1960 Ivy League football season

1960 Ivy League football season
League NCAA University Division
Sport Football
Duration September 24, 1960 –
November 24, 1960
Number of teams 8
1961 NFL Draft
Top draft pick Ben Balme (Yale)
Picked by Philadelphia Eagles, 84th overall
Regular season
Champions Yale
1960 Ivy League football standings
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
1Yale[2]Jordan Olivar#14#149–07–028.18.1
2Princeton[3]Charlie CaldwellNRNR7–26–125.814.8
3 (tie)Dartmouth[4]Bob BlackmanNRNR5–44–310.97.3
3 (tie)Harvard[5]John YovicsinNRNR5–44–310.013.2
5Columbia[6]Aldo DonelliNRNR3–63–414.021.2
6Penn[7]John StiegmanNRNR3–62–511.616.6
7 (tie)Brown[8]John McLaughryNRNR3–61–611.123.6
7 (tie)Cornell[9]George K. JamesNRNR2–71–68.718.6

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 BowlNew Haven, CT W 11–8
September 24 Rutgers Princeton Palmer StadiumPrinceton, NJ L 8–13
September 24 New Hampshire Dartmouth Memorial FieldHanover, NH W 7–6
September 24 Holy Cross Harvard Harvard StadiumAllston, MA W 13–6
September 24 Brown Columbia Baker FieldNew York City, NY COL 37–0
September 24 Lafayette Penn Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA W 35–14
September 24 Colgate Cornell Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY L 8–28

Week 2

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
October 1 Brown Yale Yale BowlNew Haven, CT YALE 9–0
October 1 Columbia Princeton Palmer StadiumPrinceton, NJ PRIN 49–0
October 1 Penn Dartmouth Memorial FieldHanover, NH DART 15–0
October 1 Massachusetts Harvard Harvard StadiumAllston, MA L 12–27
October 1 Bucknell Cornell Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY W 15–7

Week 3

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
October 8 Columbia Yale Yale BowlNew Haven, CT YALE 30–8
October 8 Princeton Penn Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA PRIN 21–0
October 8 Dartmouth Brown Brown StadiumProvidence, RI DART 20–0
October 8 Harvard Cornell Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY COR 12–0

Week 4

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
October 15 Cornell Yale Yale BowlNew Haven, CT YALE 22–6
October 15 Colgate Princeton Palmer StadiumPrinceton, NJ W 36–26
October 15 Holy Cross Dartmouth Memorial FieldHanover, NH L 8–9
October 15 Harvard Columbia Baker FieldNew York City, NY HAR 8–7
October 15 Brown Penn Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA PENN 36–7

Week 5

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
October 22 Colgate Yale Yale BowlNew Haven, CT W 36–14
October 22 Princeton Cornell Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY PRIN 21–18
October 22 Dartmouth Harvard Harvard StadiumAllston, MA HAR 9–6
October 22 Holy Cross Columbia Baker FieldNew York City, NY L 6–27
October 22 #4 Navy Penn Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA L 0–27
October 22 Rhode Island Brown Brown StadiumProvidence, RI W 36–14

Week 6

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
October 29 Dartmouth Yale Yale BowlNew Haven, CT YALE 29–0
October 29 Brown Princeton Palmer StadiumPrinceton, NJ PRIN 54–21
October 29 Penn Harvard Harvard StadiumAllston, MA HAR 8–0
October 29 Cornell Columbia Baker FieldNew York City, NY COL 44–6

Week 7

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
November 5 Penn Yale Yale BowlNew Haven, CT YALE 34–9
November 5 Harvard Princeton Palmer StadiumPrinceton, NJ PRIN 14–12
November 5 Columbia Dartmouth Memorial FieldHanover, NH DART 22–6
November 5 Cornell Brown Brown StadiumProvidence, RI BROWN 7–6

Week 8

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
November 12 Princeton #17 Yale Yale BowlNew Haven, CT YALE 43–22
November 12 Dartmouth Cornell Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY DART 20–0
November 12 Brown Harvard Harvard StadiumAllston, MA HAR 22–8
November 12 Columbia Penn Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA COL 16–6

Week 9

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
November 19 #14 Yale Harvard Harvard StadiumAllston, MA YALE 39–6
November 19 Dartmouth Princeton Palmer StadiumPrinceton, NJ PRIN 7–0
November 19 Rutgers Columbia Baker FieldNew York City, NY L 2–43
November 19 Colgate Brown Brown StadiumProvidence, RI W 21–14
November 24 Cornell Penn Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, 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 # NFL team Player Pos. College Conf. Notes
6 84 Philadelphia Eagles Balme, BenBen Balme  G Yale Ivy
7 89 Chicago Bears Pyle, MikeMike Pyle  C Yale Ivy

References

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