2017 Ivy League football season

Summary

The 2017 Ivy League football season was the 62nd season of college football play for the Ivy League and was part of the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The season began on September 16, 2017, and ended on November 18, 2017. Ivy League teams were 18–6 against non-conference opponents and Yale won the conference championship.

2017 Ivy League football season
LeagueNCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision
SportFootball
DurationSeptember 16, 2017 –
November 18, 2017
Number of teams8
Regular season
ChampionsYale
Football seasons
← 2016
2018 →
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  • Conf Overall
    Team   W   L     W   L  
    No. 24 Yale $   6 1     9 1  
    Columbia   5 2     8 2  
    Dartmouth   5 2     8 2  
    Penn   4 3     6 4  
    Harvard   3 4     5 5  
    Cornell   3 4     3 7  
    Princeton   2 5     5 5  
    Brown   0 7     2 8  
    • $ – Conference champion
    Rankings from STATS Poll

    Season overview edit

    Conf. Rank Team Head coach STATS final STATS high Overall record Conf. record PPG PAG
    1 Yale[1] Tony Reno 24 24 9–1 6–1 35.5 15.6
    2 (tie) Columbia[2] Al Bagnoli NR NR 8–2 5–2 23.9 17.5
    2 (tie) Dartmouth[3] Buddy Teevens NR NR 8–2 5–2 27.4 20.0
    4 Penn[4] Ray Priore NR NR 6–4 4–3 29.8 25.7
    5 (tie) Harvard[5] Tim Murphy NR NR 5–5 3–4 22.0 20.9
    5 (tie) Cornell[6] David Archer NR NR 3–7 3–4 17.3 24.3
    7 Princeton[7] Bob Surace NR NR 5–5 2–5 38.2 26.5
    8 Brown[8] Phil Estes NR NR 2–8 0–7 13.0 30.1

    Schedule edit

    Week 1 edit

    Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
    September 16 12:00 p.m. San Diego Princeton Princeton StadiumPrinceton, NJ W 27–17   10,421
    September 16 12:30 p.m. Yale Lehigh Goodman StadiumBethlehem, PA W 56–28   4,996
    September 16 12:30 p.m. Bryant Brown Brown StadiumProvidence, RI W 28–23   3,770
    September 16 1:00 p.m. Wagner Columbia Wien StadiumNew York City, NY W 17–14   3,828
    September 16 1:00 p.m. Harvard Rhode Island Meade StadiumKingston, RI L 10–17   3,812
    September 16 1:00 p.m. Ohio Dominican Penn Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA W 42–24   3,009
    September 16 3:30 p.m. Cornell Delaware Delaware StadiumNewark, DE L 14–41   14,714
    September 16 6:00 p.m. Dartmouth Stetson Spec Martin StadiumDeLand, FL W 38–7   2,435
    #Rankings from STATS Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

    Week 2 edit

    Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
    September 23 12:00 p.m. Brown Harvard Harvard StadiumBoston, MA  HAR 45–28   10,651
    September 23 12:30 p.m. Penn Lehigh Goodman StadiumBethlehem, PA W 65–47   5,060
    September 23 1:00 p.m. Georgetown Columbia Wien StadiumNew York City, NY W 35–14   4,101
    September 23 1:00 p.m. Cornell Yale Yale BowlNew Haven, CT  YALE 49–24   10,926
    September 23 6:00 p.m. Lafayette Princeton Princeton StadiumPrinceton, NJ W 38–17   7,239
    September 23 7:00 p.m. No. 25 Holy Cross Dartmouth Memorial FieldHanover, NH W 27–26 OT  7,094
    #Rankings from STATS Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

    Week 3 edit

    Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
    September 29 7:00 p.m. Dartmouth Penn Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA  DART 16–13   4,023
    September 30 12:30 p.m. Columbia Princeton Princeton StadiumPrinceton, NJ (Rivalry)  COL 28–24   5,073
    September 30 1:30 p.m. Colgate Cornell Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY (Rivalry) L 7–21   3,325
    September 30 2:00 p.m. Harvard Georgetown Cooper FieldWashington, D.C. W 41–2   3,256
    September 30 6:00 p.m. Yale Fordham Coffey FieldBronx, NY W 41–10   3,988
    September 30 7:00 p.m. Rhode Island Brown Brown StadiumProvidence, RI (Rivalry) W 24–21   3,191
    #Rankings from STATS Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

    Week 4 edit

    Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
    October 7 12:00 p.m. Columbia Marist Leonidoff FieldPoughkeepsie, NY W 41–17   2,396
    October 7 1:00 p.m. Brown Stetson Spec Martin StadiumDeLand, FL L 13–17   1,689
    October 7 1:00 p.m. Penn Central Connecticut Arute FieldNew Britain, CT L 21–42   4,917
    October 7 1:00 p.m. Georgetown Princeton Princeton StadiumPrinceton, NJ W 50–30   4,466
    October 7 1:30 p.m. Harvard Cornell Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY  COR 17–14   7,313
    October 7† 1:30 p.m. Yale Dartmouth Memorial FieldHanover, NH (Rivalry)  DART 28–27   8,114
    #Rankings from STATS Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

