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1956 Ivy League football season

1956 Ivy League football season
League NCAA University Division
Sport Football
Duration September 29, 1956 –
November 24, 1956
Number of teams 8
1957 NFL Draft
Top draft pick Al Ward (Princeton)
Picked by Chicago Bears, 91st overall
Regular season
Champions Yale
Football seasons
1957 →
1956 Ivy League football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Yale $   7 0         8 1  
Princeton   5 2         7 2  
Dartmouth   4 3         5 4  
Penn   4 3         4 5  
Brown   3 4         5 4  
Columbia   2 5         3 6  
Harvard   2 5         2 6  
Cornell   1 6         1 8  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1956 Ivy League football season was the first season of college football play for the Ivy League and was part of the 1956 college football season. The season began on September 29, 1956, and ended on November 24, 1956. Ivy League teams were 4–7–1 against non-conference opponents and Yale won the conference championship.

Four Ivy League players were drafted in the 1957 NFL draft, held in November 1956 and January 1957: Al Ward, Paul Lopata, Dennis McGill, and Mike Bowman.


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