1959 Ivy League football season

{{Infobox sports season

| title = 1959 Ivy League football season

| color = #115740

| color text = #FFFFFF

| league = NCAA University Division

| sport = Football

| logo =

| pixels = 150px

| caption =

| duration = September 26, 1959 –
November 26, 1959

| no_of_teams = 8

| attendance =

| TV =

| draft = 1960 NFL Draft

| draft_link = 1960 NFL Draft

| top_pick = Tom Budrewicz (Brown)

| picked_by = Chicago Bears, 140th overall

| season = Regular season

| season_champ_name= Champions

| season_champs = Penn

| MVP =

| MVP_link =

| top_scorer_link =

| seasonslist =

| seasonslistnames = Football

| prevseason_year = 1958

| nextseason_year = 1960

}}

The 1959 Ivy League football season was the fourth season of college football play for the Ivy League and was part of the 1959 college football season. The season began on September 26, 1959, and ended on November 26, 1959. Ivy League teams were 10–5 against non-conference opponents and Penn won the conference championship.{{cite web|title=1959 Ivy Group Year Summary|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/ivy/1959.html|publisher=Sports Reference|accessdate=26 March 2017}}

Season overview

width="25"\|Conf. Rank !width="100"\|Team !width="140"\|Head coach !width="25"\|AP final !width="25"\|AP high !width="50"\|Overall record !width="50"\|Conf. record !width="50"\|{{tooltip\|PPG\|Average points scored per game}} !width="50"\|{{tooltip\|PAG\|Average points allowed per game}}
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align="left" bgcolor="" \|1	Penn{{cite web\|title=1959 Penn Quakers Stats\|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/pennsylvania/1959.html\|publisher=Sports Reference\|accessdate=26 March 2017}}	Steve Sebo	NR	NR	7–1–1	6–1	21.7	8.2
align="left" bgcolor="" \|2	Dartmouth{{cite web\|title=1959 Dartmouth Big Green Stats\|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/dartmouth/1959.html\|publisher=Sports Reference\|accessdate=26 March 2017}}	Bob Blackman	NR	NR	5–3–1	5–1–1	10.7	11.8
align="left" bgcolor="" \|3	Harvard{{cite web\|title=1959 Harvard Crimson Stats\|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/harvard/1959.html\|publisher=Sports Reference\|accessdate=26 March 2017}}	John Yovicsin	NR	NR	6–3	4–3	19.7	11.2
align="left" bgcolor="" \|4	Yale{{cite web\|title=1959 Yale Bulldogs Stats\|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/yale/1959.html\|publisher=Sports Reference\|accessdate=26 March 2017}}	Jordan Olivar	NR	#13	6–3	4–3	17.7	10.6
align="left" bgcolor="" \|5 (tie)	Cornell{{cite web\|title=1959 Cornell Big Red Stats\|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/cornell/1959.html\|publisher=Sports Reference\|accessdate=26 March 2017}}	George K. James	NR	NR	5–4	3–4	12.2	15.1
align="left" bgcolor="" \|5 (tie)	Princeton{{cite web\|title=1959 Princeton Tigers Stats\|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/princeton/1959.html\|publisher=Sports Reference\|accessdate=26 March 2017}}	Dick Colman	NR	NR	4–5	3–4	13.8	10.8
align="left" bgcolor="" \|7	Brown{{cite web\|title=1959 Brown Bears Stats\|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/brown/1959.html\|publisher=Sports Reference\|accessdate=26 March 2017}}	John McLaughry	NR	NR	2–6–1	1–5–1	5.7	15.4
align="left" bgcolor="" \|8	Columbia{{cite web\|title=1959 Columbia Lions Stats\|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/columbia/1959.html\|publisher=Sports Reference\|accessdate=26 March 2017}}	Aldo Donelli	NR	NR	2–7	1–6	9.1	21.0

Schedule

Index to colors and formatting
class="wikitable"
style="background:#cfc;" \|Ivy League member won
style="background:#fcc;" \|Ivy League member lost
Ivy League teams in bold