    Week 5 edit

    Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
    October 14 12:00 p.m. Lafayette Harvard Harvard StadiumBoston, MA W 38–10   10,025
    October 14 12:30 p.m. Princeton Brown Brown StadiumProvidence, RI (Rivalry)  PRIN 53–0   3,028
    October 14 1:00 p.m. Dartmouth Sacred Heart Campus FieldFairfield, CT W 29–26   5,569
    October 14 1:00 p.m. Holy Cross Yale Yale BowlNew Haven, CT W 32–0   8,709
    October 14† 1:30 p.m. Penn Columbia Wien StadiumNew York City, NY (Rivalry)  COL 34–31 OT  13,081
    October 14 1:30 p.m. Bucknell Cornell Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY L 18–26   4,202
    #Rankings from STATS Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

    Week 6 edit

    Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
    October 20 7:30 p.m. Princeton Harvard Harvard StadiumBoston, MA (Rivalry)  PRIN 52–17   10,114
    October 21 12:30 p.m. Columbia Dartmouth Memorial FieldHanover, NH  COL 22–17   5,237
    October 21 1:00 p.m. Yale Penn Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA (Rivalry)  YALE 24–19   6,408
    October 21† 3:00 p.m. Brown Cornell Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY  COR 34–7   13,514
    #Rankings from STATS Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

    Week 7 edit

    Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
    October 28 12:00 p.m. Dartmouth Harvard Harvard StadiumBoston, MA (Rivalry)  HAR 25–22   11,143
    October 28 12:30 p.m. Penn Brown Brown StadiumProvidence, RI (Rivalry)  PENN 17–7   2,008
    October 28 1:00 p.m. Columbia Yale Yale BowlNew Haven, CT  YALE 23–6   15,422
    October 28 7:00 p.m. Cornell Princeton Princeton StadiumPrinceton, NJ  COR 29–28   5,642
    #Rankings from STATS Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

    Week 8 edit

    Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
    November 3 8:00 p.m. Brown Yale Yale BowlNew Haven, CT  YALE 34–7   8,216
    November 4 1:00 p.m. Harvard Columbia Wien StadiumNew York City, NY (Rivalry)  HAR 21–14   7,011
    November 4† 1:00 p.m. Princeton Penn Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA (Rivalry)  PENN 38–35   9,073
    November 4 1:30 p.m. Cornell Dartmouth Memorial FieldHanover, NH (Rivalry)  DART 10–0   4,033
    #Rankings from STATS Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

    Week 9 edit

    Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
    November 10 8:00 p.m. Dartmouth Brown Fenway ParkBoston, MA  DART 33–10   12,297
    November 11 12:00 p.m. Penn Harvard Harvard StadiumBoston, MA (Rivalry)  PENN 23–6   10,122
    November 11 1:00 p.m. Yale Princeton Princeton StadiumPrinceton, NJ (Rivalry)  YALE 35–31   11,229
    November 11 1:30 p.m. Columbia Cornell Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY (Empire State Bowl)  COL 18–8   5,613
    #Rankings from STATS Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

    Week 10 edit

    Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
    November 18 12:30 p.m. Harvard Yale Yale BowlNew Haven, CT (134th The Game)  YALE 24–3   51,426
    November 18 1:00 p.m. Brown Columbia Wien StadiumNew York City, NY  COL 24–6   5,341
    November 18 1:30 p.m. Cornell Penn Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA (Trustees' Cup)  PENN 29–22   3,861
    November 18 1:30 p.m. Princeton Dartmouth Memorial FieldHanover, NH  DART 54–44   3,081
    #Rankings from STATS Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

    Attendance edit

    Team Stadium Capacity Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Total Average % of Capacity
    Brown Brown Stadium 20,000 3,770† 3,191 3,028 2,008 11,997 3,000 15.0%
    Columbia Wien Stadium 17,000 3,828 4,101 13,081† 7,011 5,341 33,362 6,673 39.3%
    Cornell Schoellkopf Field 25,597 3,325 7,313 4,202 13,514† 5,613 33,967 6,794 26.5%
    Dartmouth Memorial Field 11,000 7,094 8,114† 5,237 4,033 3,081 27,559 5,512 50.1%
    Harvard Harvard Stadium 30,323 10,651 10,025 10,114 11,143† 10,122 52,055 10,411 34.3%
    Penn Franklin Field 52,958 3,009 4,023 6,408 9,073† 3,861 26,374 5,275 10.0%
    Princeton Princeton Stadium 27,773 10,421 5,073 4,466 5,642 11,229† 36,831 7,367 26.5%
    Yale Yale Bowl 61,446 10,926 8,709 15,422 8,216 51,426† 94,699 18,940 30.8%
    Total 246,097 53,024 50,549 61,958 60,640 90,673 316,844 63,972 26.0%

    †Season High

    References edit

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    2. ^ "Football - 2017 Schedule". Columbia Athletics. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
    3. ^ "Football - 2017 Schedule". Dartmouth College Varsity Athletics. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
    4. ^ "Penn Quakers". STATS LLC. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
    5. ^ "2017 Harvard Football Schedule". Harvard University Athletics. Archived from the original on March 13, 2017. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
    6. ^ "2017 Varsity Football Schedule". Cornell Football Association. Archived from the original on October 3, 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
    7. ^ "Future Varsity Schedules". Princeton Tigers. Archived from the original on 16 April 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
    8. ^ "2017 Brown Football Schedule". Brown University Athletics. Archived from the original on March 13, 2017. Retrieved April 16, 2017.