<p>My US History teacher doesn't consider Dartmouth as an Ivy League because its lack of involvement at the sports level . . . Historically speaking, the Ivy leagues were sports powerhouses, but he says that Dartmouth snuck in without having a good sports program. I disagreed and I insisted that Dartmouth is a true ivy league in terms of academics and sports, but he didn't listen. He said the same for Cornell. Is my US History teacher right?</p>
<p>Actually he is incredibly wrong. Dartmouth has the most Ivy Football wins among the Ivies (In spite of the drought of the last ten years). When the Ivies were formed, Dartmouth was an athletic powerhouse. </p>
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<p>he is extremely wrong, about both dartmouth and cornell.</p>
<p>Actually kinda funny. Its a history teacher pretending to be too smart, and not realizing the internet will debunk his BS in seconds.</p>
<p>Wow, this is hilarious. you should show your teacher this (at your own peril of course). </p>
<p>First 10 years of Ivy football Championships:</p>
<h1>1956 Yale</h1>
<h1>1957 Princeton</h1>
<h1>1958 Dartmouth</h1>
<h1>1959 Pennsylvania</h1>
<h1>1960 Yale</h1>
<h1>1961 Columbia and Harvard</h1>
<h1>1962 Dartmouth</h1>
<h1>1963 Dartmouth and Princeton</h1>
<h1>1964 Princeton</h1>
<h1>1965 Dartmouth</h1>
<p>First ten years of Ivy Basketball Championships:</p>
<h1>1955-56 Dartmouth[64]</h1>
<h1>1956-57 Yale</h1>
<h1>1957-58 Dartmouth</h1>
<h1>1958-59 Dartmouth, Princeton</h1>
<h1>1959-60 Princeton</h1>
<h1>1960-61 Princeton</h1>
<h1>1961-62 Yale</h1>
<h1>1962-63 Princeton, Yale</h1>
<h1>1963-64 Princeton</h1>
<h1>1964-65 Princeton</h1>
<p>Hockey Championships (Ivy hockey started before the Ivies officially became a league:</p>
<h1>1934 Dartmouth[65]</h1>
<h1>1935 Yale</h1>
<h1>1936 Harvard</h1>
<h1>1937 Harvard</h1>
<h1>1938 Dartmouth</h1>
<h1>1939 Dartmouth</h1>
<h1>1940 Yale</h1>
<h1>1941 Princeton</h1>
<h1>1942 Dartmouth</h1>
<h1>1943 Dartmouth</h1>
<h1>1947 Dartmouth</h1>
<h1>1948 Dartmouth</h1>
<h1>1949 Dartmouth</h1>
<p>Dartmouth is the smallest university in the Ivy League, both overall and at the undergraduate level, but it is traditionally the most “sportsy” – a place of choice for smart jocks. In my day – which was about 10,000 days ago – Dartmouth teams were generally strong. Dartmouth has won or shared 12 Ivy football championships in the past 40 years (Harvard has 9; I don’t think Columbia has any), and it has sent as many players to the pros as any of them (including QB Jeff Kemp, PK Nick Lowery, and a linebacker who played for Cinncinnatti in the 80s, when the Bengals were good).</p>
<p>Hopefully you’ll have smarter teachers in college! In my dark age days Dartmouth was said to have the biggest gym and smallest library in the ivy league, we lost to them always! I think they’ve expanded both! The last director of admission got shot for suggesting Dartmouth stop lowering it’s standards for athletes.</p>
<p>To be completely honest, I think Dartmouth has taken a fantastic and rapid turn in the last twenty years - away from exclusion and towards a diverse, open minded, campus that also unfortunately that might not exactly be a force on the football field.</p>
<p>Why does it matter if Dartmouth is not considered an Ivy League by your teacher or by anyone in general? It’s still the best undergraduate college in the US.</p>
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<p>Dartmouth has actually won or shared 17 Ivy football titles since its formal formation in 1956. </p>
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<p>Reggie Williams was the LB you were referring to.</p>
<p>I second that they definitely have increased standards for athletes. All of the recruits on my hall are damn smart.</p>
<p>we were even national champions in 1925–long before formation of the Ivy League. Traditionally, D has had one of the strongest football programs among the Ancient Eight. It’s not a coincidence that the ‘Indians’ label was not one started by students of the college, but by newspaper writers referring to Dartmouth’s football team as a bunch of indians coming out of the woods to ransack the more ‘civilized’ teams on their home grounds. Goes far to show you that Dartmouth football was talk of the town back in the day. </p>
<p>And don’t forget our favorite Dartmouth alum in the NFL–the great Jay Fiedler, who led D to two Ivy championships in 91 and 92.</p>
<p>lol…you know what i’ve never heard anyone on ESPN say ever…</p>
<p>“the great Jay Fiedler”</p>
<p>higher qb rating than 11 hall of famers… not that you know, that means anything</p>
<p>your teacher is a mother****ing idiot.</p>
<p>“Historically speaking, the ivy league schools were sports powerhouses.”</p>
<p>Wow good one, your teacher is ■■■■■■■■. Dartmouth has tons more cred than Cornell</p>
<p>whoever said Dartmouth’s not an ivy league needs to shove a cactus up their butt</p>
<p>Also, our football team may be beyond terrible this year, but we’re currently tied for first in ECAC Hockey.</p>