1963 Yale Bulldogs football team

1963 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIvy League
Record6–3 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
CaptainGeorge Humphrey[1]
Home stadiumYale Bowl
Seasons
← 1962
1964 →
1963 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Dartmouth + 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Princeton + 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Harvard 4 – 2 – 1 5 – 2 – 2
Yale 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Cornell 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Columbia 2 – 4 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Brown 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Penn 1 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1963 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1963 NCAA University Division football season. The Bulldogs were led by first-year head coach John Pont, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished fourth in the Ivy League with a 4–3 record, 6–3 overall.[2] The November 23 game against Harvard was postponed to November 30 due to the assassination of President Kennedy on November 22.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Connecticut*
W 3–030,610–30,614[3][4]
October 5Brown
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 7–1224,716[5]
October 12Columbia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 19–728,507[6]
October 19at Cornell
L 10–1321,000[7]
October 26Colgate*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 31–029,827[8]
November 2Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 10–632,926[9]
November 9at Penn
W 28–714,205[10]
November 16at Princeton
L 7–2742,000[11]
November 30^Harvard
W 20–651,000[12]

References

  1. ^ "Year By Year Scores: 1963". Yale Football Media Guide. 1964. p. 74. Retrieved November 26, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ "1963 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  3. ^ Laney, Al (September 29, 1963). "Yale Scared Silly, but Beats UConns". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 85 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  5. ^ Wallace, William N. (October 6, 1963). "Brown Gains First Ivy Victory in 3 Years by Beating Yale, 12-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S4.
  6. ^ Bradbury, Will (October 13, 1963). "Yale Line Stops Columbia by 19-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. ^ Danzig, Allison (October 20, 1963). "Cornell Field Goal in Last 45 Seconds Defeats Yale, 13-10". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. ^ Strauss, Michael (October 27, 1963). "Big Second Quarter Starts Yale To 31-0 Triumph Over Colgate". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S3.
  9. ^ Danzig, Allison (November 3, 1963). "Tight Second-Half Defense Seals 10-6 Victory for Elis". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. ^ Werden, Lincoln A. (November 10, 1963). "Running by Yale Routs Penn, 28-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  11. ^ Danzig, Allison (November 17, 1963). "Princeton Routs Yale, 27-7; MacMillan and Iacavazzi Are Tiger Rushing Stars". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  12. ^ Danzig, Allison (December 1, 1963). "Yale Beats Harvard, 20-6; Elis Strike Early". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.