1959 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1959 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1959 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by eighth-year head coach Jordan Olivar, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 6–3 record.^[1]^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Connecticut*		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 20–0	30,268	^[3]
October 3	Brown		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 17–0	28,017	^[4]
October 10	Columbia		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 14–0	20,196	^[5]
October 17	at Cornell		Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 23–0	20,000	^[6]
October 24	Colgate*	No. 19	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 21–0	11,000	^[7]
October 31	Dartmouth	No. 13	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 8–12	42,741	^[8]
November 7	at Penn		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 12–28	25,102	^[9]
November 14	at Princeton		Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 38–20	8,000	^[10]
November 21	Harvard		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (The Game)	L 6–35	66,053	^[11]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "1959 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
^ "Yale Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 18, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
^ Newell, Bill (September 27, 1959). "Yale Trounces Uconns by 20-0 Before 30,268". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1A – via Newspapers.com.
^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 4, 1959). "Bulldogs' Drives Sink Brown, 17-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Werden, Lincoln A. (October 11, 1959). "Eli Squad Downs Columbia, 14 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Danzig, Allison (October 18, 1959). "Yale Beats Cornell; Elis in Front, 23-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ White, Gordon S. Jr. (October 25, 1959). "Yale Team Blanks 5th Straight Foe". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 1, 1959). "Dartmouth Tops Yale; Elis Lose, 12 to 8". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Danzig, Allison (November 8, 1959). "Penn Defeats Yale, 28-12; Doelling Excels". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Teague, Robert L. (November 15, 1959). "Yale Beats Princeton, 38-20; Lions Bow, 24 to 6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Danzig, Allison (November 22, 1959). "Harvard Routs Yale, 35-6; Elis Bow in Bowl". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.