1937 Yale Bulldogs football team

1937 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 12
Record	6–1–1
Head coach	Ducky Pond (4th season)
Captain	Clint Frank [1]
Home stadium	Yale Bowl
Seasons ←  1936 1938  →

1937 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Pittsburgh			–					9	–	0	–	1
No. 6 Villanova			–					8	–	0	–	1
No. 3 Fordham			–					7	–	0	–	1
No. 7 Dartmouth			–					7	–	0	–	2
No. T–14 Holy Cross			–					8	–	0	–	2
St. Thomas (PA)			–					6	–	1	–	1
No. 12 Yale			–					6	–	1	–	1
Army			–					7	–	2	–	0
Boston University			–					6	–	2	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	2	–	1
Harvard			–					5	–	2	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	2	–	1
CCNY			–					5	–	2	–	0
No. 12 Manhattan			–					6	–	3	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	0
Duquesne			–					6	–	4	–	0
Brown			–					5	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					5	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	2	–	4
Boston College			–					4	–	4	–	1
Bucknell			–					3	–	3	–	2
Buffalo			–					4	–	4	–	0
Princeton			–					4	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					3	–	4	–	1
Colgate			–					3	–	5	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	5	–	2
Hofstra			–					2	–	4	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					2	–	5	–	1
Penn			–					2	–	5	–	1
Providence			–					2	–	6	–	0
Vermont			–					2	–	6	–	0
La Salle			–					2	–	7	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					1	–	7	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1937 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by fourth-year head coach Ducky Pond, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 6–1–1 record. ^[2] Yale's captain Clint Frank would win the Heisman Trophy as the best player in college football. ^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2	Maine		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 26–0		[4]
October 9	Penn		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 27–7
October 16	Army		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 15–7
October 23	No. 19 Cornell		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 9–0
October 30	No. 9 Dartmouth	No. 5	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	T 9–9
November 6	Brown	No. 7	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 19–0
November 13	Princeton	No. 6	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	W 26–0
November 20	at Harvard	No. 5	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 6–13	58,000	[5]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

NFL draft

Main article: 1938 NFL draft

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

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Team
12	106	Clint Frank	B	Detroit Lions

References

1. "Year By Year Scores: 1937". Yale Football Media Guide. 1964. p. 67. Retrieved November 26, 2024– via Internet Archive.
2. "1937 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
3. "Clinton Frank". Heisman. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
4. W.J. Lee (October 3, 1937). "Yale Football Team Gets off To Stuttering Start In Defeating Maine Eleven". The Hartford Courant. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
5. W. J. Lee (November 21, 1937). "Yale Bows To Harvard By 13 To 6". The Hartford Courant. pp. I-1, IV-1, IV-2 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "1938 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 9, 2025.