1955 Yale Bulldogs football team

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1955 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference Ivy League
Record7–2 (5–1 Ivy)
Head coach
CaptainPhilip Tarasovic [1]
Home stadium Yale Bowl
Seasons
←  1954
1956  →
1955 Ivy League football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Princeton 6 –1 –07 –2 –0
Yale 5 –1 –07 –2 –0
Dartmouth 3 –3 –03 –6 –0
Cornell 4 –3 –05 –4 –0
Harvard 2 –4 –03 –4 –1
Brown 2 –4 –02 –6 –0
Columbia 1 –5 –01 –8 –0
Penn 0 –1 –00 –8 –0
  • The Ivy League did not crown an official champion until 1956 when full league play began.

The 1955 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1955 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by fourth-year head coach Jordan Olivar, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 7–2 record. [2]

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This would be Yale's final year as a football independent, as the Ivy League, which Yale had helped co-found in 1954, began football competition in 1956. Six of the nine opponents on the Bulldogs' 1955 schedule were Ivy League members (with Penn the only Ivy not scheduled); for decades, (future) Ivy members had comprised a large portion of Yale's opponents.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24 Connecticut
W 14–05,000 [3]
October 1 Brown
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 27–2022,000 [4]
October 8 Columbia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 46–1415,000 [5]
October 15 Cornell
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 34–615,000 [6]
October 22 Colgate No. 19
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 0–723,000 [7]
October 29 Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 20–032,000 [8]
November 5No. 19 Army
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 14–1261,000 [9]
November 12at Princeton
L 0–1346,000 [10]
November 19 Harvard
W 21–756,000 [11]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

NFL draft

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

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL Team
12135Phil Tarasovic E Pittsburgh Steelers

References

  1. ↑ "Year By Year Scores: 1955". Yale Football Media Guide. 1964. p. 72. Retrieved November 26, 2024– via Internet Archive.
  2. ↑ "1955 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
  3. ↑ Newell, Bill (September 25, 1955). "Yale Downs Stubborn Uconn Foe, 14-0". The Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. sect. 4, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Nichols, Joseph C. (October 2, 1955). "Elis' 3-Touchdown Rally Sets Back Brown, 27-20". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. ↑ Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 9, 1955). "Yale Crushes Columbia, 46-14; M'Gill Is Eli Ace". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. ↑ Danzig, Allison (October 16, 1955). "Elis Trip Cornell; Ward's 3 Scores Pace 34-6 Victory in Yale Bid for Ivy Title". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. ↑ Lee, Bill (October 23, 1955). "Colgate Hands Yale Eleven First Setback". The Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. sect. 4, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Effrat, Louis (October 30, 1955). "Elis Triumph, 20-0, on 2d-Half Drive". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. ↑ Young, Dick (November 6, 1955). "Underdog Bulldog Takes Army, 14-12". Sunday News . New York, N.Y. p. 112 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ Danzig, Allison (November 13, 1955). "Princeton Stops Yale, 13-0; Flippin Tiger Ace". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  11. ↑ Danzig, Allison (November 20, 1955). "Yale Defeats Harvard, 21-7; Elis Seize Breaks". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  12. ↑ "1956 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
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