1954 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1954 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1954 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by third-year head coach Jordan Olivar, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 5–3–1 record.[1][2]

1954 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIndependent
1954 record5–3–1
Head coachJordan Olivar (3rd season)
Home stadiumYale Bowl
1954 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Carnegie Tech      7 0 1
Boston College      8 1 0
Boston University      7 2 0
No. 20 Penn State      7 2 0
Tufts      6 2 0
Brown      6 2 1
Drexel      5 2 0
Colgate      5 2 2
Princeton      5 3 1
Yale      5 3 1
Cornell      5 4 0
Harvard      4 3 1
Syracuse      4 4 0
Pittsburgh      4 5 0
Franklin & Marshall      3 5 0
Temple      3 5 0
Dartmouth      3 6 0
Holy Cross      3 7 0
Buffalo      2 7 0
Fordham      1 7 1
Columbia      1 8 0
Villanova      1 9 0
Penn      0 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25ConnecticutW 27–0
October 2Brown
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 26–2427,000[3]
October 9at ColumbiaW 13–718,000[4]
October 16Cornell
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 47–2132,000[5]
October 23Colgate
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
T 13–13
October 30Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 13–730,000[6]
November 6No. 7 Army
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 7–48
November 13Princeton
L 14–2111,000[7]
November 20at HarvardL 9–1340,000[8]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1954 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. Danzig, Allison (October 3, 1954). "Yale Conversions Beat Brown, 26-24". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  4. Effrat, Louis (October 10, 1954). "Yale Beats Columbia, 13-7; Elis Notch No. 3". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. Danzig, Allison (October 17, 1954). "Elis Overwhelm Cornell, 47 to 21". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 31, 1954). "Dartmouth Loses; Yale Victor, 13-7, with Two-Touchdown Rally in Second Period". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. Danzig, Allison (November 14, 1954). "Princeton Upsets Yale, 21-14; Flippin Tiger Ace". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. Danzig, Allison (November 21, 1954). "Harvard Tops Yale, 13-9; Title to Crimson". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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