The 1970 Dartmouth Indians football team represented

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during the

1970 NCAA University Division football season The 1970 NCAA University Division football season was marked by tragedy, due to two airplane crashes. On October 2, one of the planes carrying the Wichita State football team crashed on the way to a game against Utah State, killing 31 people on ...

. The Indians were led by 16th-year head coach Bob Blackman and played their home games at Memorial Field in

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. They finished with a perfect record of 9–0, winning the

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title and the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy, which signified them as champions of the East. Dartmouth finished ranked 14th in both major polls, their first ranked finish since 1943 and the last time an Ivy League school was ranked in the final AP Poll.

Schedule

Roster

External links

Dartmouth Alumni Magazine ''That Championship Season'' Sept/Oct 2007 Ralph Wimbish

References

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Dartmouth Big Green football seasons Ivy League football champion seasons Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy seasons College football undefeated seasons

Dartmouth Indians football The Dartmouth Big Green football team represents Dartmouth College in NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) college football competition as a member of the Ivy League. The team possesses a storied tradition that includes a natio ...

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