With Dartmouth finishing at 9-1 record for the third season in a row, here's a comparison of how the Big Green opponent statistics compared in the Ivy League championship seasons of 2021 and 2019 as well as the 2018 team that finished second in the conference with a 9-1 record, and the 10-0 Ivy League champions of 1996:
|
OPPONENTS |
2021 |
2019 |
2018 |
2015 |
1996 |
|
POINTS |
147 |
124 |
120 |
101 |
104 |
|
Average Per Game |
14.7 |
12.4 |
12.0 |
10.1 |
10.4 |
|
FIRST DOWNS |
156 |
188 |
167 |
158 |
158 |
|
Rushing |
57 |
69 |
58 |
53 |
n/a |
|
Passing |
82 |
104 |
101 |
91 |
n/a |
|
Penalty |
17 |
15 |
8 |
14 |
n/a |
|
RUSHING YARDAGE |
1111 |
1095 |
797 |
865 |
960 |
|
Rushing Attempts |
331 |
328 |
302 |
338 |
313 |
|
Average Per Run |
3.4 |
3.3 |
2.6 |
2.6 |
3.1 |
|
TDs Rushing |
8 |
5 |
8 |
5 |
n/a |
|
PASSING YARDAGE |
1599 |
2114 |
2007 |
1912 |
1897 |
|
Comp-Att-Int |
189-299-6 |
215-352-11 |
235-374-16 |
220-393-18 |
169-361-16 |
|
Average Per Pass |
5.3 |
6.0 |
5.4 |
4.9 |
5.3 |
|
Average Per Catch |
8.5 |
9.8 |
8.5 |
8.7 |
11.2 |
|
Average Per Game |
159.9 |
211.4 |
200.7 |
191.2 |
189.7 |
|
TDs Passing |
8 |
13 |
6 |
6 |
n/a |
|
TOTAL OFFENSE |
2710 |
3209 |
2804 |
2777 |
2857 |
|
Average Per Play |
4.3 |
4.7 |
4.1 |
3.8 |
4.2 |
|
Average Per Game |
271.0 |
320.9 |
280.4 |
277.7 |
285.7 |
|
KO RETURNS-YARDS |
22-483 |
35-641 |
36-649 |
49-832 |
44-731 |
|
PUNT RETURNS-YARDS |
3-19 |
11-88 |
8-46 |
11-39 |
25-100 |
|
INT RETURN-YARDS |
3-27 |
5- (-)2 |
3-0 |
5-(-)1 |
6-55 |
|
FUMBLES-LOST |
8-3 |
15-6 |
12-10 |
20-14 |
17-9 |
|
PENALTIES-YARDS |
44-433 |
47-406 |
50-376 |
67-572 |
49-372 |
|
PUNTS-AVG |
57-39.7 |
45-36.1 |
52-39.0 |
64-39.9 |
71-38.5 |
|
AVG POSSESSION TIME |
29:01 |
30:45 |
28:18 |
30:22 |
n/a |
|
3RD DOWN CONVERSION |
49-149 |
53-148 |
55-146 |
57-170 |
n/a |
|
4TH DOWN CONVERSION |
16-25 |
12-29 |
11-26 |
13-30 |
n/a |
A quiet day in Transfer Portal City with the only news being a University of Tennessee-Martin offer to corner Isaiah Johnson.
Green Alert Take: College football's early signing period starts next Wednesday and concludes two days later. The guess here (and it's just a guess) is that there will be a flurry of activity after the dust settles Wednesday as DI coaches look over their projected rosters and assess what holes still need to be filled.
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EXTRA POINT
I laughed the other day at the headline That Certain Dartmouth '14 put on her STRAVA account, which showed the few ski runs she took recently at Crested Butte, a half hour from her home in Gunnison, Colo.:
