Media Center: Harvard Football Ivy League Dominance

updated December, 2010

Harvard's Ivy League Championship Team Photo Slide Show

2000-09
Football Championship Subdivision
Winning Percentag

2000-09
Division I (FBS & FCS)
Winning Percentage

1. Montana 120 24 .833 1. Texas 109 13 .893
2. Harvard 76 23 .768 2. Boise State 112 17 .868
3. Appalachian State 102 33 .756 3. Montana 120 24 .833
4. Northern Iowa 80 29 .734 4. Oklahoma 110 24 .821
5. Penn 69 29 .704 5. Ohio State 102 25 .803
6. McNeese State 82 35 .700 6. Florida 100 27 .787
7. Colgate 81 34 .701 7. Harvard 76 23 .768
8. San Diego 73 33 .689 8. LSU 99 31 .761
9. Furman 83 39 .680 9. USC 85 27 .759
10. Hampton 73 36 .669 10. Appalachian State 102 33 .756

Ivy League Composite Standings
(Since start of round-robin play, 1956-2010, 55 seasons)
  League Titles Overall
  W L T Pct. Outright Tied W L T Pct.
Harvard 233 144 9 .618 6 7 308 205 11 .598
Yale 225 153 8 .593 6 8 310 204 9 .601
Dartmouth 223 154 9 .589 9 8 279 233 12 .544
Penn 206 176 4 .539 12 3 280 237 6 .541
Princeton 205 176 5 .538 3 6 276 241 7 .528
Cornell 170 211 5 .447 0 3 235 280 9 .457
Brown 165 214 7 .436 1 3 234 280 10 .466
Columbia 90 291 5 .239 0 1 129 387 9 .256
Note: 385 League games for all programs;
Programs have played 524 overal games except Columbia (525), Penn and Yale (523).

Ivy League Composite Scoring and Defense
(1956-2010 — 385 Games per Team)
  Points
For
Scoring
Avg.
Points
vs.
Defense
Avg.
Harvard 8439 21.9 6619 17.2
Penn 8340 21.6 7242 18.8
Dartmouth 8280 21.5 6713 17.4
Princeton 8114 21.1 7166
18.6
Yale 8137 21.1 6307 16.4
Brown 7531 19.6 8610 22.4
Cornell 7243 18.8 7916 20.6
Columbia 5632 14.6 10090
26.2