The 1955 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1955 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by fourth-year head coach Jordan Olivar, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 7–2 record.[1][2]
| 1955 Yale Bulldogs football | |
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| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 7–2 (5–1 Ivy) |
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| Home stadium | Yale Bowl |
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| Princeton | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This would be Yale's final year as a football independent, as the Ivy League, which Yale had helped co-found in 1954, began football competition in 1956. Six of the nine opponents on the Bulldogs' 1955 schedule were Ivy League members (with Penn the only Ivy not scheduled); for decades, (future) Ivy members had comprised a large portion of Yale's opponents.
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 24 | Connecticut | W 14–0 | 5,000 | [3] | ||
| October 1 | Brown |
| W 27–20 | 22,000 | [4] | |
| October 8 | Columbia |
| W 46–14 | 15,000 | [5] | |
| October 15 | Cornell |
| W 34–6 | 15,000 | [6] | |
| October 22 | Colgate | No. 19 |
| L 0–7 | 23,000 | [7] |
| October 29 | Dartmouth |
| W 20–0 | 32,000 | [8] | |
| November 5 | No. 19 Army |
| W 14–12 | 61,000 | [9] | |
| November 12 | at Princeton | L 0–13 | 46,000 | [10] | ||
| November 19 | Harvard |
| W 21–7 | 56,000 | [11] | |
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References
edit- ^ "1955 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
- ^ "Yale Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 18, 2016. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
- ^ Newell, Bill (September 25, 1955). "Yale Downs Stubborn Uconn Foe, 14-0". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. sect. 4, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Nichols, Joseph C. (October 2, 1955). "Elis' 3-Touchdown Rally Sets Back Brown, 27-20". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 9, 1955). "Yale Crushes Columbia, 46-14; M'Gill Is Eli Ace". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ Danzig, Allison (October 16, 1955). "Elis Trip Cornell; Ward's 3 Scores Pace 34-6 Victory in Yale Bid for Ivy Title". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ Lee, Bill (October 23, 1955). "Colgate Hands Yale Eleven First Setback". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. sect. 4, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Effrat, Louis (October 30, 1955). "Elis Triumph, 20-0, on 2d-Half Drive". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ Young, Dick (November 6, 1955). "Underdog Bulldog Takes Army, 14-12". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 112 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Danzig, Allison (November 13, 1955). "Princeton Stops Yale, 13-0; Flippin Tiger Ace". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ Danzig, Allison (November 20, 1955). "Yale Defeats Harvard, 21-7; Elis Seize Breaks". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.