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IVY · 1959 Season · Final

Rock Bottom
Record
2–6–1
0.278 Win %
Conference
8th
1–5 in IVY

All-Time Resume

Ranked Seasons
93
1878–1981
All-Time Record
431–392–35
0.523 Win %
Peak Final Rank
#8
1880
#1 Finishes
0
Top 5: 0 · Top 10: 4 · Top 25: 18
  • Divisional Era · 26 seasons
  • AP Poll & Postwar Era · 20 seasons
  • Forward Pass & Stadium Boom Era · 30 seasons · 1 Top 10
  • Pioneer Era · 17 seasons · 3 Top 10

Final finishes, as published; the season in progress counts toward record only. Compare Brown head-to-head · History & Eras

1959 Schedule & Results

WkDateOpponentConfOpp. RecordResult
5Week 5 · Sep 29Columbia (COLUMBIA)H2HIND IVY2–7L 6–21
6Week 6 · Oct 6Yale (YALE)H2HIND IVY6–3L 0–17
7Week 7 · Oct 13Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)H2HIND IVY5–3–1T 0–0
8Week 8 · Oct 20Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)H2HIND IVY7–1–1L 9–36
9Week 9 · Oct 27RHODE ISLANDUnranked—W 6–0
10Week 10 · Nov 3Princeton (PRINCETON)H2HIND IVY4–5L 0–7
11Week 11 · Nov 10Cornell (CORNELL)H2HIND IVY5–4L 0–19
12Week 12 · Nov 17Harvard (HARVARD)H2HIND IVY6–3W 16–6
14Week 14 · Dec 1Colgate (COLGATE)H2HIND FBSI2–7L 14–33

Past season results come from the published weekly rankings; home/away is not recorded. Unranked = opponent outside the ranked field. Kickoff times in Eastern Time. TBD = not yet announced. vs* = neutral site. Opp. Record is the current season record; — = unavailable.

Rating Tier Spectrum
6.439
Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

Where the rating sits on the 12-tier scale (lower is better).

NOW — Net Opponent Wins
-21
-27+6
  • Harvard +6
  • Dartmouth 0
  • Pennsylvania -1
  • Yale -3
  • Cornell -4
  • Princeton -5
  • Columbia -7
  • Colgate -7

Each win stacks that opponent's win total to the right; each loss stacks that opponent's loss total to the left.

National Standing
Rank #101Better than 27%
Win % Place 96thBetter than 31%

0.278 Win % · Change 1

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week
#101W14#102Regular Season Final#102Post-Season W1#102Post-Season W2#101Final

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins
-15
-17
0
-27
+6
-7
-19
+10
-19

Bars above the line are wins, below are losses; height = point margin.

Final Rank by Season
#411954#951955#511956#601957#391958

Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.

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