1953 Yale Bulldogs football team

1953 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–2–2
Head coach	Jordan Olivar (2nd season)
Captain	Joe Fortunato [1]
Home stadium	Yale Bowl
Seasons ←  1952 1954  →

1953 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Cornell	3	–	0	–	2			4	–	3	–	2
Harvard	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Yale	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	2	–	2
Princeton	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Columbia	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Dartmouth	2	–	3	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Brown	0	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
Penn	0	–	0	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
The Ivy League in 1953 completed on a league basis in baseball, basketball, hockey, tennis and swimming. In football, there was an agreement among the schools to establish conditions to assure sportsmanship and amateurism. Moreover, newspapers regularly printed football standings for the Ivy League schools.

The 1953 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1953 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by second-year head coach Jordan Olivar, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 5–2–2 record. ^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Connecticut	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 32–0	20,000	[3]
October 3	Brown	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 13–0	24,000	[4]
October 8	Columbia	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 13–7	28,000	[5]
October 17	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	T 0–0	25,000	[6]
October 24	Colgate	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	T 7–7	25,000	[7]
October 31	Dartmouth	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 0–32	38,000	[8]
November 7	Temple	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 32–6	3,500	[9]
November 14	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 26–24	45,000	[10]
November 21	Harvard	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (The Game)	L 0–13	65,000	[11]

References

1. "Year By Year Scores: 1953". Yale Football Media Guide. 1964. p. 71. Retrieved November 26, 2024– via Internet Archive.
2. "1953 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
3. Newell, Bill (September 27, 1953). "Yale Trims Uconns with Late Splurge". The Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. sect. IV, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Nichols, Joseph C. (October 4, 1953). "Yale 13-to-0 Victor over Brown Team". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
5. Danzig, Allison (October 11, 1953). "Yale Beats Columbia, 13-7; Elis Find Punch". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
6. Werden, Lincoln A. (October 18, 1953). "Elis and Cornell in Scoreless Game". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
7. Griffith, Owen (October 25, 1953). "Colgate Rallies to Gain Tie with Yale". The Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. sect. 3, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 1, 1953). "Dartmouth Upsets Yale; Elis Crushed, 32-0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
9. "Yale Gridders Top Temple by 32 to 6". The Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. November 8, 1953. sect. III, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Danzig, Allison (November 15, 1953). "Yale Defeats Princeton, 26-24; Elis Click on Pass". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
11. Danzig, Allison (November 22, 1953). "Harvard Trips Yale, 13-0; Big 3 Deadlocked". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.