1949 Yale Bulldogs football team

1949 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4
Head coach
CaptainLevi Jackson[1]
Home stadiumYale Bowl
1949 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Vincent   –   10 – 0 – 0
No. 4 Army   –   9 – 0 – 0
Gannon   –   8 – 0 – 0
Trinity (CT)   –   8 – 0 – 0
Brown   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 12 Cornell   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 13 Villanova   –   8 – 1 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth   –   6 – 2 – 0
Buffalo   –   6 – 3 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   6 – 3 – 0
Princeton   –   6 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   5 – 3 – 0
Tufts   –   5 – 3 – 1
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 3 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   5 – 4 – 0
Penn   –   4 – 4 – 0
  –   4 – 4 – 0
Boston College   –   4 – 4 – 1
Syracuse   –   4 – 5 – 0
Drexel   –   3 – 3 – 1
Duquesne   –   3 – 6 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   2 – 5 – 2
CCNY   –   2 – 5 – 1
NYU   –   3 – 6 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 7 – 0
Hofstra   –   1 – 5 – 1
Colgate   –   1 – 8 – 0
Harvard   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1949 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by second-year head coach Herman Hickman, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 4–4 record.[2] The team was captained by Levi Jackson, the first African American honored with the position.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Connecticut
W 26–024,006[3]
October 8at Columbia
W 33–730,000[4]
October 15No. 14 Cornell
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 14–4845,000[5]
October 22Holy Cross
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 14–718,000[6]
October 29Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 13–3450,300[7]
November 5Brown
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 0–1446,000[8]
November 12at Princeton
L 13–2145,000[9]
November 19Harvard
W 29–661,000[10]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

NFL Draft

Main article: 1950 NFL draft

The following Bulldogs were selected in the National Football League draft following the season.[11]

Round Pick Player Position NFL Team
19 241 Fritz Barzilauskas G New York Giants
29 374 Ferd Nadherny B Chicago Bears

References

  1. ^ "Year By Year Scores: 1949". Yale Football Media Guide. 1964. p. 70. Retrieved November 26, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ "1949 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  3. ^ Dove, Roger (September 25, 1949). "Yale Survives Early Scare to Whip Connecticut, 26-0". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. part IV, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Effrat, Louis (October 9, 1949). "Yale Sets Back Columbia in Baker Field Battle, 33-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. ^ Mozley, Dana (October 16, 1949). "Yale at Its Bulldog Best, but Big Red Romps, 48-14". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 108 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Cunavelis, Jimmy (October 23, 1949). "Yale Drives 99 Yards After Goal Line Stand to Top Crusaders, 14-7". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Webb, Melville (October 30, 1949). "Dartmouth Routs Yale, 34-13; 2d Worst Defeat in Series". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 43 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Werden, Lincoln A. (November 6, 1949). "Yale Is Blanked by Brown, 14 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. ^ Webb, Melville (November 13, 1949). "Princeton Big 3 Champion by Defeating Yale, 21 to 13". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 43 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Danzig, Allison (November 20, 1949). "Yale Routs Harvard, 29-6; Jackson Eli Star". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  11. ^ "1950 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
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