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.
Season overview Conf. RankTeamHead coachAP finalAP highOverall recordConf. record1PennSteve SeboNRNR7–1–16–121.78.22DartmouthBob BlackmanNRNR5–3–15–1–110.711.83HarvardJohn YovicsinNRNR6–34–319.711.24YaleJordan OlivarNR#136–34–317.710.65 (tie)CornellGeorge K. JamesNRNR5–43–412.215.15 (tie)PrincetonDick ColmanNRNR4–53–413.810.87BrownJohn McLaughryNRNR2–6–11–5–15.715.48ColumbiaAldo DonelliNRNR2–71–69.121.0
Schedule Index to colors and formattingIvy League member wonIvy League member lostIvy 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
Two Ivy League players were drafted in the 1960 NFL draft, held in November 1959: Tom Budrewicz and Jack Hanlon.
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