1963 Ivy League football season explained

1963 Ivy League football season
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League:	NCAA University Division
Sport:	Football
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Duration:	September 28, 1963 – November 30, 1963
No Of Teams:	8
Draft:	1964 NFL Draft
Draft Link:	1964 NFL Draft
Top Pick:	Gary Wood (Cornell)
Picked By:	New York Giants, 109th overall
Season:	Regular season
Season Champ Name:	Champions
Season Champs:	Dartmouth, Princeton
Seasonslistnames:	Football
Prevseason Year:	1962
Nextseason Year:	1964

The 1963 Ivy League football season was the eighth season of college football play for the Ivy League and was part of the 1963 NCAA University Division football season. The season began on September 28, 1963, and ended on November 30, 1963. Ivy League teams were 13–1–1 against non-conference opponents and Dartmouth and Princeton won the conference co-championship.^[1]

Season overview

Conf. Rank	Team	Head coach	AP final	AP high	Overall record	Conf. record
1 (tie)	Dartmouth^[2]	Bob Blackman	NR	NR	7–2	5–2	19.4	10.4
1 (tie)	Princeton^[3]	Dick Colman	NR	NR	7–2	5–2	27.4	9.2
3	Harvard^[4]	John Yovicsin	NR	NR	5–2–2	4–2–1	13.6	8.4
4 (tie)	Yale^[5]	Jordan Olivar	NR	NR	6–3	4–3	15.0	8.7
4 (tie)	Cornell^[6]	Tom Harp	NR	NR	5–4	4–3	16.9	18.3
6	Columbia^[7]	Aldo Donelli	NR	NR	4–4–1	2–4–1	21.1	18.3
7	Brown^[8]	John McLaughry	NR	NR	3–5	2–5	19.6	21.0
8	Penn^[9]	John Stiegman	NR	NR	3–6	1–6	10.8	21.0

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 28	Columbia	Brown		COL 41–14
September 28		Harvard		T 0–0
September 28		Dartmouth		W 20–18
September 28		Princeton		W 24–0
September 28		Yale		W 3–0
		Cornell		L 17–21
September 28		Penn		W 47–0

Week 2

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 5	Princeton	Columbia		PRIN 7–6
October 5		Harvard		W 28–0
October 5	Dartmouth	Penn		DART 28–0
October 5	Brown	Yale		BROWN 12–7
October 5		Cornell		W 24–0

Week 3

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 12	Columbia	Yale		YALE 19–7
October 12	Cornell	Harvard		HAR 21–14
October 12	Brown	Dartmouth		DART 14–7
October 12	Penn	Princeton		PRIN 34–0

Week 4

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 19	Columbia	Harvard		TIE 3–3
October 19		Dartmouth		W 13–8
October 19		Princeton		W 42–0
October 19	Yale	Cornell		COR 13–10
October 19	Penn	Brown		BROWN 41–13

Week 5

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 26		Columbia		W 42–21
October 26	Dartmouth	Harvard		HAR 17–13
October 26	Cornell	Princeton		PRIN 51–14
October 26		Yale		W 31–0
October 26		Penn		W 7–6
October 26		Brown		W 33–7

Week 6

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 2	Columbia	Cornell		COR 18–17
November 2	Harvard	Penn		PENN 7–2
November 2	Dartmouth	Yale		YALE 10–6
November 2	Brown	Princeton		PRIN 34–13

Week 7

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 9	Dartmouth	Columbia		DART 47–6
November 9	Princeton	Harvard		HAR 21–7
November 9	Yale	Penn		YALE 28–7
November 9	Brown	Cornell		COR 28–25

Week 8

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 16	Penn	Columbia		COL 33–8
November 16	Harvard	Brown		HAR 24–12
November 16	Cornell	Dartmouth		DART 12–7
November 16	Yale	Princeton		PRIN 27–7

Week 9

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
	Cornell	Penn		COR 17–8
November 30	Columbia			R 35–28
	Harvard	Yale		YALE 20–6
November 30	Dartmouth	Princeton		DART 22–21

1964 NFL Draft

See main article: 1964 NFL draft. Two Ivy League players were drafted in the 1964 NFL draft, held in December 1963: Gary Wood and Dick Niglio.^[10]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1963 Ivy Group Year Summary. Sports Reference. 11 October 2017.
2. Web site: 1963 Dartmouth Big Green Stats. Sports Reference. 11 October 2017.
3. Web site: 1963 Princeton Tigers Stats. Sports Reference. 11 October 2017.
4. Web site: 1963 Harvard Crimson Stats. Sports Reference. 11 October 2017.
5. Web site: 1963 Yale Bulldogs Stats. Sports Reference. 11 October 2017.
6. Web site: 1963 Cornell Big Red Stats. Sports Reference. 11 October 2017.
7. Web site: 1963 Columbia Lions Stats. Sports Reference. 11 October 2017.
8. Web site: 1963 Brown Bears Stats. Sports Reference. 11 October 2017.
9. Web site: 1963 Penn Quakers Stats. Sports Reference. 11 October 2017.
10. Web site: 1964 NFL Draft Listing. Sports Reference. 11 October 2017.