Upcoming Event: Football versus New Hampshire on September 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
1:00 PM

Football
vs New Hampshire
SENIOR (2021)
Named to Phil Steele Preseason All-Ivy League Third Team.
JUNIOR (2020)
Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
SOPHOMORE (2019) | Game-by-Game Stats
Key defensive player and special teamer who was third on the team in tackles while playing in every game but starting just twice … had at least two stops in every contest and at least four in nine of the 10 …opened the year with five tackles, one going for a loss, in the 35-6 victory at Jacksonville … made four solo stops, three on special teams, to help Dartmouth dismantle Colgate, 38-3 … in the Ivy League opener, brought down six Quakers and broke up a pass in the 28-15 triumph at Penn … led the homecoming effort with a season-high nine tackles and thwarted another throw in the 42-10 win over Yale … tied for the team lead the following week with four tackles as Marist fell to the Big Green, 49-7 … one of his four stops at Harvard was inside Dartmouth 10 and led to the Crimson coming away with nothing in the thrilling 9-6 win on a Hail Mary … contributed eight tackles in the 27-10 triumph over ninth-ranked Princeton at Yankee Stadium … finished the year with eight more stops in the title-clinching, 29-23 victory at Brown … two of those tackles come on consecutive plays at the Big Green 6 with the Bears needing just a yard for a first down, only to be denied each time by the hard-hitting nickelback to turn the ball over on downs.
FRESHMAN (2018) | Game-by-Game Stats
Played in all 10 games as a nickelback and on special teams … finished the year with 19 tackles, 14 solo … had a terrific collegiate debut, collecting three stops, breaking up a pass and recovering a fumble in the 41-0 shutout of Georgetown … made four solo tackles as the Big Green won their Ivy opener over Penn, 37-14 … tied for the team lead with a season-high six stops — one for a 2-yard loss — as Dartmouth blanked Sacred Heart, 42-0.
HIGH SCHOOL
Chosen to the All-Interstate Athletic Conference team … came to Episcopal after a prep career at Traverse City (Mich.) where he played strong safety and saw time at running back on the gridiron and also played baseball … ran sprints, hurdles and relays on the track team.
PERSONAL
Full name is John A. Pupel … offered by Butler and Davidson.