1959 Harvard
6–3 (4–3 Ivy League), coached by John Yovicsin. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Yale 35–6Nov 21
By 29 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26 | vs Massachusetts | W 36–22 | 79% |
| Oct 3 | vs Bucknell | W 20–6 | 91% |
| Oct 10 | vs Cornell | L 16–20 | 48% |
| Oct 17 | vs Columbia | W 38–22 | 72% |
| Oct 24 | vs Dartmouth | L 0–9 | 54% |
| Oct 31 | at Pennsylvania | W 12–0 | 26% |
| Nov 7 | vs Princeton | W 14–0 | 46% |
| Nov 14 | at Brown | L 6–16 | 57% |
| Nov 21 | at Yale | W 35–6 | 35% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Yale 35–6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Ivy League.
In program history: The 69th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).
- Record
- 6–3
- Conference
- 4–3 tied for 3rd in Ivy League
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 177–101
- Coach
- John Yovicsin
- Elo
- 1513 +77 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −12.6 No. 90 of 112 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Harold J. Keohane
1959 Ivy League standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 6–1 | 7–1–1 | |
| Dartmouth | 5–1–1 | 5–3–1 | |
| Yale | 4–3 | 6–3 | |
 Harvard | 4–3 | 6–3 | |
| Cornell | 3–4 | 5–4 | |
| Princeton | 3–4 | 4–5 | |
| Brown | 1–5–1 | 2–6–1 | |
| Columbia | 1–6 | 2–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.