# 1962 Ivy League football season

The 1962 Ivy League football season was the seventh season of college football play for the Ivy League and was part of the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. The season began on September 22, 1962, and ended on November 24, 1962. Ivy League teams were 8–6–2 against non-conference opponents and Dartmouth won the conference championship.

## Season overview

| Conf. Rank | Team | Head coach | AP final | AP high | Overall record | Conf. record | PPG | PAG |
| 1 | Dartmouth | Bob Blackman | NR | NR | 9–0 | 7–0 | 26.2 | 6.3 |
| 2 | Harvard | John Yovicsin | NR | NR | 6–3 | 5–2 | 22.4 | 13.1 |
| 3 (tie) | Columbia | Aldo Donelli | NR | NR | 5–4 | 4–3 | 13.8 | 22.9 |
| 3 (tie) | Princeton | Dick Colman | NR | NR | 5–4 | 4–3 | 20.8 | 16.2 |
| 3 (tie) | Cornell | Tom Harp | NR | NR | 4–5 | 4–3 | 18.7 | 26.3 |
| 6 | Penn | John Stiegman | NR | NR | 3–6 | 2–5 | 10.0 | 19.3 |
| 7 | Yale | Jordan Olivar | NR | NR | 2–5–2 | 1–5–1 | 11.3 | 12.0 |
| 8 | Brown | John McLaughry | NR | NR | 1–6–2 | 0–6–1 | 12.9 | 20.9 |

## 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 22 | Colgate | Brown | Brown Stadium • Providence, RI | W 6–2 |

### Week 2

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| September 29 | Massachusetts | Dartmouth | Memorial Field • Hanover, NH | W 27–3 |
| September 29 | Lehigh | Harvard | Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA | W 27–7 |
| September 29 | Brown | Columbia | Baker Field • New York City, NY | COL 22–20 |
| September 29 | Rutgers | Princeton | Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ | W 15–7 |
| September 29 | Colgate | Cornell | Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY | L 12–23 |
| September 29 | Lafayette | Penn | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA | W 13–11 |
| September 29 | Connecticut | Yale | Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT | W 18–14 |

### Week 3

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| October 6 | Penn | Dartmouth | Memorial Field • Hanover, NH | DART 17–0 |
| October 6 | Harvard | Cornell | Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY | COR 14–12 |
| October 6 | Columbia | Princeton | Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ | PRIN 33–0 |
| October 6 | Yale | Brown | Brown Stadium • Providence, RI | T 6–6 |

### Week 4

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| October 13 | Dartmouth | Brown | Brown Stadium • Providence, RI | DART 41–0 |
| October 13 | Holy Cross | Harvard | Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA | L 20–34 |
| October 13 | Yale | Columbia | Baker Field • New York City, NY | COL 14–10 |
| October 13 | Princeton | Penn | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA | PRIN 21–8 |
| October 13 | Cornell | Navy | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD | L 0–41 |

### Week 5

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| October 20 | Holy Cross | Dartmouth | Memorial Field • Hanover, NH | W 10–0 |
| October 20 | Harvard | Columbia | Baker Field • New York City, NY | HAR 36–14 |
| October 20 | Colgate | Princeton | Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ | L 15–16 |
| October 20 | Cornell | Yale | Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT | YALE 26–8 |
| October 20 | Brown | Penn | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA | PENN 18–15 |

### Week 6

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| October 27 | Dartmouth | Harvard | Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA | DART 24–6 |
| October 27 | Lehigh | Columbia | Baker Field • New York City, NY | W 22–15 |
| October 27 | Princeton | Cornell | Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY | COR 35–34 |
| October 27 | Rutgers | Penn | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA | L 7–12 |
| October 27 | Colgate | Yale | Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT | T 14–14 |
| October 27 | Rhode Island | Brown | Brown Stadium • Providence, RI | T 12–12 |

### Week 7

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| November 3 | Dartmouth | Yale | Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT | DART 9–0 |
| November 3 | Penn | Harvard | Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA | HAR 36–0 |
| November 3 | Cornell | Columbia | Baker Field • New York City, NY | COL 25–21 |
| November 3 | Brown | Princeton | Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ | PRIN 28–12 |

### Week 8

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| November 10 | Columbia | Dartmouth | Memorial Field • Hanover, NH | DART 42–0 |
| November 10 | Harvard | Princeton | Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ | HAR 20–0 |
| November 10 | Cornell | Brown | Brown Stadium • Providence, RI | COR 28–26 |
| November 10 | Penn | Yale | Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT | PENN 15–12 |

### Week 9

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| November 17 | Dartmouth | Cornell | Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY | DART 28–21 |
| November 17 | Brown | Harvard | Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA | HAR 31–19 |
| November 17 | Columbia | Penn | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA | COL 21–7 |
| November 17 | 'Princeton | Yale | Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT | PRIN 14–10 |

### Week 10

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| November 24 | Dartmouth | Princeton | Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ | DART 38–27 |
| November 24 | Yale | Harvard | Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA | HAR 14–6 |
| November 24 | Rutgers | Columbia | Baker Field • New York City, NY | L 6–22 |
| November 24 | Cornell | Penn | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA | COR 29–22 |

## 1963 NFL Draft

One Ivy League player was drafted in the 1963 NFL draft, held in December 1962: Don McKinnon.
| Rnd. | Pick No. | NFL team | Player | Pos. | College | Conf. | Notes |
| 11 | 153 | New York Giants | Don McKinnon | LB | Dartmouth | Ivy | |