1961 Yale Bulldogs football team
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]
| 1961 Yale Bulldogs football | |
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| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 4–5 (3–4 Ivy) |
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| Home stadium | Yale Bowl |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 30 | Connecticut* | W 18–0 | 34,786 | [2] | |
| October 7 | Brown |
| W 14–3 | 23,605 | [3] |
| October 14 | Columbia |
| L 0–11 | 22,188 | [4] |
| October 21 | at Cornell | W 12–0 | 20,000 | [5] | |
| October 28 | Colgate* |
| L 8–14 | 32,936 | [6] |
| November 4 | Dartmouth |
| L 8–24 | 41,974 | [7] |
| November 11 | at Penn | W 23–0 | 14,093 | [8] | |
| November 18 | at Princeton | L 16–26 | 42,000 | [9] | |
| November 25 | Harvard |
| L 0–27 | 61,789 | [10] |
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References
- "1961 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
- Newell, Bill (October 1, 1961). "Yale Pummels Connecticut by 18-0". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
- 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.
- Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 15, 1961). "Columbia Blanks Yale; Lions Score, 11-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- Danzig, Allison (October 22, 1961). "Yale's Runs Sink Cornell, 12 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- Effrat, Louis (October 29, 1961). "Colgate Is Victor over Yale, 14 to 8". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- Danzig, Allison (November 5, 1961). "Dartmouth Crushes Yale; Indians Triumph by 24-8". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- White, Gordon S., Jr. (November 12, 1961). "Running of Yale Beats Penn, 23-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 19, 1961). "Princeton Conquers Yale; Tigers Triumph by 26-16". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- 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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