1957 Yale Bulldogs football team

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1957 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference Ivy League
Record6–2–1 (4–2–1 Ivy)
Head coach
CaptainJohn Embersits [1]
Home stadium Yale Bowl
Seasons
←  1956
1958  →
1957 Ivy League football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Princeton $ 6 –1 –07 –2 –0
Dartmouth 5 –1 –17 –1 –1
Yale 4 –2 –16 –2 –1
Brown 3 –4 –05 –4 –0
Cornell 3 –4 –03 –6 –0
Penn 3 –4 –03 –6 –0
Harvard 2 –5 –03 –5 –0
Columbia 1 –6 –01 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1957 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1957 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by sixth-year head coach Jordan Olivar, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 6–2–1 record. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28 Connecticut *
W 27–024,196 [3]
October 5 Brown
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 20–2131,789 [4]
October 12 Columbia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 19–019,285 [5]
October 19at Cornell
W 18–78,000 [6]
October 26 Colgate *
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 20–036,564 [7]
November 2 No. 20 Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
T 14–1447,360 [8]
November 9at Penn
L 14–1215,319 [9]
November 16at Princeton
W 20–1346,000 [10]
November 23 Harvard
W 54–055,817 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ↑ "Year By Year Scores: 1957". Yale Football Media Guide. 1964. p. 72. Retrieved November 26, 2024– via Internet Archive.
  2. ↑ "1957 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
  3. ↑ Newell, Bill (September 29, 1957). "Yale Drubs Uconns in Opener, 27-0". The Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Nichols, Joseph C. (October 6, 1957). "Late Brown Dash Halts Yale, 21-20". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. ↑ Briordy, William J. (October 13, 1957). "Eli Eleven Routs Columbia by 19-0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. ↑ Danzig, Allison (October 20, 1957). "Eli Rally Downs Cornell, 18 to 7". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. ↑ Effrat, Louis (October 27, 1957). "Alert Yale Trims Colgate, 20 to 0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. ↑ Lee, Bill (November 3, 1957). "Dartmouth Ties Yale in Final Seconds". The Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Werden, Lincoln A. (November 10, 1957). "Penn Beats Yale, 33-20; Rally Upsets Elis". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. ↑ Danzig, Allison (November 17, 1957). "Yale Beats Princeton, 20-13; Eli Passes Click". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  11. ↑ Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 24, 1957). "Yale Routs Harvard, 54-0; Eli Passes Click". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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