1935 Yale Bulldogs football team

1935 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
CaptainMather K. Whitehead[1]
Home stadiumYale Bowl
1935 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Princeton     9 0 0
No. 14 Holy Cross     9 0 1
NYU     7 1 0
Dartmouth     8 2 0
Northeastern     5 0 3
Syracuse     6 1 1
No. 10 Pittsburgh     7 1 2
No. 11 Fordham     6 1 2
Villanova     7 2 0
Franklin & Marshall     7 2 1
Providence     6 2 0
No. 18 Army     6 2 1
Colgate     7 3 0
Temple     7 3 0
Boston College     6 3 0
Bucknell     6 3 0
Duquesne     6 3 0
    6 3 0
CCNY     4 3 0
Manhattan     5 3 1
Massachusetts State     5 4 0
La Salle     4 4 1
Penn     4 4 0
Penn State     4 4 0
Columbia     4 4 1
Vermont     4 5 0
Boston University     3 4 2
Harvard     3 5 0
Carnegie Tech     2 5 1
Buffalo     2 6 0
Tufts     1 5 2
Brown     1 8 0
Cornell     0 6 1
Rankings from United Press

The 1935 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1935 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by second-year head coach Ducky Pond, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 6–3 record.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5New HampshireW 34–012,000[3]
October 12at PennW 31–20
October 19Navy
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 7–6
October 26Army
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 8–14
November 2Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 6–1445,000[4]
November 9Brown
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 20–0
November 16Lafayette
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 55–0
November 23at HarvardW 14–7
November 30Princeton
L 7–3855,000[5]

NFL Draft

The following Bulldog was selected in the National Football League draft following the season.[6]

Round Pick Player Position NFL Team
9 80 Bob (Choo-Choo) Train E Detroit Lions

References

  1. ^ "Year By Year Scores: 1935". Yale Football Media Guide. 1964. p. 67. Retrieved November 26, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ "1935 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  3. ^ Melcher, Ronald (October 6, 1935). "Elis Gain Early Lead To Win Opening Contest". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. p. 37. Retrieved January 24, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Kelley, Robert F. (November 3, 1935). "Dartmouth Downs Yale for First Time in History; 51-Year Jinx Smashed". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. ^ Albert W. Keane (December 1, 1935). "Princeton Drubs Yale By 38 To 7". The Hartford Courant. pp. I-1, IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "1936 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 9, 2025.