1961_Ivy_League_football_season

1961 Ivy League football season
1961 Ivy League football season
League	NCAA University Division
Sport	Football
Duration	September 30, 1961 –; November 25, 1961
Number of teams	8
1962 NFL Draft
Top draft pick	None
Regular season
Champions	Columbia; Harvard
Football seasons
	← 1960 1962 →

1961 Ivy League football season

Sports season

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]

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"1961 Dartmouth Big Green Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

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"1961 Princeton Tigers Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

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"1961 Yale Bulldogs Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

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"1961 Cornell Big Red Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

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"1961 Brown Bears Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

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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

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

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

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

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

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1961 Ivy League football season

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v t e	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

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

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

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

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

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