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1957 Pennsylvania

3–⁠6 (3–⁠4 Ivy League).

Schedule and results

Pennsylvania in 1957, game by game: lost vs. No. 19 Penn State 14–19; lost vs. Dartmouth 3–6; lost at Princeton 9–13; lost at Brown 7–20; lost vs. No. 16 Navy 7–35; lost vs. Harvard 6–13; won vs. Yale 33–20; won at Columbia 28–6; won vs. Cornell 14–6+22−28Lost 14–19 vs. No. 19 Penn State-5No. 19 Penn StateLost 3–6 vs. Dartmouth-3DartmouthLost 9–13 at Princeton-4PrincetonLost 7–20 at Brown-13BrownLost 7–35 vs. No. 16 Navy-28No. 16 NavyLost 6–13 vs. Harvard-7HarvardWon 33–20 vs. Yale+13YaleWon 28–6 at Columbia+22ColumbiaWon 14–6 vs. Cornell+8Cornell
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 28vs19Penn StateL 14–⁠1933%
Oct 5vsDartmouthL 3–⁠641%
Oct 12atPrincetonL 9–⁠1319%
Oct 19atBrownL 7–⁠2032%
Oct 26vs16NavyL 7–⁠3521%
Nov 2vsHarvardL 6–⁠1351%
Nov 9vsYaleW 33–⁠2020%
Nov 16atColumbiaW 28–⁠657%
Nov 28vsCornellW 14–⁠655%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Cornell 14–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Ivy League.

In program history: The 89th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

Record
3–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 4th in Ivy League
AP final
Unranked
Points
121–⁠138
Coach
—
Elo
1410 +16 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−12.0 No. 91 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1957 Ivy League standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Princeton6–⁠17–⁠2
Dartmouth5–⁠1–⁠17–⁠1–⁠1
Yale4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠1
Brown3–⁠45–⁠4
Pennsylvania3–⁠43–⁠6
Cornell3–⁠43–⁠6
Harvard2–⁠53–⁠5
Columbia1–⁠61–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.