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
ConferenceIvy League
Record5–3–1 (4–2 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadiumYale Bowl
Seasons
← 1953
1955 →
1954 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • The Ivy League did not crown an official champion until 1956 when full league play began.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25ConnecticutW 27–025,000[3]
October 2Brown
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 26–2427,000[4]
October 9at ColumbiaW 13–718,000[5]
October 16Cornell
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 47–2132,000[6]
October 23Colgate
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
T 13–1337,000[7]
October 30Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 13–730,000[8]
November 6No. 7 Army
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 7–4873,600[9]
November 13Princeton
L 14–2111,000[10]
November 20at HarvardL 9–1340,000[11]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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  1. ^ "1954 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
  2. ^ "Yale Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 18, 2016. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
  3. ^ Newell, Bill (September 26, 1954). "Yale Thumps Connecticut in Opener 27-0". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. sect. 4, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Danzig, Allison (October 3, 1954). "Yale Conversions Beat Brown, 26-24". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. ^ Effrat, Louis (October 10, 1954). "Yale Beats Columbia, 13-7; Elis Notch No. 3". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. ^ Danzig, Allison (October 17, 1954). "Elis Overwhelm Cornell, 47 to 21". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Nason, Jerry (November 7, 1954). "Army Crushes Yale, 48-7, Before 73,600". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 60 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Danzig, Allison (November 14, 1954). "Princeton Upsets Yale, 21-14; Flippin Tiger Ace". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  11. ^ Danzig, Allison (November 21, 1954). "Harvard Tops Yale, 13-9; Title to Crimson". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.