1939 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1939 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1939 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by sixth-year head coach Ducky Pond, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 3–4–1 record.[1][2]

1939 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Independent
1939 record	3–4–1
Head coach	Ducky Pond (6th season)
Home stadium	Yale Bowl

1939 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Cornell			–					8	–	0	–	0
No. 10 Duquesne			–					8	–	0	–	1
Scranton			–					7	–	0	–	2
Princeton			–					7	–	1	–	0
La Salle			–					6	–	1	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	1	–	2
No. 11 Boston College			–					9	–	2	–	0
No. 17 Fordham			–					6	–	2	–	0
Villanova			–					6	–	2	–	0
Brown			–					5	–	3	–	1
Dartmouth			–					5	–	3	–	1
NYU			–					5	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					5	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					4	–	4	–	0
Manhattan			–					4	–	4	–	0
Penn			–					4	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					3	–	3	–	2
Tufts			–					3	–	4	–	1
Yale			–					3	–	4	–	1
Army			–					3	–	4	–	2
Carnegie Tech			–					3	–	5	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	4	–	2
Massachusetts State			–					2	–	5	–	2
Colgate			–					2	–	5	–	1
Temple			–					2	–	7	–	0
Buffalo			–					0	–	7	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
October 7	Columbia	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 10–7
October 14	Penn	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 0–6
October 21	Army	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 20–15
October 28	at No. 3 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 7–27	54,480
November 4	Dartmouth	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 0–33
November 11	Brown	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	T 14–14
November 18	Princeton	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	L 7–13
November 25	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 20–7
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1939 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
2. "Yale Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved August 12, 2016.