1959 Yale Bulldogs football team

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1959 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference Ivy League
Record6–3 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
CaptainRichard Winkler [1]
Home stadium Yale Bowl
Seasons
←  1958
1960  →
1959 Ivy League football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Penn $ 6 –1 –07 –1 –1
Dartmouth 5 –1 –15 –3 –1
Harvard 4 –3 –06 –3 –0
Yale 4 –3 –06 –3 –0
Cornell 3 –4 –05 –4 –0
Princeton 3 –4 –04 –5 –0
Brown 1 –5 –12 –6 –1
Columbia 1 –6 –02 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1959 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1959 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by eighth-year head coach Jordan Olivar, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 6–3 record. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26 Connecticut *
W 20–030,268 [3]
October 3 Brown
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 17–028,017 [4]
October 10 Columbia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 14–020,196 [5]
October 17at Cornell
W 23–020,000 [6]
October 24 Colgate *No. 19
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 21–011,000 [7]
October 31 Dartmouth No. 13
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 8–1242,741 [8]
November 7at Penn
L 12–2825,102 [9]
November 14at Princeton
W 38–208,000 [10]
November 21 Harvard
L 6–3566,053 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ↑ "Year By Year Scores: 1959". Yale Football Media Guide. 1964. p. 73. Retrieved November 26, 2024– via Internet Archive.
  2. ↑ "1959 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
  3. ↑ Newell, Bill (September 27, 1959). "Yale Trounces Uconns by 20-0 Before 30,268". The Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. p. 1A – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 4, 1959). "Bulldogs' Drives Sink Brown, 17-0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. ↑ Werden, Lincoln A. (October 11, 1959). "Eli Squad Downs Columbia, 14 to 0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. ↑ Danzig, Allison (October 18, 1959). "Yale Beats Cornell; Elis in Front, 23-0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. ↑ White, Gordon S. Jr. (October 25, 1959). "Yale Team Blanks 5th Straight Foe". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. ↑ Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 1, 1959). "Dartmouth Tops Yale; Elis Lose, 12 to 8". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. ↑ Danzig, Allison (November 8, 1959). "Penn Defeats Yale, 28-12; Doelling Excels". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. ↑ Teague, Robert L. (November 15, 1959). "Yale Beats Princeton, 38-20; Lions Bow, 24 to 6". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  11. ↑ Danzig, Allison (November 22, 1959). "Harvard Routs Yale, 35-6; Elis Bow in Bowl". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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