1957 Ivy League football season

The 1957 Ivy League football season was the second season of college football play for the Ivy League and was part of the 1957 college 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]

1957 Ivy League football season
League	NCAA University Division
Sport	Football
Duration	September 28, 1957 – November 28, 1957
Number of teams	8
1958 NFL Draft
Top draft pick	Gil Robertshaw (Brown)
Picked by	Chicago Cardinals, 111th overall
Regular season
Champions	Princeton

1957 Ivy League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Princeton $	6	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth	5	–	1	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
Yale	4	–	2	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
Brown	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Cornell	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Penn	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Harvard	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Columbia	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion

Season overview

Conf. Rank	Team	Head coach	AP final	AP high	Overall record	Conf. record	PPG	PAG
1	Princeton[2]	Dick Colman	NR	NR	7–2	6–1	22.9	10.6
2	Dartmouth[3]	Bob Blackman	NR	#20	7–1–1	5–1–1	18.1	8.6
3	Yale[4]	Jordan Olivar	NR	NR	6–2–1	4–2–1	23.6	9.8
4 (tie)	Brown[5]	Alva Kelley	NR	NR	5–4	3–4	17.1	13.9
4 (tie)	Cornell[6]	George K. James	NR	NR	3–6	3–4	11.1	17.7
4 (tie)	Penn[7]	Steve Sebo	NR	NR	3–6	3–4	13.4	15.3
7	Harvard[8]	John Yovicsin	NR	NR	3–5	2–5	9.8	22.5
8	Columbia[9]	Aldo Donelli	NR	NR	1–8	1–6	6.0	23.8

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	Rutgers	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	W 7–0
September 28	New Hampshire	Dartmouth	Memorial Field • Hanover, NH	W 27–0
September 28	Connecticut	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	W 27–0
September 28	Columbia	Brown	Brown Stadium • Providence, RI	COL 23–20
September 28	Colgate	Cornell	Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY	L 13–14
September 28	#19 Penn State	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	L 14–19

Date	Bye Week
September 28	Harvard

Week 2

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 5	Princeton	Columbia	Baker Field • New York City, NY	PRIN 47–6
October 5	Dartmouth	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	DART 6–3
October 5	Brown	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	BROWN 21–20
October 5	Cornell	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA	COR 20–6

Week 3

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 12	Penn	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	PRIN 13–9
October 12	Brown	Dartmouth	Memorial Field • Hanover, NH	DART 35–0
October 12	Columbia	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	YALE 19–0
October 12	Syracuse	Cornell	Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY	L 0–34
October 12	Ohio	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA	W 14–7

Week 4

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 19	Colgate	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	L 10–12
October 19	Dartmouth	Holy Cross	Fitton Field • Worcester, MA	W 14–7
October 19	Yale	Cornell	Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY	YALE 18–7
October 19	Penn	Brown	Brown Stadium • Providence, RI	BROWN 20–7
October 19	Columbia	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA	HAR 19–6

Week 5

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 26	Cornell	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	PRIN 47–14
October 26	Dartmouth	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA	DART 26–0
October 26	Colgate	Yale	Colgate University • Hamilton, NY	W 20–0
October 26	Rhode Island	Brown	Brown Stadium • Providence, RI	BROWN 21–7
October 26	#16 Navy	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	NAVY 35–7
October 26	Lehigh	Columbia	Baker Field • New York City, NY	L 6–40

Week 6

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 2	Princeton	Brown	Brown Stadium • Providence, RI	PRIN 7–0
November 2	#20 Dartmouth	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	T 14–14
November 2	Columbia	Cornell	Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY	COR 8–0
November 2	Harvard	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	HAR 13–6

Week 7

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 9	Princeton	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA	PRIN 28–20
November 9	Dartmouth	Columbia	Baker Field • New York City, NY	DART 7–0
November 9	Yale	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	PENN 33–20
November 9	Brown	Cornell	Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY	COR 13–6

Week 8

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 16	Yale	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	YALE 20–13
November 16	Cornell	Dartmouth	Memorial Field • Hanover, NH	DART 20–19
November 16	Brown	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA	BROWN 33–6
November 16	Penn	Columbia	Baker Field • New York City, NY	PENN 28–6

Week 9

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 23	Dartmouth	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	PRIN 34–14
November 23	Harvard	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	YALE 54–0
November 23	Rutgers	Columbia	Baker Field • New York City, NY	L 7–26
November 28	Colgate	Brown	Brown Stadium • Providence, RI	W 33–7
November 28	Cornell	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, 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 #	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	Notes
	10	111	Chicago Cardinals	Gil Robertshaw	T	Brown	Ivy

References

1. "1957 Ivy Group Year Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
2. "1957 Princeton Tigers Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
3. "1957 Dartmouth Big Green Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
4. "1957 Yale Bulldogs Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
5. "1957 Brown Bears Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
6. "1957 Cornell Big Red Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
7. "1957 Penn Quakers Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
8. "1957 Harvard Crimson Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
9. "1957 Columbia Lions Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
10. "1958 NFL Draft". The Pro Football Archives. Retrieved 25 March 2017.