# 1963 Ivy League football season

The 1963 Ivy League football season was the eighth season of college football play for the Ivy League and was part of the 1963 NCAA University Division football season. The season began on September 28, 1963, and ended on November 30, 1963. Ivy League teams were 13–1–1 against non-conference opponents and Dartmouth and Princeton won the conference co-championship.

## Season overview

| Conf. Rank | Team | Head coach | AP final | AP high | Overall record | Conf. record | PPG | PAG |
| 1 (tie) | Dartmouth | Bob Blackman | NR | NR | 7–2 | 5–2 | 19.4 | 10.4 |
| 1 (tie) | Princeton | Dick Colman | NR | NR | 7–2 | 5–2 | 27.4 | 9.2 |
| 3 | Harvard | John Yovicsin | NR | NR | 5–2–2 | 4–2–1 | 13.6 | 8.4 |
| 4 (tie) | Yale | Jordan Olivar | NR | NR | 6–3 | 4–3 | 15.0 | 8.7 |
| 4 (tie) | Cornell | Tom Harp | NR | NR | 5–4 | 4–3 | 16.9 | 18.3 |
| 6 | Columbia | Aldo Donelli | NR | NR | 4–4–1 | 2–4–1 | 21.1 | 18.3 |
| 7 | Brown | John McLaughry | NR | NR | 3–5 | 2–5 | 19.6 | 21.0 |
| 8 | Penn | John Stiegman | NR | NR | 3–6 | 1–6 | 10.8 | 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 28 | Columbia | Brown | Brown Stadium • Providence, RI | COL 41–14 |
| September 28 | Massachusetts | Harvard | Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA | T 0–0 |
| September 28 | Bucknell | Dartmouth | Memorial Field • Hanover, NH | W 20–18 |
| September 28 | Rutgers | Princeton | Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ | W 24–0 |
| September 28 | Connecticut | Yale | Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT | W 3–0 |
| September 28 | Colgate | Cornell | Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY | L 17–21 |
| September 28 | Lafayette | Penn | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA | W 47–0 |

### Week 2

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| October 5 | Princeton | Columbia | Baker Field • New York City, NY | PRIN 7–6 |
| October 5 | Rutgers | Harvard | Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA | W 28–0 |
| October 5 | Dartmouth | Penn | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA | DART 28–0 |
| October 5 | Brown | Yale | Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT | BROWN 12–7 |
| October 5 | Lehigh | Cornell | Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY | W 24–0 |

### Week 3

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| October 12 | Columbia | Yale | Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT | YALE 19–7 |
| October 12 | Cornell | Harvard | Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA | HAR 21–14 |
| October 12 | Brown | Dartmouth | Memorial Field • Hanover, NH | DART 14–7 |
| October 12 | Penn | Princeton | Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ | PRIN 34–0 |

### Week 4

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| October 19 | Columbia | Harvard | Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA | TIE 3–3 |
| October 19 | Holy Cross | Dartmouth | Memorial Field • Hanover, NH | W 13–8 |
| October 19 | Colgate | Princeton | Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ | W 42–0 |
| October 19 | Yale | Cornell | Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY | COR 13–10 |
| October 19 | Penn | Brown | Brown Stadium • Providence, RI | BROWN 41–13 |

### Week 5

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| October 26 | Lehigh | Columbia | Baker Field • New York City, NY | W 42–21 |
| October 26 | Dartmouth | Harvard | Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA | HAR 17–13 |
| October 26 | Cornell | Princeton | Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ | PRIN 51–14 |
| October 26 | Colgate | Yale | Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT | W 31–0 |
| October 26 | Rutgers | Penn | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA | W 7–6 |
| October 26 | Rhode Island | Brown | Brown Stadium • Providence, RI | W 33–7 |

### Week 6

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| November 2 | Columbia | Cornell | Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY | COR 18–17 |
| November 2 | Harvard | Penn | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA | PENN 7–2 |
| November 2 | Dartmouth | Yale | Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT | YALE 10–6 |
| November 2 | Brown | Princeton | Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ | PRIN 34–13 |

### Week 7

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| November 9 | Dartmouth | Columbia | Baker Field • New York City, NY | DART 47–6 |
| November 9 | Princeton | Harvard | Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA | HAR 21–7 |
| November 9 | Yale | Penn | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA | YALE 28–7 |
| November 9 | Brown | Cornell | Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY | COR 28–25 |

### Week 8

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| November 16 | Penn | Columbia | Baker Field • New York City, NY | COL 33–8 |
| November 16 | Harvard | Brown | Brown Stadium • Providence, RI | HAR 24–12 |
| November 16 | Cornell | Dartmouth | Memorial Field • Hanover, NH | DART 12–7 |
| November 16 | Yale | Princeton | Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ | PRIN 27–7 |

### Week 9

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| November 28 | Cornell | Penn | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA | COR 17–8 |
| November 30 | Columbia | Rutgers | Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ | R 35–28 |
| November 30 | Harvard | Yale | Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT | YALE 20–6 |
| November 30 | Dartmouth | Princeton | Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ | DART 22–21 |

## 1964 NFL Draft

Two Ivy League players were drafted in the 1964 NFL draft, held in December 1963: Gary Wood and Dick Niglio.
| Rnd. | Pick No. | NFL team | Player | Pos. | College | Conf. | Notes |
| 8 | 109 | New York Giants | Gary Wood | QB | Cornell | Ivy | |
| 20 | 280 | Chicago Bears | Dick Niglio | FB | Yale | Ivy | |