1935 Yale Bulldogs football team

1935 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–3
Head coach	Ducky Pond (2nd season)
Captain	Mather K. Whitehead [1]
Home stadium	Yale Bowl
Seasons ←  1934 1936  →

1935 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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
Yale			–					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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 5	New Hampshire	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 34–0	12,000	[3]
October 12	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 31–20
October 19	Navy	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 7–6
October 26	Army	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 8–14
November 2	Dartmouth	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 6–14	45,000	[4]
November 9	Brown	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 20–0
November 16	Lafayette	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 55–0
November 23	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 14–7
November 30	Princeton	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	L 7–38	55,000	[5]

NFL draft

Main article: 1936 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.