Harvard, on the other hand, has contained enemy offenses to less than 400 yards in every game thus far, and last Saturday, Cornell managed only 133.
Despite several glaring contrasts between them, Harvard and Dartmouth are remarkably similar in one respect.
Both squads opened the season with two potential starting quarterbacks. The Green initially tapped Frank Polsinello, the junior who got his first varsity start in last year's Harvard game after a severe knee injury put the No. 1 QB, Rick Stafford, out of action.
Polsinello went on to lead the Green to five wins in six games and the 1981 co-championship, relegating Stafford, now a healthy senior, relegating Stafford, now a healthy senior, to the back-up slot this season.
But in the Green's 28-12 loss to Holy Cross, Polsinello suffered a separated shoulder that is expected to sideline him for the rest of the year.
A week before Polsinello's injury made Stafford a starter again. Harvard's No. 1 signal-caller, Ron Cuccia, broke a rib in the season-opener with Columbia Since then, Donnie Allard has adroitly guided Joe Restic's Multi flex.
Until last Saturday that is, when Allard sustained a bruised left collarbone in the first half of the Cornell game and relinquished his duties to reserve QB Jack Riordan.
Riordan practiced as the No. 1 quarterback all this, while Allard was unable to work out in pads. Allard did some throwing at practice, but he was still experiencing pain late in the week.
"I'm not sure I'll be able to start We'll just have to wait until Saturday and see," Allard said, adding. "We are hoping that the game won't depend on whether or not I can play. I think Jack's ready to start if he has to."
Neither Riodan nor Allard should have trouble moving the ball against what is possibly the worst defense in the Ivy League, but Dartmouth's offense could give the Crimson its biggest test yet.
If the Harvard line, which already has 16 sacks to its credit, gives Stafford any time, be will spend it looking for his favorite receiver, split end Jack Daly.
Daly, a junior has proven himself an exceptional receiver, with no fear of catching the ball in a crowd. When Dartmouth opts to stay on the ground, its chief threat is senior Co-Captain Sean Maher, a hefty tailback who rushed for 118 yards and two touchdowns in last year's 24-10 Dartmouth win.
The match-up win also feature two of the League's best punters in Harvard's Jim Villauneva, who is leading the EcAc with a 40.3-Yards average, and Dartmouth's Rich Bayless, the 1981 first-team All-Ivy selection.
Kickoff is 1:30 p.m. Larry Kahn and Frank Mungeam of WHRB (95.3 FM) will broadcast live from Hanover
THE NOTEBOOK: Harvard team Captain Greg Brown observed the other day: "Jack Daly's real first name is John, and our John Dailey [Crimson right cornerback] has to cover him. So it will be a match-up of the John Daileys [Dalys]." Dartmouth has two pairs of brothers on its roster: tailback Pat and defensive back Pete Lavery of Arlington, Mass. and starting noseguard Mike and former starting fullback (out with a knee injury) Rich Lena. The Lenas live next door to Harvard defensive end Joe Margolis in Woodbridge, Conn. The trio played high school ball together, and in 1978, their school won the Connecticut state championship.