1959 Ivy League football season

The 1959 Ivy League football season was the fourth season of college football play for the Ivy League and was part of the 1959 NCAA University Division football season. The season began on September 26, 1959, and ended on November 26, 1959. Ivy League teams were 10–5 against non-conference opponents and Penn won the conference championship.[1]

1959 Ivy League football season
LeagueNCAA University Division
SportFootball
DurationSeptember 26, 1959 –
November 26, 1959
Number of teams8
1960 NFL Draft
Top draft pickTom Budrewicz (Brown)
Picked byChicago Bears, 140th overall
Regular season
ChampionsPenn
Football seasons
← 1958
1960 →
1959 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn $ 6 1 0 7 1 1
Dartmouth 5 1 1 5 3 1
Harvard 4 3 0 6 3 0
Yale 4 3 0 6 3 0
Cornell 3 4 0 5 4 0
Princeton 3 4 0 4 5 0
Brown 1 5 1 2 6 1
Columbia 1 6 0 2 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion

Season overview edit

Conf. Rank Team Head coach AP final AP high Overall record Conf. record PPG PAG
1 Penn[2] Steve Sebo NR NR 7–1–1 6–1 21.7 8.2
2 Dartmouth[3] Bob Blackman NR NR 5–3–1 5–1–1 10.7 11.8
3 Harvard[4] John Yovicsin NR NR 6–3 4–3 19.7 11.2
4 Yale[5] Jordan Olivar NR #13 6–3 4–3 17.7 10.6
5 (tie) Cornell[6] George K. James NR NR 5–4 3–4 12.2 15.1
5 (tie) Princeton[7] Dick Colman NR NR 4–5 3–4 13.8 10.8
7 Brown[8] John McLaughry NR NR 2–6–1 1–5–1 5.7 15.4
8 Columbia[9] Aldo Donelli NR NR 2–7 1–6 9.1 21.0

Schedule edit

Index to colors and formatting
Ivy League member won
Ivy League member lost
Ivy League teams in bold

Week 1 edit

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
September 26 Lafayette Penn Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA W 26–0
September 26 Holy Cross Dartmouth Memorial FieldHanover, NH L 8–31
September 26 Massachusetts Harvard Harvard StadiumBoston, MA W 36–22
September 26 Connecticut Yale Yale BowlNew Haven, CT W 20–0
September 26 Cornell Colgate Colgate UniversityHamilton, NY W 20–15
September 26 Rutgers Princeton Palmer StadiumPrinceton, NJ L 6–8
September 26 Columbia Brown Brown StadiumProvidence, RI COL 21–6

Week 2 edit

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
October 3 Dartmouth Penn Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA PENN 13–0
October 3 Bucknell Harvard Harvard StadiumBoston, MA W 20–6
October 3 Brown Yale Yale BowlNew Haven, CT YALE 17–0
October 3 Lehigh Cornell Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY W 13–6
October 3 Princeton Columbia Baker FieldNew York City, NY PRIN 22–0

Week 3 edit

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
October 10 Penn Princeton Palmer StadiumPrinceton, NJ PENN 18–0
October 10 Brown Dartmouth Memorial FieldHanover, NH T 0–0
October 10 Cornell Harvard Harvard StadiumBoston, MA COR 20–16
October 10 Columbia Yale Yale BowlNew Haven, CT YALE 14–0

Week 4 edit

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
October 17 Brown Penn Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA PENN 36–9
October 17 Dartmouth Boston College Alumni StadiumChestnut Hill, MA L 12–35
October 17 Columbia Harvard Harvard StadiumBoston, MA HAR 38–22
October 17 Yale Cornell Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY YALE 23–0
October 17 Colgate Princeton Palmer StadiumPrinceton, NJ W 42–7

Week 5 edit

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
October 24 Navy Penn Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA T 22–22
October 24 Dartmouth Harvard Harvard StadiumBoston, MA DART 9–0
October 24 Colgate #19 Yale Yale BowlNew Haven, CT W 21–0
October 24 Cornell Princeton Palmer StadiumPrinceton, NJ PRIN 20–0
October 24 Rhode Island Brown Brown StadiumProvidence, RI W 6–0
October 24 Holy Cross Columbia Baker FieldNew York City, NY L 0–34

Week 6 edit

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
October 31 Harvard Penn Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA HAR 12–0
October 31 Dartmouth #13 Yale Yale BowlNew Haven, CT DART 12–8
October 31 Columbia Cornell Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY COR 13–7
October 31 Brown Princeton Palmer StadiumPrinceton, NJ PRIN 7–0

Week 7 edit

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
November 7 Yale Penn Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA PENN 28–12
November 7 Dartmouth Columbia Baker FieldNew York City, NY DART 22–0
November 7 Princeton Harvard Harvard StadiumBoston, MA HAR 14–0
November 7 Brown Cornell Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY COR 19–0

Week 8 edit

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
November 14 Penn Columbia Baker FieldNew York City, NY PENN 24–6
November 14 Cornell Dartmouth Memorial FieldHanover, NH DART 21–12
November 14 Harvard Brown Brown StadiumProvidence, RI BROWN 16–6
November 14 Yale Princeton Palmer StadiumPrinceton, NJ YALE 38–20

Week 9 edit

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
November 21 Dartmouth Princeton Palmer StadiumPrinceton, NJ DART 12–7
November 21 Harvard Yale Yale BowlNew Haven, CT HAR 35–6
November 21 Rutgers Columbia Baker FieldNew York City, NY W 26–16
November 26 Cornell Penn Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA PENN 28–13
November 26 Colgate Brown Brown StadiumProvidence, RI L 14–33

1960 NFL Draft edit

Two Ivy League players were drafted in the 1960 NFL draft, held in November 1959: Tom Budrewicz and Jack Hanlon.[10]

Rnd. Pick No. NFL team Player Pos. College Conf. Notes
12 140 Chicago Bears Tom Budrewicz  T Brown Ivy
18 213 Cleveland Browns Jack Hanlon  B Penn Ivy

References edit

  1. ^ "1959 Ivy Group Year Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  2. ^ "1959 Penn Quakers Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  3. ^ "1959 Dartmouth Big Green Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  4. ^ "1959 Harvard Crimson Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  5. ^ "1959 Yale Bulldogs Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  6. ^ "1959 Cornell Big Red Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  7. ^ "1959 Princeton Tigers Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  8. ^ "1959 Brown Bears Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  9. ^ "1959 Columbia Lions Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  10. ^ "1960 NFL Draft". The Pro Football Archives. Retrieved March 26, 2017.