1960 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1960 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1960 NCAA University Division football season.[1] The Bulldogs were led by ninth-year head coach Jordan Olivar, and played their home games at the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut. They finished with a perfect record, 9–0, to win the Ivy League and a share of the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy, which signified them as co-champions of the East (along with Navy).

1960 Yale Bulldogs football
Ivy League champion
co-Eastern champion
ConferenceIvy League
Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
APNo. 14
Record9–0 (7–0 Ivy)
Head coach
CaptainMike Pyle
Home stadiumYale Bowl
(capacity: 70,896)
1960 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 14 Yale $ 7 0 09 0 0
Princeton 6 1 07 2 0
Dartmouth 4 3 05 4 0
Harvard 4 3 05 4 0
Columbia 3 4 03 6 0
Penn 2 5 03 6 0
Brown 1 6 03 6 0
Cornell 1 6 02 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Connecticut*W 11–822,678[2]
October 1Brown
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 9–021,859[3]
October 8Columbia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 30–816,679[4]
October 15Cornell
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 22–624,713[5]
October 22Colgate*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 36–1431,193[6]
October 29Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 29–040,770[7]
November 5Penn
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 34–922,752[8]
November 12PrincetonNo. 17
W 43–2262,528[9]
November 19at HarvardNo. 14W 39–640,000[10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1960 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  2. Newell, Bill (September 25, 1960). "Yale Squeezes Past Connecticut, 11-8". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C via Newspapers.com.
  3. Teague, Robert L. (October 2, 1960). "Yale Sinks Brown on Line Play, 9-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  4. Werden, Lincoln A. (October 9, 1960). "Elis Overpower Columbia, 30 to 8". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. White, Gordon S. Jr. (October 16, 1960). "Yale Team Trips Cornell, 22 to 6, for Ivy Loop Lead". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. Keyes, Frank (October 23, 1960). "Unbeaten Yale Routs Colgate, 36-14". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C via Newspapers.com.
  7. Werden, Lincoln A. (October 30, 1960). "Elis Trip Dartmouth, 29-0; Yale Wins Sixth in Row". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. Teague, Robert L. (November 6, 1960). "Undefeated Elis Crush Penn, 34-9". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 13, 1960). "Yale Routs Princeton, 43-22; 8 in Row for Elis". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 20, 1960). "Yale Routs Harvard, 39-6; Elis Get Ivy Title". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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