1953 Yale Bulldogs football team

1953 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2–2
Head coach
CaptainJoe Fortunato[1]
Home stadiumYale Bowl
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
1953 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Westminster (PA)   –   8 – 0 – 0
Juniata   –   7 – 0 – 0
No. 14 Army   –   7 – 1 – 1
Harvard   –   6 – 2 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   5 – 2 – 0
Hofstra   –   6 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   6 – 3 – 0
Yale   –   5 – 2 – 2
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 3 – 0
Boston College   –   5 – 3 – 1
Boston University   –   5 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 3 – 1
Princeton   –   5 – 4 – 0
Tufts   –   4 – 3 – 0
Cornell   –   4 – 3 – 2
Holy Cross   –   5 – 5 – 0
Temple   –   4 – 4 – 1
Colgate   –   3 – 4 – 2
Columbia   –   4 – 5 – 0
Fordham   –   4 – 5 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 6 – 0
Drexel   –   2 – 3 – 1
Brown   –   3 – 5 – 1
Penn   –   3 – 5 – 1
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 5 – 1
Dartmouth   –   2 – 7 – 0
Buffalo   –   1 – 5 – 1
Bucknell   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1953 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by second-year head coach Jordan Olivar, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 5–2–2 record.[2][3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Connecticut
W 32–020,000[4]
October 3Brown
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 13–024,000[5]
October 8Columbia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 13–728,000[6]
October 17at Cornell
T 0–025,000[7]
October 24Colgate
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
T 7–725,000[8]
October 31Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 0–3238,000[9]
November 7Temple
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 32–63,500[10]
November 14at Princeton
W 26–2445,000[11]
November 21Harvard
L 0–1365,000[12]

References

  1. ^ "Year By Year Scores: 1953". Yale Football Media Guide. 1964. p. 71. Retrieved November 26, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ "1953 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
  3. ^ "Yale Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 18, 2016. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
  4. ^ Newell, Bill (September 27, 1953). "Yale Trims Uconns with Late Splurge". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. sect. IV, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Nichols, Joseph C. (October 4, 1953). "Yale 13-to-0 Victor over Brown Team". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. ^ Danzig, Allison (October 11, 1953). "Yale Beats Columbia, 13-7; Elis Find Punch". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. ^ Werden, Lincoln A. (October 18, 1953). "Elis and Cornell in Scoreless Game". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. ^ Griffith, Owen (October 25, 1953). "Colgate Rallies to Gain Tie with Yale". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. sect. 3, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 1, 1953). "Dartmouth Upsets Yale; Elis Crushed, 32-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. ^ "Yale Gridders Top Temple by 32 to 6". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. November 8, 1953. sect. III, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Danzig, Allison (November 15, 1953). "Yale Defeats Princeton, 26-24; Elis Click on Pass". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  12. ^ Danzig, Allison (November 22, 1953). "Harvard Trips Yale, 13-0; Big 3 Deadlocked". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.