A candlelight memorial on the Green honors the revered football coach, who died last week.
About 400 people gathered on the Green Saturday evening to remember Buddy Teevens ’79, the Robert L. Blackman Head Football Coach, who died last week following injuries from a bicycle accident in March.
Among the attendees were Teevens’ widow, Kirsten Teevens, their two children, grandchildren, longtime friends, current and former players, and Dartmouth President Sian Leah Beilock.
A moment of silence for Teevens was also held on Memorial Field before the kickoff on Saturday, the first home game, where Dartmouth defeated Lehigh, 34-17.
A New York Times obituary this weekend called Teevens a “pioneering” coach who “took the extraordinary step of banning tackling during all practices, which reduced concussions at a time when brain trauma in football had become a crisis.”
![Aerial view of the Green during Buddy Teevens' memorial service](http://home.dartmouth.edu/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_sm/public/2023-09/20230923_buddy_candlelight_rg_544-3k.jpg?h=b06e3a37&itok=GdSKgEan)
![Football players listen to Kirsten Teevens at the memorial service.](http://home.dartmouth.edu/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_sm/public/2023-09/20230923_buddy_candlelight_rg_033-2-3k.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=6MmhjcK6)
![Members of the Teevens family at the memorial service](http://home.dartmouth.edu/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_sm/public/2023-09/20230923_buddy_candlelight_rg_019-2-3k.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=f0Z5o4V6)
![Mike Harrity and Sammy McCorkle attend the service for Buddy Teevens](http://home.dartmouth.edu/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_sm/public/2023-09/20230923_buddy_candlelight_rg_004-2.jpg?h=9eb0d413&itok=ezfrI3kq)
![Students attend the service for Buddy Teevens](http://home.dartmouth.edu/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_sm/public/2023-09/20230923_buddy_candlelight_rg_003-2.jpg?h=ff97a452&itok=WIKrIY00)
![Tevita Moimoi at the service for Buddy Teevens](http://home.dartmouth.edu/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_sm/public/2023-09/20230923_buddy_candlelight_rg_016-2-3k.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=xTYskhdS)
![Jason Barabas '93 at the service for Buddy Teevens](http://home.dartmouth.edu/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_sm/public/2023-09/20230923_buddy_candlelight_rg_013-2-3k.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=DOSBSmEc)
![Staff attend the service for Buddy Teevens](http://home.dartmouth.edu/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_sm/public/2023-09/20230923_buddy_candlelight_rg_010-2-3k.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=pQ9CqMjJ)
![Friends and former players attend the service for Buddy Teevens](http://home.dartmouth.edu/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_sm/public/2023-09/20230923_buddy_candlelight_rg_005-2-3k.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=AZevCDHb)
![Kirsten Teevens hugs football players at the memorial service.](http://home.dartmouth.edu/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_sm/public/2023-09/20230923_buddy_candlelight_rg_029-2-3k.jpg?h=41f55a5b&itok=uPwc-5Du)
![Cheryl Bascomb and Scott Brown](http://home.dartmouth.edu/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_sm/public/2023-09/20230923_buddy_candlelight_rg_023-2-3k.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=33J--Txi)
![The Rev. Nancy Vogele '85 leads gathering](http://home.dartmouth.edu/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_sm/public/2023-09/20230923_buddy_candlelight_rg_018-2-3k.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=aGCW_ox1)
![Football team members wear shirts honoring Buddy Teevens '79](http://home.dartmouth.edu/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_sm/public/2023-09/shirt-teevens-JF-0K0A5998.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=kVN_7c1G)
![Athletics Director Mike Harrity and President Sian Leah Beilock join in the moment of silence.](http://home.dartmouth.edu/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_sm/public/2023-09/scoreboard_silence_CB-3k.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=Wpn3p08m)