Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Tackle This

Still another offseason visit to the record books . . . 

DARTMOUTH TACKLES IN ONE GAME

Tot


Un

Ast

Opponent

Year

Result

36

Jerry Pierce

24

12

New Hampshire

1979

T 10-10

30

Jerry Pierce

17

13

William & Mary

1980

L 17-14

29

Dave Neslund

1

28

Yale

1982

L 22-21

26

Josh Bloom

14

12

Cornell

1992

L 26-16

25

Josh Bloom

5

20

Holy Cross

1993

L 13-7

25

Dave Neslund

4

21

Colgate

1982

L 38-21

24

Jerry Pierce

12

12

Brown

1979

W 24-10

24

Jerry Pierce

5

19

Yale

1980

L 35-7

23

Josh Bloom

10

13

Cornell

1994

L 17-14

23

Len Fontes

18

5

Harvard

1985

L 17-7

22

Jerry Pierce

7

15

Yale

1979

L 3-0

22

Jerry Pierce

4

18

New Hampshire

1980

L 24-7

22

Zack Walz

9

13

Princeton

1997

W 12-9

Jerry Pierce '80

Green Alert Take: Tackle statistics are highly subjective but unassisted is unassisted and 24 and 17 unassisted tackles are serious numbers. Jerry Pierce earned the 1980 Bob Blackman Award as essentially the Big Green MVP and twice was named to the All-Ivy League first team.

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And another visit to Dartmouth football's social media for a look at mat drills:

[University of New Hampshire](https://unhwildcats.com/sports/football)

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Finally, for those of you who didn't click through to watch the entire Matt Kaskey '19 interview the other day, a snippet wherein the Birmingham Stallions offensive lineman answers the question of whether he's the smartest man in the United Football League, which kicks off this weekend:


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EXTRA POINT
Mrs. BGA and I went to see the movie One Life starring Sir Anthony Hopkins yesterday. Highly recommend it if you have a chance. Bring a hankie.
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