1956 Ivy League football season

1956 Ivy League football season
League	NCAA University Division
Sport	Football
Duration	September 29, 1956 – November 24, 1956
Number of teams	8
1957 NFL Draft
Top draft pick	Al Ward (Princeton)
Picked by	Chicago Bears, 91st overall
Regular season
Champions	Yale
Football seasons
1957 →

1956 Ivy League football standings
v t	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale $	7	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Princeton	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Penn	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Brown	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Columbia	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Harvard	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Cornell	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1956 Ivy League football season was the first season of college football play for the Ivy League and was part of the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. The season began on September 29, 1956, and ended on November 24, 1956. Ivy League teams were 4–7–1 against non-conference opponents and Yale won the conference championship.^[1]

Season overview[]

Conf. Rank	Team	Head coach	AP final	AP high	Overall record	Conf. record	PPG	PAG
1	Yale[2]	Jordan Olivar	NR	NR	8–1	7–0	27.3	10.8
2	Princeton[3]	Charlie Caldwell	NR	#20	7–2	5–2	26.3	15.0
3 (tie)	Dartmouth[4]	Bob Blackman	NR	NR	5–4	4–3	13.6	9.9
3 (tie)	Penn[5]	Steve Sebo	NR	NR	4–5	4–3	10.7	24.0
5	Brown[6]	Alva Kelley	NR	NR	5–4	3–4	13.8	10.4
6 (tie)	Columbia[7]	Lou Little	NR	NR	3–6	2–5	10.4	26.3
6 (tie)	Harvard[8]	Lloyd Jordan	NR	NR	2–6	2–5	19.1	24.9
8	Cornell[9]	George K. James	NR	NR	1–8	1–6	11.1	23.2

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 29	Connecticut	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	W 19–14
September 29	Rutgers	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	W 28–6
September 29	New Hampshire	Dartmouth	Memorial Field • Hanover, NH	W 13–0
September 29	Penn State	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	L 34–0
September 29	Brown	Columbia	Baker Field • New York City, NY	BROWN 20–0
September 29	Cornell	Colgate	Colgate University • Hamilton, NY	L 6–34

Date	Bye Week
September 29	Harvard

Week 2[]

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 6	Brown	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	YALE 30–2
October 6	Columbia	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	PRIN 39–0
October 6	Dartmouth	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	PENN 14–7
October 6	Tufts	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA	L 13–19
October 6	Navy	Cornell	Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY	L 14–0

Week 3[]

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 13	Yale	Columbia	Baker Field • New York City, NY	YALE 33–19
October 13	Princeton	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	PRIN 34–0
October 13	Dartmouth	Brown	Brown Stadium • Providence, RI	DART 14–7
October 13	Harvard	Cornell	Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY	HAR 32–7

Week 4[]

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 20	Cornell	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	YALE 25–7
October 20	Colgate	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	W 28–20
October 20	Holy Cross	Dartmouth	Memorial Field • Hanover, NH	T 7–7
October 20	Brown	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	PENN 14–7
October 20	Harvard	Columbia	Baker Field • New York City, NY	COL 26–20

Week 5[]

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 27	Colgate	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	L 6–14
October 27	Princeton	Cornell	Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY	PRIN 31–21
October 27	Dartmouth	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA	HAR 28–21
October 27	Navy	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	L 54–6
October 27	Rhode Island	Brown	Brown Stadium • Providence, RI	BROWN 27–7
October 27	Army	Columbia	Baker Field • New York City, NY	L 0–60

Week 6[]

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 3	Dartmouth	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	YALE 19–0
November 3	Brown	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	PRIN 21–7
November 3	Penn	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA	PENN 28–14
November 3	Cornell	Columbia	Baker Field • New York City, NY	COL 25–19

Week 7[]

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 10	Penn	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	YALE 40–7
November 10	Harvard	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	PRIN 35–20
November 10	Columbia	Dartmouth	Memorial Field • Hanover, NH	DART 14–0
November 10	Cornell	Brown	Brown Stadium • Providence, RI	BROWN 13–6

Week 8[]

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 17	#20 Princeton	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	YALE 42–20
November 17	Dartmouth	Cornell	Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY	DART 27–14
November 17	Penn	Columbia	Baker Field • New York City, NY	PENN 20–6
November 17	Brown	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA	BROWN 21–12

Week 9[]

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 22	Penn	Cornell	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	COR 20–7
November 22	Colgate	Brown	Brown Stadium • Providence, RI	W 20–0
November 24	Yale	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA	YALE 42–14
November 24	Dartmouth	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	DART 19–0
November 24	Columbia	Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	W 18–12

1957 NFL Draft[]

Four Ivy League players were drafted in the 1957 NFL draft, held in November 1956 and January 1957: Al Ward, Paul Lopata, Dennis McGill, and Mike Bowman.^[10]

	Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	Notes
	8	91	Chicago Bears	Al Ward	B	Yale	Ivy	from Pittsburgh
	8	93	Washington Redskins		E	Yale	Ivy
	24	278	Philadelphia Eagles		B	Yale	Ivy
	29	349	New York Giants		OG	Princeton	Ivy

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