1960 Ivy League football season explained

1960 Ivy League football season
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League:	NCAA University Division
Sport:	Football
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Duration:	September 24, 1960 – November 24, 1960
No Of Teams:	8
Draft:	1961 NFL Draft
Draft Link:	1961 NFL Draft
Top Pick:	Ben Balme (Yale)
Picked By:	Philadelphia Eagles, 84th overall
Season:	Regular season
Season Champ Name:	Champions
Season Champs:	Yale
Seasonslistnames:	Football
Prevseason Year:	1959
Nextseason Year:	1961

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
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		Yale		W 11–8
September 24		Princeton		L 8–13
September 24		Dartmouth		W 7–6
September 24		Harvard		W 13–6
September 24	Brown	Columbia		COL 37–0
September 24		Penn		W 35–14
September 24		Cornell		L 8–28

Week 2

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 1	Brown	Yale		YALE 9–0
October 1	Columbia	Princeton		PRIN 49–0
October 1	Penn	Dartmouth		DART 15–0
October 1		Harvard		L 12–27
October 1		Cornell		W 15–7

Week 3

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 8	Columbia	Yale		YALE 30–8
October 8	Princeton	Penn		PRIN 21–0
October 8	Dartmouth	Brown		DART 20–0
October 8	Harvard	Cornell		COR 12–0

Week 4

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 15	Cornell	Yale		YALE 22–6
October 15		Princeton		W 36–26
October 15		Dartmouth		L 8–9
October 15	Harvard	Columbia		HAR 8–7
October 15	Brown	Penn		PENN 36–7

Week 5

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 22		Yale		W 36–14
October 22	Princeton	Cornell		PRIN 21–18
October 22	Dartmouth	Harvard		HAR 9–6
October 22		Columbia		L 6–27
October 22		Penn		L 0–27
October 22		Brown		W 36–14

Week 6

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 29	Dartmouth	Yale		YALE 29–0
October 29	Brown	Princeton		PRIN 54–21
October 29	Penn	Harvard		HAR 8–0
October 29	Cornell	Columbia		COL 44–6

Week 7

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 5	Penn	Yale		YALE 34–9
November 5	Harvard	Princeton		PRIN 14–12
November 5	Columbia	Dartmouth		DART 22–6
November 5	Cornell	Brown		BROWN 7–6

Week 8

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 12	Princeton	17 Yale		YALE 43–22
November 12	Dartmouth	Cornell		DART 20–0
November 12	Brown	Harvard		HAR 22–8
November 12	Columbia	Penn		COL 16–6

Week 9

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
	14 Yale	Harvard		YALE 39–6
November 19	Dartmouth	Princeton		PRIN 7–0
November 19		Columbia		L 2–43
November 19		Brown		W 21–14
	Cornell	Penn		PENN 18–7

1961 NFL Draft

See main article: 1961 NFL draft. Two Ivy League players were drafted in the 1961 NFL draft, held in December 1960: Ben Balme and Mike Pyle.^[10]

Notes and References

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