1961 Yale Bulldogs football team

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1961 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIvy League
Record4–5 (3–4 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadiumYale Bowl
Seasons
← 1960
1962 →
1961 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Columbia + 6 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Harvard + 6 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Dartmouth 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Princeton 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Yale 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Cornell 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Penn 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Brown 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1961 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1961 NCAA University Division football season. The Bulldogs were led by tenth-year head coach Jordan Olivar, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished fifth in the Ivy League with a 3–4 record, 4–5 overall.[1]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30Connecticut*
W 18–034,786[2]
October 7Brown
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 14–323,605[3]
October 14Columbia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 0–1122,188[4]
October 21at Cornell
W 12–020,000[5]
October 28Colgate*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 8–1432,936[6]
November 4Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 8–2441,974[7]
November 11at Penn
W 23–014,093[8]
November 18at Princeton
L 16–2642,000[9]
November 25Harvard
L 0–2761,789[10]
  • *Non-conference game

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1961 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  2. ^ Newell, Bill (October 1, 1961). "Yale Pummels Connecticut by 18-0". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Werden, Lincoln A. (October 8, 1961). "Yale Trips Brown for 11th in Row, 14-3; Eli Streak Is Longest Since 1909-10". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  4. ^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 15, 1961). "Columbia Blanks Yale; Lions Score, 11-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. ^ Danzig, Allison (October 22, 1961). "Yale's Runs Sink Cornell, 12 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. ^ Effrat, Louis (October 29, 1961). "Colgate Is Victor over Yale, 14 to 8". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. ^ Danzig, Allison (November 5, 1961). "Dartmouth Crushes Yale; Indians Triumph by 24-8". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. ^ White, Gordon S. Jr. (November 12, 1961). "Running of Yale Beats Penn, 23-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. ^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 19, 1961). "Princeton Conquers Yale; Tigers Triumph by 26-16". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. ^ Danzig, Allison (November 26, 1961). "Harvard Crushes Yale, 27-0, and Ties for Ivy Title; 61,789 at Bowl". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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