1959 Yale
6–3 (4–3 Ivy League), coached by Jordan Olivar. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Cornell 23–0Oct 17
By 23 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26 | vs UConn | W 20–0 | 75% |
| Oct 3 | vs Brown | W 17–0 | 53% |
| Oct 10 | vs Columbia | W 14–0 | 73% |
| Oct 17 | at Cornell | W 23–0 | 33% |
| Oct 24 | vs Colgate | W 21–0 | 79% |
| Oct 31 | vs Dartmouth | L 8–12 | 61% |
| Nov 7 | at Pennsylvania | L 12–28 | 41% |
| Nov 14 | at Princeton | W 38–20 | 37% |
| Nov 21 | vs Harvard | L 6–35 | 65% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Harvard 35–6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Ivy League.
In program history: The 95th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 137 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 6: 19
- Wk 7: 13
- Record
- 6–3
- Conference
- 4–3 tied for 3rd in Ivy League
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 13
- Points
- 159–95
- Coach
- Jordan Olivar
- Elo
- 1471 +61 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −14.5 No. 94 of 112 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Richard Winkler
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.