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 | |
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| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 5–3–1 (4–2 Ivy) |
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| Home stadium | Yale Bowl |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 25 | Connecticut | W 27–0 | 25,000 | [3] | |
| October 2 | Brown |
| W 26–24 | 27,000 | [4] |
| October 9 | at Columbia | W 13–7 | 18,000 | [5] | |
| October 16 | Cornell |
| W 47–21 | 32,000 | [6] |
| October 23 | Colgate |
| T 13–13 | 37,000 | [7] |
| October 30 | Dartmouth |
| W 13–7 | 30,000 | [8] |
| November 6 | No. 7 Army |
| L 7–48 | 73,600 | [9] |
| November 13 | Princeton |
| L 14–21 | 11,000 | [10] |
| November 20 | at Harvard | L 9–13 | 40,000 | [11] | |
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References
- "1954 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 26, 1954). "Yale Thumps Connecticut in Opener 27-0". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. sect. 4, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- Danzig, Allison (October 3, 1954). "Yale Conversions Beat Brown, 26-24". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- Effrat, Louis (October 10, 1954). "Yale Beats Columbia, 13-7; Elis Notch No. 3". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- Danzig, Allison (October 17, 1954). "Elis Overwhelm Cornell, 47 to 21". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- Lee, Bill (October 24, 1954). "Yale's Late Touchdown Gets 13-13 Tie". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. sect. 4, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- 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.
- Nason, Jerry (November 7, 1954). "Army Crushes Yale, 48-7, Before 73,600". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 60 – via Newspapers.com.
- Danzig, Allison (November 14, 1954). "Princeton Upsets Yale, 21-14; Flippin Tiger Ace". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- 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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