1960 Ivy League football season

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
Football seasons
	← 1959 1961 →

1960 Ivy League football standings
v t e	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
1	Yale^[2]	Jordan Olivar	#14	#14	9–0	7–0	28.1	8.1
2	Princeton^[3]	Dick Colman	NR	NR	7–2	6–1	25.8	14.8
3 (tie)	Dartmouth^[4]	Bob Blackman	NR	NR	5–4	4–3	10.9	7.3
3 (tie)	Harvard^[5]	John Yovicsin	NR	NR	5–4	4–3	10.0	13.2
5	Columbia^[6]	Aldo Donelli	NR	NR	3–6	3–4	14.0	21.2
6	Penn^[7]	John Stiegman	NR	NR	3–6	2–5	11.6	16.6
7 (tie)	Brown^[8]	John McLaughry	NR	NR	3–6	1–6	11.1	23.6
7 (tie)	Cornell^[9]	George K. James	NR	NR	2–7	1–6	8.7	18.6

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 Bowl • New Haven, CT	W 11–8
September 24	Rutgers	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	L 8–13
September 24	New Hampshire	Dartmouth	Memorial Field • Hanover, NH	W 7–6
September 24	Holy Cross	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA	W 13–6
September 24	Brown	Columbia	Baker Field • New York City, NY	COL 37–0
September 24	Lafayette	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	W 35–14
September 24	Colgate	Cornell	Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY	L 8–28

Week 2

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 1	Brown	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	YALE 9–0
October 1	Columbia	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	PRIN 49–0
October 1	Penn	Dartmouth	Memorial Field • Hanover, NH	DART 15–0
October 1	Massachusetts	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA	L 12–27
October 1	Bucknell	Cornell	Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY	W 15–7

Week 3

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 8	Columbia	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	YALE 30–8
October 8	Princeton	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	PRIN 21–0
October 8	Dartmouth	Brown	Brown Stadium • Providence, RI	DART 20–0
October 8	Harvard	Cornell	Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY	COR 12–0

Week 4

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 15	Cornell	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	YALE 22–6
October 15	Colgate	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	W 36–26
October 15	Holy Cross	Dartmouth	Memorial Field • Hanover, NH	L 8–9
October 15	Harvard	Columbia	Baker Field • New York City, NY	HAR 8–7
October 15	Brown	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	PENN 36–7

Week 5

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 22	Colgate	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	W 36–14
October 22	Princeton	Cornell	Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY	PRIN 21–18
October 22	Dartmouth	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA	HAR 9–6
October 22	Holy Cross	Columbia	Baker Field • New York City, NY	L 6–27
October 22	#4 Navy	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	L 0–27
October 22	Rhode Island	Brown	Brown Stadium • Providence, RI	W 36–14

Week 6

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 29	Dartmouth	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	YALE 29–0
October 29	Brown	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	PRIN 54–21
October 29	Penn	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA	HAR 8–0
October 29	Cornell	Columbia	Baker Field • New York City, NY	COL 44–6

Week 7

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 5	Penn	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	YALE 34–9
November 5	Harvard	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	PRIN 14–12
November 5	Columbia	Dartmouth	Memorial Field • Hanover, NH	DART 22–6
November 5	Cornell	Brown	Brown Stadium • Providence, RI	BROWN 7–6

Week 8

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 12	Princeton	#17 Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	YALE 43–22
November 12	Dartmouth	Cornell	Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY	DART 20–0
November 12	Brown	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA	HAR 22–8
November 12	Columbia	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	COL 16–6

Week 9

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 19	#14 Yale	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA	YALE 39–6
November 19	Dartmouth	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	PRIN 7–0
November 19	Rutgers	Columbia	Baker Field • New York City, NY	L 2–43
November 19	Colgate	Brown	Brown Stadium • Providence, RI	W 21–14
November 24	Cornell	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, 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 No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	Notes
	6	84	Philadelphia Eagles	Ben Balme	OG	Yale	Ivy
	7	89	Chicago Bears	Mike Pyle	C	Yale	Ivy

References

^ "1960 Ivy Group Year Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
^ "1960 Yale Bulldogs Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
^ "1960 Princeton Tigers Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
^ "1960 Dartmouth Big Green Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
^ "1960 Harvard Crimson Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
^ "1960 Columbia Lions Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
^ "1960 Penn Quakers Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
^ "1960 Brown Bears Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
^ "1960 Cornell Big Red Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
^ "1961 NFL Draft". The Pro Football Archives. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

[results-1] "1960 Ivy Group Year Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

[2] "1960 Yale Bulldogs Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

[3] "1960 Princeton Tigers Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

[4] "1960 Dartmouth Big Green Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

[5] "1960 Harvard Crimson Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

[6] "1960 Columbia Lions Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

[7] "1960 Penn Quakers Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

[8] "1960 Brown Bears Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

[9] "1960 Cornell Big Red Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

[10] "1961 NFL Draft". The Pro Football Archives. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

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Teams	Brown Bears Columbia Lions Cornell Big Red Dartmouth Big Green Harvard Crimson Penn Quakers Princeton Tigers Yale Bulldogs
Championships & awards	Conference champions All-time standings
Seasons	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 2017 2018