1959 Ivy League football season

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
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

The 1959 Ivy League football season was the fourth season of college football play for the Ivy League and was part of the 1959 college 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]

Season overview

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

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

Week 1

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
September 26 Lafayette Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 26–0
September 26 Holy Cross Dartmouth Memorial Field • Hanover, NH L 8–31
September 26 Massachusetts Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA W 36–22
September 26 Connecticut Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT W 20–0
September 26 Cornell Colgate Colgate University • Hamilton, NY W 20–15
September 26 Rutgers Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ L 6–8
September 26 Columbia Brown Brown Stadium • Providence, RI COL 21–6

Week 2

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
October 3 Dartmouth Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA PENN 13–0
October 3 Bucknell Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA W 20–6
October 3 Brown Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT YALE 17–0
October 3 Lehigh Cornell Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY W 13–6
October 3 Princeton Columbia Baker Field • New York City, NY PRIN 22–0

Week 3

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
October 10 Penn Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ PENN 18–0
October 10 Brown Dartmouth Memorial Field • Hanover, NH T 0–0
October 10 Cornell Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA COR 20–16
October 10 Columbia Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT YALE 14–0

Week 4

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

Week 5

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
October 24 Navy Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA T 22–22
October 24 Dartmouth Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA DART 9–0
October 24 Colgate #19 Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT W 21–0
October 24 Cornell Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ PRIN 20–0
October 24 Rhode Island Brown Brown Stadium • Providence, RI W 6–0
October 24 Holy Cross Columbia Baker Field • New York City, NY L 0–34

Week 6

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
October 31 Harvard Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA HAR 12–0
October 31 Dartmouth #13 Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT DART 12–8
October 31 Columbia Cornell Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY COR 13–7
October 31 Brown Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ PRIN 7–0

Week 7

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
November 7 Yale Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA PENN 28–12
November 7 Dartmouth Columbia Baker Field • New York City, NY DART 22–0
November 7 Princeton Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA HAR 14–0
November 7 Brown Cornell Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY COR 19–0

Week 8

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
November 14 Penn Columbia Baker Field • New York City, NY PENN 24–6
November 14 Cornell Dartmouth Memorial Field • Hanover, NH DART 21–12
November 14 Harvard Brown Brown Stadium • Providence, RI BROWN 16–6
November 14 Yale Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ YALE 38–20

Week 9

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
November 21 Dartmouth Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ DART 12–7
November 21 Harvard Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT HAR 35–6
November 21 Rutgers Columbia Baker Field • New York City, NY W 26–16
November 26 Cornell Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA PENN 28–13
November 26 Colgate Brown Brown Stadium • Providence, RI L 14–33

1960 NFL Draft

Main article: 1960 NFL draft

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

  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.
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