1952 Yale Bulldogs football team

1952 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–2
Head coach	Jordan Olivar (1st season)
Captain	Joe Mitinger [1]
Home stadium	Yale Bowl
Seasons ←  1951 1953  →

1952 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Rochester			–					8	–	0	–	0
Hofstra			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 19 Princeton			–					8	–	1	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					7	–	1	–	0
Villanova			–					7	–	1	–	1
Holy Cross			–					8	–	2	–	0
Yale			–					7	–	2	–	0
Penn State			–					7	–	2	–	1
No. 14 Syracuse			–					7	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					6	–	3	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					6	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					4	–	3	–	0
Harvard			–					5	–	4	–	0
Boston University			–					5	–	4	–	1
Penn			–					4	–	3	–	2
Army			–					4	–	4	–	1
Boston College			–					4	–	4	–	1
Tufts			–					3	–	4	–	1
Drexel			–					3	–	4	–	0
Fordham			–					2	–	5	–	1
NYU			–					2	–	5	–	1
Columbia			–					2	–	6	–	1
Brown			–					2	–	7	–	0
Cornell			–					2	–	7	–	0
Dartmouth			–					2	–	7	–	0
Temple			–					2	–	7	–	1
Buffalo			–					1	–	7	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1952 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by first-year head coach Jordan Olivar, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 7–2 record. ^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	Connecticut	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 34–13	26,500	[3]
September 27	at Navy	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	L 0–31	25,000	[4]
October 4	Brown	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 28–0	22,500	[5]
October 11	at Columbia	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 35–28	23,000	[6]
October 18	Cornell	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 13–0	31,000	[7]
October 25	Lafayette	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 47–0	18,000	[8]
November 1	Dartmouth	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 21–7	40,000	[9]
November 15	No. 16 Princeton	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	L 21–27	62,000	[10]
November 19	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (The Game)	W 41–14	38,114	[11]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

NFL draft

Main article: 1953 NFL draft

The following Bulldog was selected in the National Football League draft following the season. ^[12]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Team
11	125	Ed Woodsum	E	Chicago Cardinals

References

1. "Year By Year Scores: 1952". Yale Football Media Guide. 1964. p. 71. Retrieved November 26, 2024– via Internet Archive.
2. "1952 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
3. Black, Lou (September 21, 1952). "Yale Wins Lid-Lifter 34 to 13". Sunday News . Lancaster, Pa. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
4. McIver, Stuart B. (September 28, 1952). "Navy Beats Yale, 31 to 0, in Stadium". The Sunday Sun . Baltimore, Md. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Briordy, William J. (October 5, 1952). "Yale Aerial Attack Checks Brown, 28-0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
6. Werden, Lincoln A. (October 12, 1952). "Yale Tops Columbia, 35-28; Fumble Aids Elis". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
7. Strauss, Michael (October 19, 1952). "Swift Eli Thrusts Trip Cornell, 13-0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
8. Griffith, Owen (October 26, 1952). "Yale Maintains Winning Record Against Lafayette with Easy 47-0 Victory". The Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. sect. IV, p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Werden, Lincoln A. (November 2, 1952). "Elis 21-7 Victors over Dartmouth". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
10. Danzig, Allison (November 16, 1952). "Princeton Beats Yale, 27-21; Tiger Takes Title". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
11. Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 23, 1952). "Yale Tops Harvard, 41-14; Molloy Paces Elis". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
12. "1953 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 10, 2025.