1963 Ivy League football season

1963 Ivy League football season
LeagueNCAA University Division
SportFootball
DurationSeptember 28, 1963 –
November 30, 1963
Number of teams8
1964 NFL Draft
Top draft pickGary Wood (Cornell)
Picked byNew York Giants, 109th overall
Regular season
ChampionsDartmouth, Princeton
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Dartmouth + 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Princeton + 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Harvard 4 – 2 – 1 5 – 2 – 2
Yale 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Cornell 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Columbia 2 – 4 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Brown 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Penn 1 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1963 Ivy League football season was the eighth season of college football play for the Ivy League and was part of the 1963 NCAA University Division football season. The season began on September 28, 1963, and ended on November 30, 1963. Ivy League teams were 13–1–1 against non-conference opponents and Dartmouth and Princeton won the conference co-championship.[1]

Season overview

Conf. Rank Team Head coach AP final AP high Overall record Conf. record PPG PAG
1 (tie) Dartmouth[2] Bob Blackman NR NR 7–2 5–2 19.4 10.4
1 (tie) Princeton[3] Dick Colman NR NR 7–2 5–2 27.4 9.2
3 Harvard[4] John Yovicsin NR NR 5–2–2 4–2–1 13.6 8.4
4 (tie) Yale[5] Jordan Olivar NR NR 6–3 4–3 15.0 8.7
4 (tie) Cornell[6] Tom Harp NR NR 5–4 4–3 16.9 18.3
6 Columbia[7] Aldo Donelli NR NR 4–4–1 2–4–1 21.1 18.3
7 Brown[8] John McLaughry NR NR 3–5 2–5 19.6 21.0
8 Penn[9] John Stiegman NR NR 3–6 1–6 10.8 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 28 Columbia Brown Brown Stadium • Providence, RI COL 41–14
September 28 Massachusetts Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA T 0–0
September 28 Bucknell Dartmouth Memorial Field • Hanover, NH W 20–18
September 28 Rutgers Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ W 24–0
September 28 Connecticut Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT W 3–0
September 28 Colgate Cornell Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY L 17–21
September 28 Lafayette Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 47–0

Week 2

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
October 5 Princeton Columbia Baker Field • New York City, NY PRIN 7–6
October 5 Rutgers Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA W 28–0
October 5 Dartmouth Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA DART 28–0
October 5 Brown Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT BROWN 12–7
October 5 Lehigh Cornell Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY W 24–0

Week 3

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
October 12 Columbia Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT YALE 19–7
October 12 Cornell Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA HAR 21–14
October 12 Brown Dartmouth Memorial Field • Hanover, NH DART 14–7
October 12 Penn Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ PRIN 34–0

Week 4

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
October 19 Columbia Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA TIE 3–3
October 19 Holy Cross Dartmouth Memorial Field • Hanover, NH W 13–8
October 19 Colgate Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ W 42–0
October 19 Yale Cornell Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY COR 13–10
October 19 Penn Brown Brown Stadium • Providence, RI BROWN 41–13

Week 5

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
October 26 Lehigh Columbia Baker Field • New York City, NY W 42–21
October 26 Dartmouth Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA HAR 17–13
October 26 Cornell Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ PRIN 51–14
October 26 Colgate Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT W 31–0
October 26 Rutgers Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 7–6
October 26 Rhode Island Brown Brown Stadium • Providence, RI W 33–7

Week 6

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
November 2 Columbia Cornell Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY COR 18–17
November 2 Harvard Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA PENN 7–2
November 2 Dartmouth Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT YALE 10–6
November 2 Brown Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ PRIN 34–13

Week 7

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
November 9 Dartmouth Columbia Baker Field • New York City, NY DART 47–6
November 9 Princeton Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA HAR 21–7
November 9 Yale Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA YALE 28–7
November 9 Brown Cornell Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY COR 28–25

Week 8

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
November 16 Penn Columbia Baker Field • New York City, NY COL 33–8
November 16 Harvard Brown Brown Stadium • Providence, RI HAR 24–12
November 16 Cornell Dartmouth Memorial Field • Hanover, NH DART 12–7
November 16 Yale Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ PRIN 27–7

Week 9

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
November 28 Cornell Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA COR 17–8
November 30 Columbia Rutgers Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ R 35–28
November 30 Harvard Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT YALE 20–6
November 30 Dartmouth Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ DART 22–21

1964 NFL Draft

Main article: 1964 NFL draft

Two Ivy League players were drafted in the 1964 NFL draft, held in December 1963: Gary Wood and Dick Niglio.[10]

Rnd. Pick No. NFL team Player Pos. College Conf. Notes
8 109 New York Giants Gary Wood  QB Cornell Ivy
20 280 Chicago Bears Dick Niglio  FB Yale Ivy

References

  1. ^ "1963 Ivy Group Year Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  2. ^ "1963 Dartmouth Big Green Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  3. ^ "1963 Princeton Tigers Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  4. ^ "1963 Harvard Crimson Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  5. ^ "1963 Yale Bulldogs Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  6. ^ "1963 Cornell Big Red Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  7. ^ "1963 Columbia Lions Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  8. ^ "1963 Brown Bears Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  9. ^ "1963 Penn Quakers Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  10. ^ "1964 NFL Draft Listing". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
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