In their third season under head coach Jake Crouthamel, the Indians compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents 184 to 119.
Thomas C. Csatari and Herbert Hopkins were the team captains.
In 1974, the college trustees ruled "use of the [Indian] symbol in any form to be inconsistent with present institutional and academic objectives of the college in advancing Native American education."
That fall, all Dartmouth teams changed their name to "Big Green", which had long been used by the press as an alternative nickname for Dartmouth athletics teams.
[3] Dartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.