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1955 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1955 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1955 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by fourth-year head coach Jordan Olivar, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 7–2 record.[1][2]

1955 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIvy League
Record7–2 (5–1 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadiumYale Bowl
Seasons
← 1954
1956 →
1955 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Yale 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Cornell 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Harvard 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
Brown 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Columbia 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Penn 0 – 1 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • The Ivy League did not crown an official champion until 1956 when full league play began.

This would be Yale's final year as a football independent, as the Ivy League, which Yale had helped co-found in 1954, began football competition in 1956. Six of the nine opponents on the Bulldogs' 1955 schedule were Ivy League members (with Penn the only Ivy not scheduled); for decades, (future) Ivy members had comprised a large portion of Yale's opponents.

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Connecticut
W 14–05,000[3]
October 1Brown
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 27–2022,000[4]
October 8Columbia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 46–1415,000[5]
October 15Cornell
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 34–615,000[6]
October 22ColgateNo. 19
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 0–723,000[7]
October 29Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 20–032,000[8]
November 5No. 19 Army
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 14–1261,000[9]
November 12at Princeton
L 0–1346,000[10]
November 19Harvard
W 21–756,000[11]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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  1. ^ "1955 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 25, 1955). "Yale Downs Stubborn Uconn Foe, 14-0". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. sect. 4, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Nichols, Joseph C. (October 2, 1955). "Elis' 3-Touchdown Rally Sets Back Brown, 27-20". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. ^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 9, 1955). "Yale Crushes Columbia, 46-14; M'Gill Is Eli Ace". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. ^ Danzig, Allison (October 16, 1955). "Elis Trip Cornell; Ward's 3 Scores Pace 34-6 Victory in Yale Bid for Ivy Title". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. ^ Lee, Bill (October 23, 1955). "Colgate Hands Yale Eleven First Setback". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. sect. 4, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Effrat, Louis (October 30, 1955). "Elis Triumph, 20-0, on 2d-Half Drive". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. ^ Young, Dick (November 6, 1955). "Underdog Bulldog Takes Army, 14-12". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 112 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Danzig, Allison (November 13, 1955). "Princeton Stops Yale, 13-0; Flippin Tiger Ace". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  11. ^ Danzig, Allison (November 20, 1955). "Yale Defeats Harvard, 21-7; Elis Seize Breaks". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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