1962 Ivy League football season

1962 Ivy League football season
League	NCAA University Division
Sport	Football
Duration	September 22, 1962 – November 24, 1962
Number of teams	8
1963 NFL Draft
Top draft pick	Don McKinnon (Dartmouth)
Picked by	New York Giants, 153rd overall
Regular season
Champions	Dartmouth

1962 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Dartmouth $	7	–	0	–	0			9	–	0	–	0
Harvard	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Columbia	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Princeton	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Cornell	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Penn	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Yale	1	–	5	–	1			2	–	5	–	2
Brown	0	–	6	–	1			1	–	6	–	2
$ – Conference champion

The 1962 Ivy League football season was the seventh season of college football play for the Ivy League and was part of the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. The season began on September 22, 1962, and ended on November 24, 1962. Ivy League teams were 8–6–2 against non-conference opponents and Dartmouth won the conference championship.^[1]

Season overview

Conf. Rank	Team	Head coach	AP final	AP high	Overall record	Conf. record	PPG	PAG
1	Dartmouth[2]	Bob Blackman	NR	NR	9–0	7–0	26.2	6.3
2	Harvard[3]	John Yovicsin	NR	NR	6–3	5–2	22.4	13.1
3 (tie)	Columbia[4]	Aldo Donelli	NR	NR	5–4	4–3	13.8	22.9
3 (tie)	Princeton[5]	Dick Colman	NR	NR	5–4	4–3	20.8	16.2
3 (tie)	Cornell[6]	Tom Harp	NR	NR	4–5	4–3	18.7	26.3
6	Penn[7]	John Stiegman	NR	NR	3–6	2–5	10.0	19.3
7	Yale[8]	Jordan Olivar	NR	NR	2–5–2	1–5–1	11.3	12.0
8	Brown[9]	John McLaughry	NR	NR	1–6–2	0–6–1	12.9	20.9

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 22	Colgate	Brown	Brown Stadium • Providence, RI	W 6–2

Week 2

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
September 29	Massachusetts	Dartmouth	Memorial Field • Hanover, NH	W 27–3
September 29	Lehigh	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA	W 27–7
September 29	Brown	Columbia	Baker Field • New York City, NY	COL 22–20
September 29	Rutgers	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	W 15–7
September 29	Colgate	Cornell	Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY	L 12–23
September 29	Lafayette	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	W 13–11
September 29	Connecticut	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	W 18–14

Week 3

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 6	Penn	Dartmouth	Memorial Field • Hanover, NH	DART 17–0
October 6	Harvard	Cornell	Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY	COR 14–12
October 6	Columbia	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	PRIN 33–0
October 6	Yale	Brown	Brown Stadium • Providence, RI	T 6–6

Week 4

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 13	Dartmouth	Brown	Brown Stadium • Providence, RI	DART 41–0
October 13	Holy Cross	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA	L 20–34
October 13	Yale	Columbia	Baker Field • New York City, NY	COL 14–10
October 13	Princeton	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	PRIN 21–8
October 13	Cornell	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	L 0–41

Week 5

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 20	Holy Cross	Dartmouth	Memorial Field • Hanover, NH	W 10–0
October 20	Harvard	Columbia	Baker Field • New York City, NY	HAR 36–14
October 20	Colgate	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	L 15–16
October 20	Cornell	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	YALE 26–8
October 20	Brown	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	PENN 18–15

Week 6

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 27	Dartmouth	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA	DART 24–6
October 27	Lehigh	Columbia	Baker Field • New York City, NY	W 22–15
October 27	Princeton	Cornell	Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY	COR 35–34
October 27	Rutgers	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	L 7–12
October 27	Colgate	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	T 14–14
October 27	Rhode Island	Brown	Brown Stadium • Providence, RI	T 12–12

Week 7

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 3	Dartmouth	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	DART 9–0
November 3	Penn	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA	HAR 36–0
November 3	Cornell	Columbia	Baker Field • New York City, NY	COL 25–21
November 3	Brown	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	PRIN 28–12

Week 8

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 10	Columbia	Dartmouth	Memorial Field • Hanover, NH	DART 42–0
November 10	Harvard	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	HAR 20–0
November 10	Cornell	Brown	Brown Stadium • Providence, RI	COR 28–26
November 10	Penn	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	PENN 15–12

Week 9

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 17	Dartmouth	Cornell	Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY	DART 28–21
November 17	Brown	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA	HAR 31–19
November 17	Columbia	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	COL 21–7
November 17	'Princeton	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	PRIN 14–10

Week 10

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 24	Dartmouth	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	DART 38–27
November 24	Yale	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA	HAR 14–6
November 24	Rutgers	Columbia	Baker Field • New York City, NY	L 6–22
November 24	Cornell	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	COR 29–22

1963 NFL Draft

Main article: 1963 NFL draft

One Ivy League player was drafted in the 1963 NFL draft, held in December 1962: Don McKinnon.^[10]

	Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	Notes
	11	153	New York Giants	Don McKinnon	LB	Dartmouth	Ivy

References

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2. "1962 Dartmouth Big Green Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
3. "1962 Harvard Crimson Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
4. "1962 Columbia Lions Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
5. "1962 Princeton Tigers Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
6. "1962 Cornell Big Red Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
7. "1962 Penn Quakers Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
8. "1962 Yale Bulldogs Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
9. "1962 Brown Bears Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
10. "1963 NFL Draft Listing". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2017.