1961 Ivy League football season
LeagueNCAA University Division
SportFootball
DurationSeptember 30, 1961 –
November 25, 1961
Number of teams8
1962 NFL Draft
Top draft pickNone
Regular season
ChampionsColumbia
Harvard
Football seasons
← 1960
1962 →
1961 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Columbia + 6 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Harvard + 6 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Dartmouth 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Princeton 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Yale 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Cornell 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Penn 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Brown 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1961 Ivy League football season was the sixth season of college football play for the Ivy League and was part of the 1961 NCAA University Division 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 PPG PAG
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 Brown Stadium • Providence, RI COL 50–0
September 30 Lehigh Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA L 17–22
September 30 New Hampshire Dartmouth Memorial Field • Hanover, NH W 28–3
September 30 Rutgers Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ L 13–16
September 30 Connecticut Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT W 18–0
September 30 Colgate Cornell Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY W 34–0
September 30 Lafayette Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 14–7

Week 2

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
October 7 Princeton Columbia Baker Field • New York City, NY PRIN 30–20
October 7 Cornell Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA HAR 14–0
October 7 Dartmouth Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA DART 30–0
October 7 Brown Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT YALE 14–3

Week 3

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
October 14 Columbia Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT COL 11–0
October 14 Colgate Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA L 0–15
October 14 Brown Dartmouth Memorial Field • Hanover, NH DART 34–0
October 14 Penn Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ PRIN 9–3
October 14 Navy Cornell Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY L 7–31

Week 4

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
October 21 Columbia Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA COL 26–14
October 21 Dartmouth Holy Cross Fitton Field • Worcester, MA L 13–17
October 21 Colgate Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ L 0–15
October 21 Yale Cornell Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY YALE 12–0
October 21 Brown Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA PENN 7–0

Week 5

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
October 28 Lehigh Columbia Baker Field • New York City, NY L 7–14
October 28 Dartmouth Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA HAR 21–15
October 28 Cornell Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ PRIN 30–25
October 28 Colgate Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT L 8–14
October 28 Rutgers Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA L 6–20
October 28 Rhode Island Brown Brown Stadium • Providence, RI L 9–12

Week 6

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
November 4 Columbia Cornell Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY COL 35–7
November 4 Harvard Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA HAR 37–6
November 4 Dartmouth Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT DART 24–8
November 4 Princeton Brown Brown Stadium • Providence, RI PRIN 52–0

Week 7

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
November 11 Dartmouth Columbia Baker Field • New York City, NY COL 35–14
November 11 Princeton Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA HAR 9–7
November 11 Yale Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA YALE 23–0
November 11 Brown Cornell Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY COR 25–0

Week 8

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
November 18 Penn Columbia Baker Field • New York City, NY COL 37–6
November 18 Brown Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA HAR 21–6
November 18 Cornell Dartmouth Memorial Field • Hanover, NH DART 15–14
November 18 Yale Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ PRIN 26–16

Week 9

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
November 23 Colgate Brown Brown Stadium • Providence, RI L 6–30
November 25 Columbia Rutgers Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ L 19–32
November 25 Harvard Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT HAR 27–0
November 25 Dartmouth Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ DART 24–6
November 25 Cornell Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA COR 31–0

References

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