History of Dartmouth football under William Wurtenburg
Prior to Wurtenburg's hiring, the team had won two consecutive Triangular Football League championships under coach Wallace Moyle.
During Wurtenburg's five year coaching tenure, Dartmouth went 8–2 in conference contests and won four consecutive Triangular Football League championships.
The 1898 season was the final Triangular Football League championship the school would win; the conference would become defunct in 1901, two years later.
Prior to Wurtenburg's arrival, the school had won four Triangular Football League championships in seven years.
Wallace Moyle was the first coach hired by the program; he served in that position during the two years before Wurtenburg's appointment and led the school to a 9–7 record.
He was introduced to football while a student at Phillips Exeter Academy, where, in his senior year, he played quarterback and served as team captain.
[7] Upon graduating from Yale in 1893, Wurtenburg accepted a position as head coach of the Naval Academy football team for the 1894 season.
[9] During the time that Wurtenburg coached Dartmouth, the program went 23–23–2 and won four consecutive Triangular Football League championships.
[12] Fred Crolius, captain of the 1898 team, would reflect on Wurtenburg's coaching career at Dartmouth for William "Big Bill" Edwards' book Football Days, stating that:
