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](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/2023-09/20230923_buddy_candlelight_rg_544-3k.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=vX6smBWq)
![Football players listen to Kirsten Teevens at the memorial service.](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/2023-09/20230923_buddy_candlelight_rg_033-2-3k.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=wfIPxUat)
![Members of the Teevens family at the memorial service](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/2023-09/20230923_buddy_candlelight_rg_019-2-3k.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=KTwWVJLI)
![Mike Harrity and Sammy McCorkle attend the service for Buddy Teevens](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/2023-09/20230923_buddy_candlelight_rg_004-2.jpg?h=9eb0d413&itok=1jle_IyE)
![Students attend the service for Buddy Teevens](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/2023-09/20230923_buddy_candlelight_rg_003-2.jpg?h=ff97a452&itok=kSJVIOeH)
![Tevita Moimoi at the service for Buddy Teevens](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/2023-09/20230923_buddy_candlelight_rg_016-2-3k.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=YsSwFcbg)
![Jason Barabas '93 at the service for Buddy Teevens](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/2023-09/20230923_buddy_candlelight_rg_013-2-3k.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=uMAQ2XZq)
![Staff attend the service for Buddy Teevens](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/2023-09/20230923_buddy_candlelight_rg_010-2-3k.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=Fb8n_dSX)
![Friends and former players attend the service for Buddy Teevens](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/2023-09/20230923_buddy_candlelight_rg_005-2-3k.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=kSHvjINB)
![Kirsten Teevens hugs football players at the memorial service.](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/2023-09/20230923_buddy_candlelight_rg_029-2-3k.jpg?h=41f55a5b&itok=p28gnmra)
![Cheryl Bascomb and Scott Brown](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/2023-09/20230923_buddy_candlelight_rg_023-2-3k.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=oMXaqGkC)
![The Rev. Nancy Vogele '85 leads gathering](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/2023-09/20230923_buddy_candlelight_rg_018-2-3k.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=wUAmAfnS)
![Football team members wear shirts honoring Buddy Teevens '79](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/2023-09/shirt-teevens-JF-0K0A5998.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=h7baEs8_)
![Athletics Director Mike Harrity and President Sian Leah Beilock join in the moment of silence.](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/2023-09/scoreboard_silence_CB-3k.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=3PfZQ5OD)