The Bulldogs square off against the Dartmouth Big Green this Friday at 6 PM ET at the Bowl. You can watch the game on ESPNU. The weather shouldn’t be a factor with a 64 degree temperature at kickoff, but the playing surface could be slick with all the rain Connecticut has had this week.
Sophomore Quarterback Derek Kyler leads the Big Green’s offense and has been highly efficient this season completing 58 of 77 attempts for 7 touchdowns and only one interception. Dartmouth’s offensive line is the most talented to date featuring 6’7″, 325 lb. left tackle Matt Kaskey. Kyler doesn’t have the frame to sustain a continued beating and telegraphs where he is throwing the ball, but his offensive line has kept defenders at bay and his receivers have torched opposing secondaries. Hunnicutt, Hagdorn and Estrada are dangerous receiving threats that will challenge our secondary. Tight End Connor Rempel has been productive this season catching 11 passes for two touchdowns. Roughly 64% of the play calls have been runs, although this figure could be deceiving considering Dartmouth has held large leads in each contest and was trying to burn time off the clock. Miles Smith, Rashaad Cooper and Caylin Parker form the running back rotation and Cooper has had the most success this season averaging 5.9 yards per carry. Look for Dartmouth to utilize wildcat QB and utility player Jared Gerbino in various roles on Friday.
The heart and soul of this season’s Dartmouth squad is their defense. The Big Green’s defense has All-Ivy talent at all three levels. Defensive tackle Jackson Perry is the most talented linemen of the bunch racking up two sacks and three tackles for losses in just three contests. Overall, the defensive line looks to be on par with Maine’s unit if not slightly better. Linebacker Jack Traynor is a machine who had ten tackles a year ago versus the Bulldogs. In the secondary, Isiah Swann has been phenomenal as he leads the Ivy League with four interceptions. Errant passes this week could spell doom for the Elis.
On special teams, Connor Davis is an average kicker with 5 field goals out of 9 attempts and 13 of 14 extra points. Punter Davis Brief has struggled averaging 31.7 yards per punt. The kick return and punt return teams are excellent accounting for 33 yards per kick return and just under 14 yards per punt return.
6 replies on “Dartmouth Preview”
BEAT Dartmouth like Keith Moon did .? Like a DRUM ..!!! Thank you Thank you very much.!!!
If we stay with the one back offense were doomed . Thats all i will say. Good night Yale.
Hope the team doesn’t see this preview. It makes it look like we don’t have a chance!!
Dartmouth hasn’t been tested yet. In my mind, both teams are undefeated, the Yale coaching staff is 2-1. Playing against Maine last week was a great prep for this weeks game. TE’s will play a huge role as Shofi will be doubled most of the time. Avoid giving up the long ball on D and make the QB pay hard if he runs the wildcat. Its time to take off the gloves and show the league just what this team is about. Special teams put Yale over for the win.
Hearing that we have some offensive firepower that will be back on the field tomorrow night !
CHOMP ON THAT BIG GREEN ASS..!!! ROLL DOG’S ROLL