.
2. 1953 - (5th): Dartmouth 32, Yale 0 - Huge upset by 0-5 Dartmouth. Later Dartmouth President Dave McLaughlin had 2 TDs
3. 1958 - (10th): Dartmouth 22, Yale 14 - 1st Ivy League Championship. Bill Gundy & John Crouthamel star
4. 1965 - (17th): D 20, Yale 17 - Undefeated, Lambert Trophy champs. Mickey Beard led fourth quarter comeback
5. 1970 - (22nd): Dartmouth 10, Yale 0 - Undefeated - best Dartmouth team ever! 60,820 at game. Ivy Champs - Bob Blackman's last year as coach
6. 1983 - (35th): Dartmouth 24, Yale 21 - broke 4-game losing streak to Yale. Came back from 3-21 behind on Frank Polsinello to Mike Viccora TD pass with 47 seconds to go.
7. 1986 - (38th): Dartmouth 39, Yale 13 - Big win by 0-6 Green. Torain, Dufresne, Gabianelli and Morton star
8. 1990 - (42nd): Dartmouth 27, Yale 17 - Beginning of 9 straight wins over Yale. Ivy Co-Champs. Shon Page - 126 yds. Neal Martin 2 TDs
9. 1998 - (50th): Dartmouth 22, Yale 19 - 9th win in a row over Yale despite Yale dominating stats - Mike Coffey 2 TD passes
10. 2002 - (54th): Dartmouth 20, Yale 17 - last Dartmouth win before Yale's 9 in a row. Brian Mann QB, Clayton Smith blocked last second Yale FG
CURT'S HONORABLE MENTION
* 1962: Undefeated team - Bill King and great linebacker Don McKinnon helped win, 9-0 in rain and cold. A great win for Coach Bob Blackman.
* 1971: First Dartmouth-Yale game in Hanover since 1884. Ted Perry FG at end wins, 17-15
* 1973: Dartmouth 24. Yale 13 - Ivy Champs. Tom Snickenberger 3 TD passes
* 1977: Dartmouth 3, Yale 0 - Nick Lowrey FG win. Buddy Teevens at QB in 4th quarter.
* 1978: Dartmouth 10, Yale 3 - Ivy Champs. Joe Yukica coach, Buddy Teevens is QB
* 1991: Dartmouth 28, Yale 24 - Ivy Champs. Jay Fiedler at QB, Mike Bobo winning TD catch with :23 to go
* 1992: Dartmouth39, Yale 27 - Ivy co-Champs. Fiedler 419 yards passing
* 1996: Dartmouth 40, Yale 6 - Most one-sided Dartmouth win, biggest margin. Undefeated Ivy Champs
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Dartmouth-Harvard on TV. From the Dartmouth sports information office:
Comcast SportsNet announced this week that it will televise the college football game at Dartmouth’s Memorial Field between the Big Green and Harvard on Oct. 27 at 5 p.m. on its New England regional channel (CSNNE)And . . .
Comcast Sports Network can be found in the Hanover area on Comcast cable in high definition on channel 779 (standard definition on 35), DirecTV on channel 630 and Dish Network on channel 435.Unfortunately, like NBC Sports Network, even those of us who have Dish won't be able to see the game unless we have a certain level programming package.
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Austin Park wasn’t blessed with the accurate arm of his brother, Alex, or the sheer size of his brother, Ian, but the Upper St. Clair senior offensive lineman has the brains and brawn to match both.
Entering his third season as a starter, Park is regarded as one of the top centers in the WPIAL. Ivy and Patriot league schools have taken notice of not only of his 4.2 grade-point average and scores of 29 on the ACT and 1,950 on the SAT but also his ability to bench-press 350 pounds and squat 550.
