1960 Ivy League football season

1960 Ivy League football season
LeagueNCAA University Division
SportFootball
DurationSeptember 24, 1960 –
November 24, 1960
Number of teams8
1961 NFL Draft
Top draft pickBen Balme (Yale)
Picked byPhiladelphia Eagles, 84th overall
Regular season
ChampionsYale
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 14 Yale $ 7 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Princeton 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Harvard 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Columbia 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Penn 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Brown 1 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Cornell 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP poll

The 1960 Ivy League football season was the fifth season of college football play for the Ivy League and was part of the 1960 college football season. The season began on September 24, 1960, and ended on November 24, 1960. Ivy League teams were 10–6 against non-conference opponents and Yale won the conference championship.[1]

Season overview

Conf. Rank Team Head coach AP final AP high Overall record Conf. record PPG PAG
1 Yale[2] Jordan Olivar #14 #14 9–0 7–0 28.1 8.1
2 Princeton[3] Dick Colman NR NR 7–2 6–1 25.8 14.8
3 (tie) Dartmouth[4] Bob Blackman NR NR 5–4 4–3 10.9 7.3
3 (tie) Harvard[5] John Yovicsin NR NR 5–4 4–3 10.0 13.2
5 Columbia[6] Aldo Donelli NR NR 3–6 3–4 14.0 21.2
6 Penn[7] John Stiegman NR NR 3–6 2–5 11.6 16.6
7 (tie) Brown[8] John McLaughry NR NR 3–6 1–6 11.1 23.6
7 (tie) Cornell[9] George K. James NR NR 2–7 1–6 8.7 18.6

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 24 Connecticut Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT W 11–8
September 24 Rutgers Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ L 8–13
September 24 New Hampshire Dartmouth Memorial Field • Hanover, NH W 7–6
September 24 Holy Cross Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA W 13–6
September 24 Brown Columbia Baker Field • New York City, NY COL 37–0
September 24 Lafayette Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 35–14
September 24 Colgate Cornell Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY L 8–28

Week 2

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
October 1 Brown Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT YALE 9–0
October 1 Columbia Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ PRIN 49–0
October 1 Penn Dartmouth Memorial Field • Hanover, NH DART 15–0
October 1 Massachusetts Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA L 12–27
October 1 Bucknell Cornell Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY W 15–7

Week 3

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
October 8 Columbia Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT YALE 30–8
October 8 Princeton Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA PRIN 21–0
October 8 Dartmouth Brown Brown Stadium • Providence, RI DART 20–0
October 8 Harvard Cornell Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY COR 12–0

Week 4

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
October 15 Cornell Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT YALE 22–6
October 15 Colgate Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ W 36–26
October 15 Holy Cross Dartmouth Memorial Field • Hanover, NH L 8–9
October 15 Harvard Columbia Baker Field • New York City, NY HAR 8–7
October 15 Brown Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA PENN 36–7

Week 5

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
October 22 Colgate Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT W 36–14
October 22 Princeton Cornell Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY PRIN 21–18
October 22 Dartmouth Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA HAR 9–6
October 22 Holy Cross Columbia Baker Field • New York City, NY L 6–27
October 22 #4 Navy Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA L 0–27
October 22 Rhode Island Brown Brown Stadium • Providence, RI W 36–14

Week 6

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
October 29 Dartmouth Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT YALE 29–0
October 29 Brown Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ PRIN 54–21
October 29 Penn Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA HAR 8–0
October 29 Cornell Columbia Baker Field • New York City, NY COL 44–6

Week 7

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
November 5 Penn Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT YALE 34–9
November 5 Harvard Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ PRIN 14–12
November 5 Columbia Dartmouth Memorial Field • Hanover, NH DART 22–6
November 5 Cornell Brown Brown Stadium • Providence, RI BROWN 7–6

Week 8

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
November 12 Princeton #17 Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT YALE 43–22
November 12 Dartmouth Cornell Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY DART 20–0
November 12 Brown Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA HAR 22–8
November 12 Columbia Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA COL 16–6

Week 9

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
November 19 #14 Yale Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA YALE 39–6
November 19 Dartmouth Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ PRIN 7–0
November 19 Rutgers Columbia Baker Field • New York City, NY L 2–43
November 19 Colgate Brown Brown Stadium • Providence, RI W 21–14
November 24 Cornell Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA PENN 18–7

1961 NFL Draft

Two Ivy League players were drafted in the 1961 NFL draft, held in December 1960: Ben Balme and Mike Pyle.[10]

Rnd. Pick No. NFL team Player Pos. College Conf. Notes
6 84 Philadelphia Eagles Ben Balme  G Yale Ivy
7 89 Chicago Bears Mike Pyle  C Yale Ivy

References

  1. ^ "1960 Ivy Group Year Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  2. ^ "1960 Yale Bulldogs Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  3. ^ "1960 Princeton Tigers Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  4. ^ "1960 Dartmouth Big Green Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  5. ^ "1960 Harvard Crimson Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  6. ^ "1960 Columbia Lions Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  7. ^ "1960 Penn Quakers Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  8. ^ "1960 Brown Bears Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  9. ^ "1960 Cornell Big Red Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  10. ^ "1961 NFL Draft". The Pro Football Archives. Retrieved March 26, 2017.