“They did a good job of converting some opportunities, they are a very veteran squad,” said Surace in assessing the Dartmouth rally as it finished 9-1 overall and 6-1 Ivy, tying Harvard and Penn for the title, while Princeton ended at 5-5 overall and 2-5 Ivy.
“I think they start 16 seniors and a number of them are two-three year starters. They played very maturely down the stretch. We had a couple of drops, we had a couple of missed opportunities. We didn’t protect the passer as well in the fourth quarter as we had going into that.”A Princeton Packet follow included this from Surace:
"I thought the Dartmouth team we played last week was one of the most talented we have played in my six years here and we went toe to toe with them.”One of the keys to the Big Green success this fall was staying healthy, which Princeton did not. Surace in the same story:
"You don’t want to make excuses but we had seven guys returning that were either All Ivy or you’d call their names (Tuesday) for All-Ivy and they missed significant portions of the season. It shows how important depth is. "
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In a Valley News follow up, Dartmouth Athletic Director Harry Sheehy puts the Ivy League championship in perspective:“Football is more tied into the soul of this institution than at any other Ivy institution,” Sheehy said. “So when we suffer, we suffer greatly. That’s why you saw the release out there today after the game and why it’s such a huge piece of the whole community.”The story also notes that Teevens received in excess of 1,000 emails in the days immediately after the win over Princeton.
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And finally, the New York Post writes about The College of Faith, which was beaten by future Dartmouth opponent Valparaiso in September, 86-0. The Post writes that the CoF teams . . .. . . have scored just once in their 19 games against NCAA and NAIA opponents, most of them Division I or II schools, losing by a combined 1,159-6.A couple more outtakes from the story about CoF:
The one classroom space is an office of about 1,000 square feet that the college rents.
“I’ve never seen anyone go in there,” said the receptionist at Cereal Byproducts Co., which occupies the office next door.And . . .
". . . no student has earned a degree or a single transferrable credit."
