Dartmouth apologizes for postgame brawl
The Dartmouth athletic department and football team apologized Thursday for the fight that broke out at the end of its game with Holy Cross last weekend as the college and police continued to investigate the incident.
After winning in overtime, Holy Cross players celebrated atop the Dartmouth “D” painted on the field, and fights broke out when the teams lined up for postgame handshakes. Some players were thrown to the ground and kicked. Coaches, campus security and Hanover, N.H., police broke it up. No one was hurt.
The game wasn’t televised and the fight was so unexpected and short that the cameraman filming the game for Dartmouth caught only the end.
Holy Cross will not discipline its players, sports information director Charles Bare said.
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