1954 Yale Bulldogs football team

1954 Ivy League football standings
	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	1
Cornell	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Brown	2	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
Harvard	3	–	2	–	1	4	–	3	–	1
Princeton	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	3	–	1
Dartmouth	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Columbia	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
Penn	0	–	2	–	0	0	–	9	–	0

The Ivy League did not crown an official champion until 1956 when full league play began.

The 1954 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1954 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by third-year head coach Jordan Olivar, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 5–3–1 record.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	Connecticut	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 27–0	25,000	^[3]
October 2	Brown	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 26–24	27,000	^[4]
October 9	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	W 13–7	18,000	^[5]
October 16	Cornell	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 47–21	32,000	^[6]
October 23	Colgate	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	T 13–13	37,000	^[7]
October 30	Dartmouth	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 13–7	30,000	^[8]
November 6	No. 7 Army	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 7–48	73,600	^[9]
November 13	Princeton	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	L 14–21	11,000	^[10]
November 20	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (The Game)	L 9–13	40,000	^[11]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "Year By Year Scores: 1954". Yale Football Media Guide. 1964. p. 71. Retrieved November 26, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
^ "1954 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
^ Newell, Bill (September 26, 1954). "Yale Thumps Connecticut in Opener 27-0". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. sect. 4, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Danzig, Allison (October 3, 1954). "Yale Conversions Beat Brown, 26-24". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Effrat, Louis (October 10, 1954). "Yale Beats Columbia, 13-7; Elis Notch No. 3". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Danzig, Allison (October 17, 1954). "Elis Overwhelm Cornell, 47 to 21". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Lee, Bill (October 24, 1954). "Yale's Late Touchdown Gets 13-13 Tie". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. sect. 4, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 31, 1954). "Dartmouth Loses; Yale Victor, 13-7, with Two-Touchdown Rally in Second Period". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Nason, Jerry (November 7, 1954). "Army Crushes Yale, 48-7, Before 73,600". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 60 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Danzig, Allison (November 14, 1954). "Princeton Upsets Yale, 21-14; Flippin Tiger Ace". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Danzig, Allison (November 21, 1954). "Harvard Tops Yale, 13-9; Title to Crimson". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.

Yale Bulldogs football
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