1953 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1953 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1953 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by second-year head coach Jordan Olivar, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 5–2–2 record.[1][2]

1953 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Independent
1953 record	5–2–2
Head coach	Jordan Olivar (2nd season)
Home stadium	Yale Bowl

1953 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 14 Army			–					7	–	1	–	1
Harvard			–					6	–	2	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					5	–	2	–	0
Yale			–					5	–	2	–	2
Penn State			–					6	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	3	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	3	–	1
Boston University			–					5	–	3	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	1
Princeton			–					5	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					4	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					4	–	3	–	2
Holy Cross			–					5	–	5	–	0
Temple			–					4	–	4	–	1
Colgate			–					3	–	4	–	2
Columbia			–					4	–	5	–	0
Fordham			–					4	–	5	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	6	–	0
Drexel			–					2	–	3	–	1
Brown			–					3	–	5	–	1
Penn			–					3	–	5	–	1
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	5	–	1
Dartmouth			–					2	–	7	–	0
Buffalo			–					1	–	5	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Connecticut	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 32–0
October 3	Brown	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 13–0	24,000	[3]
October 8	Columbia	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 13–7	28,000	[4]
October 17	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	T 0–0	25,000	[5]
October 24	Colgate	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	T 7–7
October 31	Dartmouth	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 0–32	38,000	[6]
November 7	Temple	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 32–6		[7]
November 14	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 26–24	45,000	[8]
November 21	Harvard	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (The Game)	L 0–13	65,000	[9]

References

1. "1953 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
2. "Yale Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
3. Nichols, Joseph C. (October 4, 1953). "Yale 13-to-0 Victor over Brown Team". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
4. Danzig, Allison (October 11, 1953). "Yale Beats Columbia, 13-7; Elis Find Punch". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
5. Werden, Lincoln A. (October 18, 1953). "Elis and Cornell in Scoreless Game". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
6. Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 1, 1953). "Dartmouth Upsets Yale; Elis Crushed, 32-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
7. "Yale Gridders Top Temple By 32 to 6". The Hartford Courant. November 8, 1953. p. III-1 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Danzig, Allison (November 15, 1953). "Yale Defeats Princeton, 26-24; Elis Click on Pass". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
9. Danzig, Allison (November 22, 1953). "Harvard Trips Yale, 13-0; Big 3 Deadlocked". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.