1982 Dartmouth Big Green football team

In its fifth season under head coach Joe Yukica, the team compiled a 5–5 record but was outscored 235 to 219.

Sean Mahler and David Neslund were the team captains.

[1] The Big Green's 5–2 conference record put them in a three-way tie atop the Ivy League standings.

[2] Dartmouth had beaten both of its co-champions, Harvard and Penn, in head-to-head matchups.

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