1961 Ivy League football season explained

1961 Ivy League football season
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Color Text:	FFFFFF
League:	NCAA University Division
Sport:	Football
Pixels:	150px
Duration:	September 30, 1961 – November 25, 1961
No Of Teams:	8
Draft:	1962 NFL Draft
Draft Link:	1962 NFL Draft
Top Pick:	None
Season:	Regular season
Season Champ Name:	Champions
Season Champs:	Columbia Harvard
Seasonslistnames:	Football
Prevseason Year:	1960
Nextseason Year:	1962

The 1961 Ivy League football season was the sixth season of college football play for the Ivy League and was part of the 1961 college football season. The season began on September 30, 1961, and ended on November 25, 1961. Ivy League teams were 4–11 against non-conference opponents and Columbia and Harvard won the conference co-championship.^[1]

Season overview

Conf. Rank	Team	Head coach	AP final	AP high	Overall record	Conf. record
1 (tie)	Columbia^[2]	Aldo Donelli	NR	NR	6–3	6–1	26.7	13.0
1 (tie)	Harvard^[3]	John Yovicsin	NR	NR	6–3	6–1	17.8	10.8
3 (tie)	Dartmouth^[4]	Bob Blackman	NR	NR	6–3	5–2	21.9	11.6
3 (tie)	Princeton^[5]	Dick Colman	NR	NR	5–4	5–2	19.2	14.2
5	Yale^[6]	Jordan Olivar	NR	NR	4–5	3–4	11.0	11.7
6	Cornell^[7]	Tom Harp	NR	NR	3–6	2–5	15.9	15.2
7	Penn^[8]	John Stiegman	NR	NR	2–7	1–6	4.7	21.6
8	Brown^[9]	John McLaughry	NR	NR	0–9	0–7	2.7	27.2

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 30	Columbia	Brown		COL 50–0
September 30		Harvard		L 17–22
September 30		Dartmouth		W 28–3
September 30		Princeton		L 13–16
September 30		Yale		W 18–0
September 30		Cornell		W 34–0
September 30		Penn		W 14–7

Week 2

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 7	Princeton	Columbia		PRIN 30–20
October 7	Cornell	Harvard		HAR 14–0
October 7	Dartmouth	Penn		DART 30–0
October 7	Brown	Yale		YALE 14–3

Week 3

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 14	Columbia	Yale		COL 11–0
October 14		Harvard		L 0–15
October 14	Brown	Dartmouth		DART 34–0
October 14	Penn	Princeton		PRIN 9–3
October 14		Cornell		L 7–31

Week 4

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 21	Columbia	Harvard		COL 26–14
October 21	Dartmouth			L 13–17
October 21		Princeton		L 0–15
October 21	Yale	Cornell		YALE 12–0
October 21	Brown	Penn		PENN 7–0

Week 5

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 28		Columbia		L 7–14
October 28	Dartmouth	Harvard		HAR 21–15
October 28	Cornell	Princeton		PRIN 30–25
October 28		Yale		L 8–14
October 28		Penn		L 6–20
October 28		Brown		L 9–12

Week 6

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 4	Columbia	Cornell		COL 35–7
November 4	Harvard	Penn		HAR 37–6
November 4	Dartmouth	Yale		DART 24–8
November 4	Princeton	Brown		PRIN 52–0

Week 7

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 11	Dartmouth	Columbia		COL 35–14
November 11	Princeton	Harvard		HAR 9–7
November 11	Yale	Penn		YALE 23–0
November 11	Brown	Cornell		COR 25–0

Week 8

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 18	Penn	Columbia		COL 37–6
November 18	Brown	Harvard		HAR 21–6
November 18	Cornell	Dartmouth		DART 15–14
November 18	Yale	Princeton		PRIN 26–16

Week 9

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 23		Brown		L 6–30
November 25	Columbia			L 19–32
	Harvard	Yale		HAR 27–0
November 25	Dartmouth	Princeton		DART 24–6
	Cornell	Penn		COR 31–0

Notes and References

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