# 1959 Ivy League football season

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.

## Season overview

| Conf. Rank | Team | Head coach | AP final | AP high | Overall record | Conf. record | PPG | PAG |
| 1 | Penn | Steve Sebo | NR | NR | 7–1–1 | 6–1 | 21.7 | 8.2 |
| 2 | Dartmouth | Bob Blackman | NR | NR | 5–3–1 | 5–1–1 | 10.7 | 11.8 |
| 3 | Harvard | John Yovicsin | NR | NR | 6–3 | 4–3 | 19.7 | 11.2 |
| 4 | Yale | Jordan Olivar | NR | #13 | 6–3 | 4–3 | 17.7 | 10.6 |
| 5 (tie) | Cornell | George K. James | NR | NR | 5–4 | 3–4 | 12.2 | 15.1 |
| 5 (tie) | Princeton | Dick Colman | NR | NR | 4–5 | 3–4 | 13.8 | 10.8 |
| 7 | Brown | John McLaughry | NR | NR | 2–6–1 | 1–5–1 | 5.7 | 15.4 |
| 8 | Columbia | Aldo Donelli | NR | NR | 2–7 | 1–6 | 9.1 | 21.0 |

## 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 26 | Lafayette | Penn | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA | W 26–0 |
| September 26 | Holy Cross | Dartmouth | Memorial Field • Hanover, NH | L 8–31 |
| September 26 | Massachusetts | Harvard | Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA | W 36–22 |
| September 26 | Connecticut | Yale | Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT | W 20–0 |
| September 26 | Cornell | Colgate | Colgate University • Hamilton, NY | W 20–15 |
| 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 |
| October 3 | Dartmouth | Penn | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA | PENN 13–0 |
| October 3 | Bucknell | Harvard | Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA | W 20–6 |
| October 3 | Brown | Yale | Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT | YALE 17–0 |
| 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 |
| October 10 | Penn | Princeton | Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ | PENN 18–0 |
| 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 |
| October 17 | Brown | Penn | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA | PENN 36–9 |
| 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 |
| October 17 | Colgate | Princeton | Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ | W 42–7 |

### Week 5

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

### Week 6

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| November 21 | Dartmouth | Princeton | Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ | DART 12–7 |
| November 21 | Harvard | Yale | Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT | HAR 35–6 |
| November 21 | Rutgers | Columbia | Baker Field • New York City, NY | W 26–16 |
| November 26 | Cornell | Penn | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA | PENN 28–13 |
| 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.
| Rnd. | Pick No. | NFL team | Player | Pos. | College | Conf. | Notes |
| 12 | 140 | Chicago Bears | Tom Budrewicz | T | Brown | Ivy | |
| 18 | 213 | Cleveland Browns | Jack Hanlon | B | Penn | Ivy | |