1962 Ivy League football season

1962 Ivy League football season
LeagueNCAA University Division
SportFootball
DurationSeptember 22, 1962 –
November 24, 1962
Number of teams8
1963 NFL Draft
Top draft pickDon McKinnon (Dartmouth)
Picked byNew York Giants, 153rd overall
Regular season
ChampionsDartmouth
Football seasons
← 1961
1963 →
1962 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Dartmouth $ 7 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Harvard 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Columbia 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Princeton 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Cornell 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Penn 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Yale 1 – 5 – 1 2 – 5 – 2
Brown 0 – 6 – 1 1 – 6 – 2
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1962 Ivy League football season was the seventh season of college football play for the Ivy League and was part of the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. The season began on September 22, 1962, and ended on November 24, 1962. Ivy League teams were 8–6–2 against non-conference opponents and Dartmouth won the conference championship.[1]

Season overview

Conf. Rank Team Head coach AP final AP high Overall record Conf. record PPG PAG
1 Dartmouth[2] Bob Blackman NR NR 9–0 7–0 26.2 6.3
2 Harvard[3] John Yovicsin NR NR 6–3 5–2 22.4 13.1
3 (tie) Columbia[4] Aldo Donelli NR NR 5–4 4–3 13.8 22.9
3 (tie) Princeton[5] Dick Colman NR NR 5–4 4–3 20.8 16.2
3 (tie) Cornell[6] Tom Harp NR NR 4–5 4–3 18.7 26.3
6 Penn[7] John Stiegman NR NR 3–6 2–5 10.0 19.3
7 Yale[8] Jordan Olivar NR NR 2–5–2 1–5–1 11.3 12.0
8 Brown[9] John McLaughry NR NR 1–6–2 0–6–1 12.9 20.9

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 22 Colgate Brown Brown Stadium • Providence, RI W 6–2

Week 2

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
September 29 Massachusetts Dartmouth Memorial Field • Hanover, NH W 27–3
September 29 Lehigh Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA W 27–7
September 29 Brown Columbia Baker Field • New York City, NY COL 22–20
September 29 Rutgers Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ W 15–7
September 29 Colgate Cornell Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY L 12–23
September 29 Lafayette Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 13–11
September 29 Connecticut Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT W 18–14

Week 3

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
October 6 Penn Dartmouth Memorial Field • Hanover, NH DART 17–0
October 6 Harvard Cornell Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY COR 14–12
October 6 Columbia Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ PRIN 33–0
October 6 Yale Brown Brown Stadium • Providence, RI T 6–6

Week 4

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
October 13 Dartmouth Brown Brown Stadium • Providence, RI DART 41–0
October 13 Holy Cross Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA L 20–34
October 13 Yale Columbia Baker Field • New York City, NY COL 14–10
October 13 Princeton Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA PRIN 21–8
October 13 Cornell Navy Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD L 0–41

Week 5

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
October 20 Holy Cross Dartmouth Memorial Field • Hanover, NH W 10–0
October 20 Harvard Columbia Baker Field • New York City, NY HAR 36–14
October 20 Colgate Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ L 15–16
October 20 Cornell Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT YALE 26–8
October 20 Brown Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA PENN 18–15

Week 6

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
October 27 Dartmouth Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA DART 24–6
October 27 Lehigh Columbia Baker Field • New York City, NY W 22–15
October 27 Princeton Cornell Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY COR 35–34
October 27 Rutgers Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA L 7–12
October 27 Colgate Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT T 14–14
October 27 Rhode Island Brown Brown Stadium • Providence, RI T 12–12

Week 7

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
November 3 Dartmouth Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT DART 9–0
November 3 Penn Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA HAR 36–0
November 3 Cornell Columbia Baker Field • New York City, NY COL 25–21
November 3 Brown Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ PRIN 28–12

Week 8

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
November 10 Columbia Dartmouth Memorial Field • Hanover, NH DART 42–0
November 10 Harvard Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ HAR 20–0
November 10 Cornell Brown Brown Stadium • Providence, RI COR 28–26
November 10 Penn Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT PENN 15–12

Week 9

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
November 17 Dartmouth Cornell Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY DART 28–21
November 17 Brown Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA HAR 31–19
November 17 Columbia Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA COL 21–7
November 17 'Princeton Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT PRIN 14–10

Week 10

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result
November 24 Dartmouth Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ DART 38–27
November 24 Yale Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA HAR 14–6
November 24 Rutgers Columbia Baker Field • New York City, NY L 6–22
November 24 Cornell Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA COR 29–22

1963 NFL Draft

Main article: 1963 NFL draft

One Ivy League player was drafted in the 1963 NFL draft, held in December 1962: Don McKinnon.[10]

Rnd. Pick No. NFL team Player Pos. College Conf. Notes
11 153 New York Giants Don McKinnon  LB Dartmouth Ivy

References

  1. ^ "1962 Ivy Group Year Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  2. ^ "1962 Dartmouth Big Green Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  3. ^ "1962 Harvard Crimson Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  4. ^ "1962 Columbia Lions Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  5. ^ "1962 Princeton Tigers Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  6. ^ "1962 Cornell Big Red Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  7. ^ "1962 Penn Quakers Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  8. ^ "1962 Yale Bulldogs Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  9. ^ "1962 Brown Bears Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  10. ^ "1963 NFL Draft Listing". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2017.