=Week 1=

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
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style="background:#DDFFDD;" \| September 26	Lafayette	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	W 26–0
style="background:#FFDDDD;" \| September 26	Holy Cross	Dartmouth	Memorial Field • Hanover, NH	L 8–31
style="background:#DDFFDD;" \| September 26	Massachusetts	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA	W 36–22
style="background:#DDFFDD;" \| September 26	Connecticut	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	W 20–0
style="background:#DDFFDD;" \| September 26	Cornell	Colgate	Colgate University • Hamilton, NY	W 20–15
style="background:#FFDDDD;" \| September 26	Rutgers	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	L 6–8
September 26	Columbia	Brown	Brown Stadium • Providence, RI	COL 21–6

=Week 2=

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
class="wikitable"
October 3	Dartmouth	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	PENN 13–0
style="background:#DDFFDD;" \| October 3	Bucknell	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA	W 20–6
October 3	Brown	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	YALE 17–0
style="background:#DDFFDD;" \| October 3	Lehigh	Cornell	Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY	W 13–6
October 3	Princeton	Columbia	Baker Field • New York City, NY	PRIN 22–0

=Week 3=

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
class="wikitable"
October 10	Penn	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	PENN 18–0
style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| October 10	Brown	Dartmouth	Memorial Field • Hanover, NH	T 0–0
October 10	Cornell	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA	COR 20–16
October 10	Columbia	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	YALE 14–0

=Week 4=

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
class="wikitable"
October 17	Brown	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	PENN 36–9
style="background:#FFDDDD;" \| October 17	Dartmouth	Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	L 12–35
October 17	Columbia	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA	HAR 38–22
October 17	Yale	Cornell	Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY	YALE 23–0
style="background:#DDFFDD;" \| October 17	Colgate	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	W 42–7

=Week 5=

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
class="wikitable"
style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| October 24	Navy	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	T 22–22
October 24	Dartmouth	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA	DART 9–0
style="background:#DDFFDD;" \| October 24	Colgate	#19 Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	W 21–0
October 24	Cornell	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	PRIN 20–0
style="background:#DDFFDD;" \| October 24	Rhode Island	Brown	Brown Stadium • Providence, RI	W 6–0
style="background:#FFDDDD;" \| October 24	Holy Cross	Columbia	Baker Field • New York City, NY	L 0–34

=Week 6=

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
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October 31	Harvard	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	HAR 12–0
October 31	Dartmouth	#13 Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	DART 12–8
October 31	Columbia	Cornell	Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY	COR 13–7
October 31	Brown	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	PRIN 7–0

=Week 7=

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
class="wikitable"
November 7	Yale	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	PENN 28–12
November 7	Dartmouth	Columbia	Baker Field • New York City, NY	DART 22–0
November 7	Princeton	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA	HAR 14–0
November 7	Brown	Cornell	Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY	COR 19–0

=Week 8=

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
class="wikitable"
November 14	Penn	Columbia	Baker Field • New York City, NY	PENN 24–6
November 14	Cornell	Dartmouth	Memorial Field • Hanover, NH	DART 21–12
November 14	Harvard	Brown	Brown Stadium • Providence, RI	BROWN 16–6
November 14	Yale	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	YALE 38–20

=Week 9=

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
class="wikitable"
November 21	Dartmouth	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	DART 12–7
November 21	Harvard	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	HAR 35–6
style="background:#DDFFDD;" \| November 21	Rutgers	Columbia	Baker Field • New York City, NY	W 26–16
November 26	Cornell	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	PENN 28–13
style="background:#FFDDDD;" \| November 26	Colgate	Brown	Brown Stadium • Providence, RI	L 14–33

1960 NFL Draft

Two Ivy League players were drafted in the 1960 NFL draft, held in November 1959: Tom Budrewicz and Jack Hanlon.{{cite web|title=1960 NFL Draft|url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/1960NFLDraft.html|publisher=The Pro Football Archives|accessdate=26 March 2017}}

{{NFLDraft-row| draftyear=1960 | round=12 | picknum=140 | team=Chicago Bears | first=Tom | last=Budrewicz |dab= | position=Tackle | collegeyear=1959 | college=Brown University | collegeteam=Brown Bears | collegelink=Brown | probowl= |note= |cfb page exists=yes }}

{{NFLDraft-row| draftyear=1960 | round=18 | picknum=213 | team=Cleveland Browns | first=Jack | last=Hanlon |dab=Jack Hanlon (American football) | position=Back | collegeyear=1959 | college=University of Pennsylvania | collegeteam=Penn Quakers | collegelink=Penn | probowl= |note= |cfb page exists=yes }}