1987 Dartmouth Big Green football team

The 1987 Dartmouth Big Green football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Dartmouth finished second-to-last in the Ivy League.

1987 Dartmouth Big Green football
ConferenceIvy League
Record2–8 (1–6 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Matthew Drury
  • Brett Matthews
Home stadiumMemorial Field
1987 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Harvard $ 6 1 08 2 0
Brown 5 2 07 3 0
Yale 5 2 07 3 0
Princeton 4 3 06 4 0
Cornell 4 3 05 5 0
Penn 3 4 04 6 0
Dartmouth 1 6 02 8 0
Columbia 0 7 00 10 0
  • $ Conference champion

In their first season under head coach Eugene "Buddy" Teevens, the Big Green compiled a 2–8 record and were outscored 302 to 113. Matthew Drury and Brett Matthews were the team captains.

The Big Green's 1–6 conference record placed seventh in the Ivy League standings. Dartmouth was outscored 192 to 46 by Ivy opponents. The team's only league win was a two-point victory over Columbia, a team in the midst of a five-year losing streak.

Dartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.

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