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1963 Ivy League football season

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1963 Ivy League football season
LeagueNCAA University Division
SportFootball
DurationSeptember 28, 1963 –
November 30, 1963
Number of teams8
1964 NFL Draft
Top draft pickGary Wood (Cornell)
Picked byNew York Giants, 109th overall
Regular season
ChampionsDartmouth, Princeton
Football seasons
← 1962
1964 →
1963 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Dartmouth + 5 2 0 7 2 0
Princeton + 5 2 0 7 2 0
Harvard 4 2 1 5 2 2
Yale 4 3 0 6 3 0
Cornell 4 3 0 5 4 0
Columbia 2 4 1 4 4 1
Brown 2 5 0 3 5 0
Penn 1 6 0 3 6 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

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.[1]

Season overview

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Conf. Rank Team Head coach AP final AP high Overall record Conf. record PPG PAG
1 (tie) Dartmouth[2] Bob Blackman NR NR 7–2 5–2 19.4 10.4
1 (tie) Princeton[3] Dick Colman NR NR 7–2 5–2 27.4 9.2
3 Harvard[4] John Yovicsin NR NR 5–2–2 4–2–1 13.6 8.4
4 (tie) Yale[5] Jordan Olivar NR NR 6–3 4–3 15.0 8.7
4 (tie) Cornell[6] Tom Harp NR NR 5–4 4–3 16.9 18.3
6 Columbia[7] Aldo Donelli NR NR 4–4–1 2–4–1 21.1 18.3
7 Brown[8] John McLaughry NR NR 3–5 2–5 19.6 21.0
8 Penn[9] John Stiegman NR NR 3–6 1–6 10.8 21.0

Schedule

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Index to colors and formatting
Ivy League member won
Ivy League member lost
Ivy League teams in bold

Week 1

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
September 28 Columbia Brown Brown StadiumProvidence, RI COL 41–14
September 28 Massachusetts Harvard Harvard StadiumBoston, MA T 0–0
September 28 Bucknell Dartmouth Memorial FieldHanover, NH W 20–18
September 28 Rutgers Princeton Palmer StadiumPrinceton, NJ W 24–0
September 28 Connecticut Yale Yale BowlNew Haven, CT W 3–0
September 28 Colgate Cornell Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY L 17–21
September 28 Lafayette Penn Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA W 47–0

Week 2

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
October 5 Princeton Columbia Baker FieldNew York City, NY PRIN 7–6
October 5 Rutgers Harvard Harvard StadiumBoston, MA W 28–0
October 5 Dartmouth Penn Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA DART 28–0
October 5 Brown Yale Yale BowlNew Haven, CT BROWN 12–7
October 5 Lehigh Cornell Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY W 24–0

Week 3

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
October 12 Columbia Yale Yale BowlNew Haven, CT YALE 19–7
October 12 Cornell Harvard Harvard StadiumBoston, MA HAR 21–14
October 12 Brown Dartmouth Memorial FieldHanover, NH DART 14–7
October 12 Penn Princeton Palmer StadiumPrinceton, NJ PRIN 34–0

Week 4

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
October 19 Columbia Harvard Harvard StadiumBoston, MA TIE 3–3
October 19 Holy Cross Dartmouth Memorial FieldHanover, NH W 13–8
October 19 Colgate Princeton Palmer StadiumPrinceton, NJ W 42–0
October 19 Yale Cornell Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY COR 13–10
October 19 Penn Brown Brown StadiumProvidence, RI BROWN 41–13

Week 5

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
October 26 Lehigh Columbia Baker FieldNew York City, NY W 42–21
October 26 Dartmouth Harvard Harvard StadiumBoston, MA HAR 17–13
October 26 Cornell Princeton Palmer StadiumPrinceton, NJ PRIN 51–14
October 26 Colgate Yale Yale BowlNew Haven, CT W 31–0
October 26 Rutgers Penn Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA W 7–6
October 26 Rhode Island Brown Brown StadiumProvidence, RI W 33–7

Week 6

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
November 2 Columbia Cornell Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY COR 18–17
November 2 Harvard Penn Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA PENN 7–2
November 2 Dartmouth Yale Yale BowlNew Haven, CT YALE 10–6
November 2 Brown Princeton Palmer StadiumPrinceton, NJ PRIN 34–13

Week 7

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
November 9 Dartmouth Columbia Baker FieldNew York City, NY DART 47–6
November 9 Princeton Harvard Harvard StadiumBoston, MA HAR 21–7
November 9 Yale Penn Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA YALE 28–7
November 9 Brown Cornell Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY COR 28–25

Week 8

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
November 16 Penn Columbia Baker FieldNew York City, NY COL 33–8
November 16 Harvard Brown Brown StadiumProvidence, RI HAR 24–12
November 16 Cornell Dartmouth Memorial FieldHanover, NH DART 12–7
November 16 Yale Princeton Palmer StadiumPrinceton, NJ PRIN 27–7

Week 9

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
November 28 Cornell Penn Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA COR 17–8
November 30 Columbia Rutgers Rutgers StadiumPiscataway, NJ R 35–28
November 30 Harvard Yale Yale BowlNew Haven, CT YALE 20–6
November 30 Dartmouth Princeton Palmer StadiumPrinceton, NJ DART 22–21

1964 NFL Draft

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Two Ivy League players were drafted in the 1964 NFL draft, held in December 1963: Gary Wood and Dick Niglio.[10]

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

References

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  1. ^ "1963 Ivy Group Year Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  2. ^ "1963 Dartmouth Big Green Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  3. ^ "1963 Princeton Tigers Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  4. ^ "1963 Harvard Crimson Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  5. ^ "1963 Yale Bulldogs Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  6. ^ "1963 Cornell Big Red Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  7. ^ "1963 Columbia Lions Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  8. ^ "1963 Brown Bears Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  9. ^ "1963 Penn Quakers Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  10. ^ "1964 NFL Draft Listing". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2017.