1959 Ivy League football season

1959 Ivy League football season
League	NCAA University Division
Sport	Football
Duration	September 26, 1959 – November 26, 1959
Number of teams	8
1960 NFL Draft
Top draft pick	Tom Budrewicz (Brown)
Picked by	Chicago Bears, 140th overall
Regular season
Champions	Penn

1959 Ivy League football standings

v t e	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

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2. "1959 Penn Quakers Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
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4. "1959 Harvard Crimson Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
5. "1959 Yale Bulldogs Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
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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.