HISTORY : CONT . Ivy League NFL Draft
Frank Reagan Penn ( 1941 New York Giants )
Bill Olson Columbia ( 1949 N . Y . Giants )
John McLaughry Brown ( 1940 N . Y . Giants )
Don Colo Brown ( 1950 Baltimore )
Chuck Mercein Yale ( 1965 New York Giants )
John Sinnott Brown ( 1980 St . Louis )
Mitch Marrow Penn ( 1998 Carolina )
Jeff Hatch Penn ( 2002 N . Y . Giants )
Reggie Williams Dartmouth ( 1976 Cincinnati , 82 )
Fourth Round
Bruce Gehrke Columbia ( 1948 N . Y . Giants )
Joe Sullivan Dartmouth ( 1949 Detroit )
Bill Kurlish Penn ( 1937 Brooklyn )
Bob Oristaglio Penn ( 1951 Cleveland )
Bob Greenlee Yale ( 1967 Miami )
Dick Jauron Yale ( 1973 Detroit )
Seth Payne Cornell ( 1997 Jacksonville )
Isaiah Kacyvenski Harvard ( 2000 Seattle )
Chad Levitt Cornell ( 1997 Oakland ) that meeting would lead to the formation of what today is the National Collegiate Athletic Association , or NCAA .
Between 1870 and 1900 , Lafayette , an Ivycaliber school , was the only institution not named Yale , Princeton , Penn , or Harvard to win a national championship . In fact , an Ivy Group school won or shared a national championship in every season up until 1914 . With its increasing popularity , football grew geographically heading into the Southern states and eventually making its way out West . A variety of regional powers – the service academies , Notre Dame , Ohio State ,
“ IT ’ S A CHALLENGE AND IVY LEAGUE COACHES HAVE A TOUGHER JOB THAN THEIR COUNTERPARTS AT LARGER SCHOOLS .”
– ROYCE NOVOSEL-JOHNSON
Michigan – rose to challenge the Ivy Group for supremacy of college football .
Bob Fisher ’ s Harvard teams of 1919 and 1920 went unbeaten and captured national titles . Gil Dobie and Cornell ran off three successive 8-0 seasons and captured three national titles in the 1920s . Dartmouth , Penn , and Princeton all laid claim to national championships . Between 1869 and 1935 , Ivy Group schools won or shared 53 national titles . There was no doubt that the eight schools that comprise today ’ s Ivy League were among the best college football teams in the nation year in and year out . That would change after World War II .
The Meeting
With college football growing , presidents of the eight Ivy Group schools met and signed the first Ivy Group Agreement , which effectively de-emphasized what was becoming big-time football at each school . The agreement set forth standards for academics , athletics , and financial aid for student-athletes . Long before what we currently know as recruiting , schools could lure football players to their schools regardless of their academic abilities . Ivy Group schools would have none of that . An applicant ’ s ability to play a sport would not influence any admission decision . The presidents also agreed that athletic scholarships would not be permitted .
Winner of nine Ivy League Championships , Harvard head coach Tim Murphy .
No . 14 , Ryan Fitzpatrick ’ s career highlight came in 2004 when he led Harvard to a 10-0 season and an Ivy League championship .
Financial aid would only be offered based on the academic standards and need that was applied to all students . Ivy League schools in our modern era still do not offer athletic scholarships of any kind .
The Ivy Group Agreement was finalized in 1954 and in 1956 , the very first season of intercollegiate athletics was played in the newly formed Ivy League . The agreement was symbolic in a way . There were several schools on the East Coast and Midwest that followed the Ivy League ’ s lead and de-emphasized football to the point of ending their programs . One of the more prominent programs to drop the sport was the University of Chicago . A founding member of the Big Ten Conference , Chicago was coached by one of the game ’ s alltime greats , Amos Alonzo Stagg . The school also produced the first-ever Heisman Trophy
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