1957 Ivy League football season

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1957 Ivy League football season
League NCAA University Division
Sport Football
DurationSeptember 28, 1957 –
November 28, 1957
Number of teams8
1958 NFL Draft
Top draft pickGil Robertshaw (Brown)
Picked by Chicago Cardinals, 111th overall
Regular season
Champions Princeton
Football seasons
  1956
1958  
1957 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Princeton $ 6 1 07 2 0
Dartmouth 5 1 17 1 1
Yale 4 2 16 2 1
Brown 3 4 05 4 0
Cornell 3 4 03 6 0
Penn 3 4 03 6 0
Harvard 2 5 03 5 0
Columbia 1 6 01 8 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1957 Ivy League football season was the second season of college football play for the Ivy League and was part of the 1957 NCAA University Division 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. [1]

Contents

Season overview

Conf. RankTeamHead coach AP finalAP highOverall recordConf. recordPPGPAG
1 Princeton [2] Dick Colman NRNR7–26–122.910.6
2 Dartmouth [3] Bob Blackman NR#207–1–15–1–118.18.6
3 Yale [4] Jordan Olivar NRNR6–2–14–2–123.69.8
4 (tie) Brown [5] Alva Kelley NRNR5–43–417.113.9
4 (tie) Cornell [6] George K. James NRNR3–63–411.117.7
4 (tie) Penn [7] Steve Sebo NRNR3–63–413.415.3
7 Harvard [8] John Yovicsin NRNR3–52–59.822.5
8 Columbia [9] Aldo Donelli NRNR1–81–66.023.8

Schedule

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

Week 1

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResult
September 28 Rutgers Princeton Palmer StadiumPrinceton, NJ W 7–0
September 28 New Hampshire Dartmouth Memorial FieldHanover, NH W 27–0
September 28 Connecticut Yale Yale BowlNew Haven, CT W 27–0
September 28 Columbia Brown Brown StadiumProvidence, RI COL 23–20
September 28 Colgate Cornell Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY L 13–14
September 28#19 Penn State Penn Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA L 14–19
DateBye Week
September 28 Harvard

Week 2

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResult
October 5 Princeton Columbia Baker FieldNew York City, NY PRIN 47–6
October 5 Dartmouth Penn Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA DART 6–3
October 5 Brown Yale Yale BowlNew Haven, CT BROWN 21–20
October 5 Cornell Harvard Harvard StadiumBoston, MA COR 20–6

Week 3

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResult
October 12 Penn Princeton Palmer StadiumPrinceton, NJ PRIN 13–9
October 12 Brown Dartmouth Memorial FieldHanover, NH DART 35–0
October 12 Columbia Yale Yale BowlNew Haven, CT YALE 19–0
October 12 Syracuse Cornell Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY L 0–34
October 12 Ohio Harvard Harvard StadiumBoston, MA W 14–7

Week 4

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResult
October 19 Colgate Princeton Palmer StadiumPrinceton, NJ L 10–12
October 19 Dartmouth Holy Cross Fitton FieldWorcester, MA W 14–7
October 19 Yale Cornell Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY YALE 18–7
October 19 Penn Brown Brown StadiumProvidence, RI BROWN 20–7
October 19 Columbia Harvard Harvard StadiumBoston, MA HAR 19–6

Week 5

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResult
October 26 Cornell Princeton Palmer StadiumPrinceton, NJ PRIN 47–14
October 26 Dartmouth Harvard Harvard StadiumBoston, MA DART 26–0
October 26 Colgate Yale Colgate UniversityHamilton, NY W 20–0
October 26 Rhode Island Brown Brown StadiumProvidence, RI BROWN 21–7
October 26#16 Navy Penn Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA NAVY 35–7
October 26 Lehigh Columbia Baker FieldNew York City, NY L 6–40

Week 6

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResult
November 2 Princeton Brown Brown StadiumProvidence, RI PRIN 7–0
November 2#20 Dartmouth Yale Yale BowlNew Haven, CT T 14–14
November 2 Columbia Cornell Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY COR 8–0
November 2 Harvard Penn Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA HAR 13–6

Week 7

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResult
November 9 Princeton Harvard Harvard StadiumBoston, MA PRIN 28–20
November 9 Dartmouth Columbia Baker FieldNew York City, NY DART 7–0
November 9 Yale Penn Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA PENN 33–20
November 9 Brown Cornell Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY COR 13–6

Week 8

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResult
November 16 Yale Princeton Palmer StadiumPrinceton, NJ YALE 20–13
November 16 Cornell Dartmouth Memorial FieldHanover, NH DART 20–19
November 16 Brown Harvard Harvard StadiumBoston, MA BROWN 33–6
November 16 Penn Columbia Baker FieldNew York City, NY PENN 28–6

Week 9

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResult
November 23 Dartmouth Princeton Palmer StadiumPrinceton, NJ PRIN 34–14
November 23 Harvard Yale Yale BowlNew Haven, CT YALE 54–0
November 23 Rutgers Columbia Baker FieldNew York City, NY L 7–26
November 28 Colgate Brown Brown StadiumProvidence, RI W 33–7
November 28 Cornell Penn Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, 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. [10]

Rnd.Pick No.NFL teamPlayerPos.CollegeConf.Notes
10111 Chicago Cardinals Gil Robertshaw   T Brown Ivy

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