# 1957 Ivy League football season

The 1957 Ivy League football season was the second season of college football play for the Ivy League and was part of the 1957 college football season. The season began on September 28, 1957, and ended on November 28, 1957. Ivy League teams were 7–6 against non-conference opponents and Princeton won the conference championship.

## Season overview

| Conf. Rank | Team | Head coach | AP final | AP high | Overall record | Conf. record | PPG | PAG |
| 1 | Princeton | Dick Colman | NR | NR | 7–2 | 6–1 | 22.9 | 10.6 |
| 2 | Dartmouth | Bob Blackman | NR | #20 | 7–1–1 | 5–1–1 | 18.1 | 8.6 |
| 3 | Yale | Jordan Olivar | NR | NR | 6–2–1 | 4–2–1 | 23.6 | 9.8 |
| 4 (tie) | Brown | Alva Kelley | NR | NR | 5–4 | 3–4 | 17.1 | 13.9 |
| 4 (tie) | Cornell | George K. James | NR | NR | 3–6 | 3–4 | 11.1 | 17.7 |
| 4 (tie) | Penn | Steve Sebo | NR | NR | 3–6 | 3–4 | 13.4 | 15.3 |
| 7 | Harvard | John Yovicsin | NR | NR | 3–5 | 2–5 | 9.8 | 22.5 |
| 8 | Columbia | Aldo Donelli | NR | NR | 1–8 | 1–6 | 6.0 | 23.8 |

## 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 | Rutgers | Princeton | Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ | W 7–0 |
| September 28 | New Hampshire | Dartmouth | Memorial Field • Hanover, NH | W 27–0 |
| September 28 | Connecticut | Yale | Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT | W 27–0 |
| September 28 | Columbia | Brown | Brown Stadium • Providence, RI | COL 23–20 |
| September 28 | Colgate | Cornell | Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY | L 13–14 |
| September 28 | #19 Penn State | Penn | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA | L 14–19 |
| Date | Bye Week |
| September 28 | Harvard |

### Week 2

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| October 5 | Princeton | Columbia | Baker Field • New York City, NY | PRIN 47–6 |
| October 5 | Dartmouth | Penn | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA | DART 6–3 |
| October 5 | Brown | Yale | Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT | BROWN 21–20 |
| October 5 | Cornell | Harvard | Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA | COR 20–6 |

### Week 3

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| October 12 | Penn | Princeton | Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ | PRIN 13–9 |
| October 12 | Brown | Dartmouth | Memorial Field • Hanover, NH | DART 35–0 |
| October 12 | Columbia | Yale | Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT | YALE 19–0 |
| October 12 | Syracuse | Cornell | Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY | L 0–34 |
| October 12 | Ohio | Harvard | Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA | W 14–7 |

### Week 4

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| October 19 | Colgate | Princeton | Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ | L 10–12 |
| October 19 | Dartmouth | Holy Cross | Fitton Field • Worcester, MA | W 14–7 |
| October 19 | Yale | Cornell | Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY | YALE 18–7 |
| October 19 | Penn | Brown | Brown Stadium • Providence, RI | BROWN 20–7 |
| October 19 | Columbia | Harvard | Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA | HAR 19–6 |

### Week 5

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| October 26 | Cornell | Princeton | Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ | PRIN 47–14 |
| October 26 | Dartmouth | Harvard | Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA | DART 26–0 |
| October 26 | Colgate | Yale | Colgate University • Hamilton, NY | W 20–0 |
| October 26 | Rhode Island | Brown | Brown Stadium • Providence, RI | BROWN 21–7 |
| October 26 | #16 Navy | Penn | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA | NAVY 35–7 |
| October 26 | Lehigh | Columbia | Baker Field • New York City, NY | L 6–40 |

### Week 6

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| November 2 | Princeton | Brown | Brown Stadium • Providence, RI | PRIN 7–0 |
| November 2 | #20 Dartmouth | Yale | Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT | T 14–14 |
| November 2 | Columbia | Cornell | Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY | COR 8–0 |
| November 2 | Harvard | Penn | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA | HAR 13–6 |

### Week 7

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| November 9 | Princeton | Harvard | Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA | PRIN 28–20 |
| November 9 | Dartmouth | Columbia | Baker Field • New York City, NY | DART 7–0 |
| November 9 | Yale | Penn | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA | PENN 33–20 |
| November 9 | Brown | Cornell | Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY | COR 13–6 |

### Week 8

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| November 16 | Yale | Princeton | Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ | YALE 20–13 |
| November 16 | Cornell | Dartmouth | Memorial Field • Hanover, NH | DART 20–19 |
| November 16 | Brown | Harvard | Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA | BROWN 33–6 |
| November 16 | Penn | Columbia | Baker Field • New York City, NY | PENN 28–6 |

### Week 9

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| November 23 | Dartmouth | Princeton | Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ | PRIN 34–14 |
| November 23 | Harvard | Yale | Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT | YALE 54–0 |
| November 23 | Rutgers | Columbia | Baker Field • New York City, NY | L 7–26 |
| November 28 | Colgate | Brown | Brown Stadium • Providence, RI | W 33–7 |
| November 28 | Cornell | Penn | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA | PENN 14–6 |

## 1958 NFL Draft

One Ivy League player was drafted in the 1958 NFL draft, held in December 1957 and January 1958: Gil Robertshaw.
| Rnd. | Pick No. | NFL team | Player | Pos. | College | Conf. | Notes |
| 10 | 111 | Chicago Cardinals | Gil Robertshaw | T | Brown | Ivy | |