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

Football
vs New Hampshire
SENIOR (2016)
Played in nine of the 10 games, starting eight at defensive end ... All-Ivy League honorable mention on the defensive line ... began season with four assisted tackles — one for a loss — to help Dartmouth defeat 22nd-ranked New Hampshire, 22-21, for the first time in 40 years ... credited with five solo stops the following week in a 35-10 win at Holy Cross ... missed the Yale game due to injury ... returned to the gridiron against Towson, chipping in three tackles in the 20-17 triumph ... amassed a career-best nine stops in the defensive struggle at Columbia, including 1.5 for a loss ... two of his three tackles against Brown came at the line for no gain ... capped career with four stops at Princeton.
JUNIOR (2015)
Contributed at least one tackle in every game as a reserve lineman on defense ... posted a season-high three tackles to start the season at Georgetown, including dropping a receiver for a four-yard loss in the 31-10 triumph ... stuffed a Sacred Heart rusher three yards behind the line in the 49-7 blowout of the Pioneers ... helped out on three tackles in the 34-7 road win at Central Connecticut State ... lead tackler on one of the five stops at the one during the epic goal-line stand in the fourth quarter at 15th-ranked Harvard ... brought down a Bear running back at the line of scrimmage on a 3rd-and-3 play as Dartmouth beat Brown on the road, 34-18.
SOPHOMORE (2014)
Saw action in nine of the 10 games as a reserve on the defensive line ... helped out on a pair of tackles in the 35-25 win over Central Connecticut ... also made stops in games against Columbia, Cornell, Brown and Princeton, all Big Green wins.
FRESHMAN (2013)
Made an appearance with the varsity in the four-overtime defeat at Penn ... battled injuries off and on during his rookie campaign.
HIGH SCHOOL
Chosen to the Central Suburban League All-Conference First Team as a junior and senior ... Pioneer Press All-Area First Team as a senior ... CSL All-Conference throwing weights in track ... three-year starter on gridiron ... team captain as a senior ... academic all-state.
PERSONAL
History major ... full name is Zachary Ian Husain ... born on June 12, 1995 ... son of David and Jeanne Husain has one brother, Patrick, who is a 6-7, 309 tackle at Northern Illinois after starting his collegiate career at Tulane ... enjoys cooking ... champion of the annual Dakota Nation Indian Guides Balsawood Derby.
TACKLES | g | ua | a | total | tfl-yds | pd | ff | fr | blk |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
2014 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
2015 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 2.0-7 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
2016 | 9 | 17 | 17 | 34 | 2.5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
TOTAL | 29 | 23 | 35 | 58 | 4.5-11 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |