1955 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIvy League
Record7–2 (5–1 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadiumYale Bowl
Seasons
← 1954
1956 →
1955 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Yale 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Cornell 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Harvard 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
Brown 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Columbia 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Penn 0 – 1 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • The Ivy League did not crown an official champion until 1956 when full league play began.

The 1955 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1955 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by fourth-year head coach Jordan Olivar, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 7–2 record.[1][2]

This would be Yale's final year as a football independent, as the Ivy League, which Yale had helped co-found in 1954, began football competition in 1956. Six of the nine opponents on the Bulldogs' 1955 schedule were Ivy League members (with Penn the only Ivy not scheduled); for decades, (future) Ivy members had comprised a large portion of Yale's opponents.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Connecticut
W 14–05,000[3]
October 1Brown
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 27–2022,000[4]
October 8Columbia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 46–1415,000[5]
October 15Cornell
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 34–615,000[6]
October 22ColgateNo. 19
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 0–723,000[7]
October 29Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 20–032,000[8]
November 5No. 19 Army
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 14–1261,000[9]
November 12at Princeton
L 0–1346,000[10]
November 19Harvard
W 21–756,000[11]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1955 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
  2. ^ "Yale Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 18, 2016. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
  3. ^ Newell, Bill (September 25, 1955). "Yale Downs Stubborn Uconn Foe, 14-0". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. sect. 4, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Nichols, Joseph C. (October 2, 1955). "Elis' 3-Touchdown Rally Sets Back Brown, 27-20". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. ^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 9, 1955). "Yale Crushes Columbia, 46-14; M'Gill Is Eli Ace". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. ^ Danzig, Allison (October 16, 1955). "Elis Trip Cornell; Ward's 3 Scores Pace 34-6 Victory in Yale Bid for Ivy Title". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. ^ Lee, Bill (October 23, 1955). "Colgate Hands Yale Eleven First Setback". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. sect. 4, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Effrat, Louis (October 30, 1955). "Elis Triumph, 20-0, on 2d-Half Drive". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. ^ Young, Dick (November 6, 1955). "Underdog Bulldog Takes Army, 14-12". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 112 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Danzig, Allison (November 13, 1955). "Princeton Stops Yale, 13-0; Flippin Tiger Ace". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  11. ^ Danzig, Allison (November 20, 1955). "Yale Defeats Harvard, 21-7; Elis Seize Breaks". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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