The Indians were led by sixth-year head coach Earl Blaik and played their home games at Memorial Field in Hanover, New Hampshire.
They finished with a record of 5–3–1 and outscored opponents by a total of 154 to 73.
[1][2] After amassing a 5–0–1 record to start the season and shutting out four of those opponents, Dartmouth ascended to 14th in the AP Poll, but lost their last three contests against, No.
4 Cornell, Princeton, and a Stanford team that finished 1–7–1—their only win coming against Dartmouth.
Northwestern finish the year unranked in the AP poll and were ranked No.