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Harvard

IVY · 1959 Season · Final

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Record
6–3
0.667 Win %
Conference
4th
4–3 in IVY

All-Time Resume

Ranked Seasons
103
1875–1981
All-Time Record
630–259–42
0.699 Win %
Peak Final Rank
#1
1887, 1890
#1 Finishes
2
Top 5: 26 · Top 10: 35 · Top 25: 49
  • Divisional Era · 26 seasons · 1 Top 10
  • AP Poll & Postwar Era · 18 seasons
  • Forward Pass & Stadium Boom Era · 29 seasons · 8 Top 10
  • Pioneer Era · 30 seasons · 26 Top 10 · 2× #1

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

1959 Schedule & Results

WkDateOpponentConfOpp. RecordResult
5Week 5 · Sep 29MASSACHUSETTSUnranked—W 36–22
6Week 6 · Oct 6BUCKNELLUnranked—W 20–6
7Week 7 · Oct 13Cornell (CORNELL)H2HIND IVY5–4L 16–20
8Week 8 · Oct 20Columbia (COLUMBIA)H2HIND IVY2–7W 38–22
9Week 9 · Oct 27Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)H2HIND IVY5–3–1L 0–9
10Week 10 · Nov 3Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)H2HIND IVY7–1–1W 12–0
11Week 11 · Nov 10Princeton (PRINCETON)H2HIND IVY4–5W 14–0
12Week 12 · Nov 17Brown (BROWN)H2HIND IVY2–6–1L 6–16
13Week 13 · Nov 24Yale (YALE)H2HIND IVY6–3W 35–6

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
2.581
Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

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

NOW — Net Opponent Wins
+6
-13+19
  • Pennsylvania +7
  • Yale +6
  • Princeton +4
  • Columbia +2
  • Dartmouth -3
  • Cornell -4
  • Brown -6

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 #33Better than 77%
Win % Place 26thBetter than 82%

0.667 Win % · Change 2

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week
#36W14#35Regular Season Final#35Post-Season W1#35Post-Season W2#33Final

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins
+14
+14
-4
+16
-9
+12
+14
-10
+29

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

Final Rank by Season
#631954#741955#941956#881957#701958

Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.

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