1949 Yale Bulldogs football team

1949 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–4
Head coach	Herman Hickman (2nd season)
Captain	Levi Jackson [1]
Home stadium	Yale Bowl
Seasons ←  1948 1950  →

1949 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Saint Vincent			–					10	–	0	–	0
No. 4 Army			–					9	–	0	–	0
Gannon			–					8	–	0	–	0
Trinity (CT)			–					8	–	0	–	0
Brown			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Cornell			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 13 Villanova			–					8	–	1	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth			–					6	–	2	–	0
Buffalo			–					6	–	3	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					6	–	3	–	0
Princeton			–					6	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					5	–	3	–	0
Tufts			–					5	–	3	–	1
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	3	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					5	–	4	–	0
Penn			–					4	–	4	–	0
Yale			–					4	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					4	–	4	–	1
Syracuse			–					4	–	5	–	0
Drexel			–					3	–	3	–	1
Duquesne			–					3	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					2	–	5	–	2
CCNY			–					2	–	5	–	1
NYU			–					3	–	6	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	7	–	0
Hofstra			–					1	–	5	–	1
Colgate			–					1	–	8	–	0
Harvard			–					1	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1949 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by second-year head coach Herman Hickman, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 4–4 record. ^[2] The team was captained by Levi Jackson, the first African American honored with the position.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	Connecticut	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 26–0	24,006	[3]
October 8	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	W 33–7	30,000	[4]
October 15	No. 14 Cornell	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 14–48	45,000	[5]
October 22	Holy Cross	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 14–7	18,000	[6]
October 29	Dartmouth	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 13–34	50,300	[7]
November 5	Brown	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 0–14	46,000	[8]
November 12	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	L 13–21	45,000	[9]
November 19	Harvard	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (The Game)	W 29–6	61,000	[10]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

NFL draft

Main article: 1950 NFL draft

The following Bulldogs were selected in the National Football League draft following the season. ^[11]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Team
19	241	Fritz Barzilauskas	G	New York Giants
29	374	Ferd Nadherny	B	Chicago Bears

References

1. "Year By Year Scores: 1949". Yale Football Media Guide. 1964. p. 70. Retrieved November 26, 2024– via Internet Archive.
2. "1949 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
3. Dove, Roger (September 25, 1949). "Yale Survives Early Scare to Whip Connecticut, 26-0". The Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. part IV, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Effrat, Louis (October 9, 1949). "Yale Sets Back Columbia in Baker Field Battle, 33-7". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
5. Mozley, Dana (October 16, 1949). "Yale at Its Bulldog Best, but Big Red Romps, 48-14". Sunday News . New York, N.Y. p. 108 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Cunavelis, Jimmy (October 23, 1949). "Yale Drives 99 Yards After Goal Line Stand to Top Crusaders, 14-7". The Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
7. Webb, Melville (October 30, 1949). "Dartmouth Routs Yale, 34-13; 2d Worst Defeat in Series". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 43 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Werden, Lincoln A. (November 6, 1949). "Yale Is Blanked by Brown, 14 to 0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
9. Webb, Melville (November 13, 1949). "Princeton Big 3 Champion by Defeating Yale, 21 to 13". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 43 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Danzig, Allison (November 20, 1949). "Yale Routs Harvard, 29-6; Jackson Eli Star". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
11. "1950 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 10, 2025.