FRESHMAN FOOTBALL

Dartmouth's frosh football team took a 4-1 record into its final game of the season at Boston College and Coach Jerry Berndt's team showed vastly contrasting styles in wins Nos. 3 and 4 despite strikingly similar performances from one particular player.

The Green nudged past Yale, 13-12, and then racked New Hampshire, 54- 26. In each game, the man who made the difference for Dartmouth was Rob Swenson, a fullback from Thief River Falls, Minn.

Against Yale, Swenson (he's from the same hometown as Paul Klungness, the standout runner of the mid-60s) gained 170 yards and scored a touchdown.

In the New Hampshire action, Swenson broke apart a tight game with touchdown runs of 45, 65, and 70 yards. The latter two runs came in the second half as the Green scored five times.

With one game remaining, Swenson had 541 yards in 70 carries and an average of 108 yards per game. He had scored five touchdowns.

Combined with quarterback Mike Brait (the co-captain along with line- backer Reggie Williams), halfback Bruce Bell (a converted quarterback), and speedy split end Tom Fleming, Swenson provided the frosh with a solid attack that was successful, too, against Holy Cross and Boston University while losing only to Harvard (20-7).

"We have some people who should help the varsity program," said Berndt.