1936 Yale Bulldogs football team

1936 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 12
Record	7–1
Head coach	Ducky Pond (3rd season)
Captain	Larry Kelley [1]
Home stadium	Yale Bowl
Seasons ←  1935 1937  →

1936 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Middlebury			–					8	–	0	–	0
Saint Anselm			–					6	–	0	–	1
No. 3 Pittsburgh			–					8	–	1	–	1
No. 10 Penn			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Yale			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 13 Dartmouth			–					7	–	1	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					7	–	1	–	1
No. 14 Duquesne			–					8	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	1	–	2
Boston University			–					5	–	1	–	2
No. 15 Fordham			–					5	–	1	–	2
Holy Cross			–					7	–	2	–	1
Villanova			–					7	–	2	–	1
Army			–					6	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					6	–	3	–	0
Drexel			–					6	–	3	–	0
Temple			–					6	–	3	–	2
La Salle			–					6	–	3	–	1
Buffalo			–					5	–	3	–	0
Columbia			–					5	–	3	–	0
Princeton			–					4	–	2	–	2
Saint Vincent			–					5	–	3	–	0
NYU			–					5	–	3	–	1
Manhattan			–					6	–	4	–	0
Northeastern			–					5	–	4	–	0
Bucknell			–					4	–	4	–	1
CCNY			–					4	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					3	–	3	–	1
Harvard			–					3	–	4	–	1
Cornell			–					3	–	5	–	0
Penn State			–					3	–	5	–	0
Westminster (PA)			–					2	–	4	–	1
Brown			–					3	–	7	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					2	–	6	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					2	–	6	–	0
Providence			–					1	–	7	–	0
Syracuse			–					1	–	7	–	0
Vermont			–					1	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1936 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1936 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by third-year head coach Ducky Pond, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 7–1 record. ^[2] Yale's captain Larry Kelley would be awarded the Heisman Trophy as the best player in college football following the season. ^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 3	Cornell		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 23–0
October 10	Penn		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 7–0
October 17	at Navy		Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	W 12–7
October 24	Rutgers	No. 10	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 28–0
November 1	Dartmouth	No. 12	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 7–11
November 7	Brown		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 14–6
November 14	at Princeton		Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 26–23	57,000	[4]
November 21	Harvard		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	W 14–13	58,000	[5]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

NFL draft

Main article: 1937 NFL draft

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

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Team
9	87	Larry Kelley	E	Detroit Lions

References

1. "Year By Year Scores: 1936". Yale Football Media Guide. 1964. p. 67. Retrieved November 26, 2024– via Internet Archive.
2. "1936 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
3. "Kelley Gets Heisman Trophy". The San Bernardino County Sun. December 2, 1936. p. 17. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
4. "Yale Rallies, Upsets Tigers, 26-23". New York Daily News. November 15, 1936. p. 102 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Jack Miley (November 22, 1936). "Yale Staves Off Harvard's Rally And Wins, 14-13". New York Daily News. p. 38C – via Newspapers.com.
6. "1937 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 9, 2025.