1963 Yale Bulldogs football team

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1963 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference Ivy League
Record6–3 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
CaptainGeorge Humphrey [1]
Home stadium Yale Bowl
Seasons
←  1962
1964  →
1963 Ivy League football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Dartmouth + 5 –2 –07 –2 –0
Princeton + 5 –2 –07 –2 –0
Harvard 4 –2 –15 –2 –2
Yale 4 –3 –06 –3 –0
Cornell 4 –3 –05 –4 –0
Columbia 2 –4 –14 –4 –1
Brown 2 –5 –03 –5 –0
Penn 1 –6 –03 –6 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1963 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1963 NCAA University Division football season. The Bulldogs were led by first-year head coach John Pont, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished fourth in the Ivy League with a 4–3 record, 6–3 overall. [2] The November 23 game against Harvard was postponed to November 30 due to the assassination of President Kennedy on November 22.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28 Connecticut *
W 3–030,610–30,614 [3] [4]
October 5 Brown
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 7–1224,716 [5]
October 12 Columbia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 19–728,507 [6]
October 19at Cornell
L 10–1321,000 [7]
October 26 Colgate *
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 31–029,827 [8]
November 2 Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 10–632,926 [9]
November 9at Penn
W 28–714,205 [10]
November 16at Princeton
L 7–2742,000 [11]
November 30^ Harvard
W 20–651,000 [12]

NFL draft

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

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL Team
20280Dick Niglio FB Chicago Bears

References

  1. ↑ "Year By Year Scores: 1963". Yale Football Media Guide. 1964. p. 74. Retrieved November 26, 2024– via Internet Archive.
  2. ↑ "1963 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  3. ↑ Laney, Al (September 29, 1963). "Yale Scared Silly, but Beats UConns". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 85 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (1963 Connecticut)". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  5. ↑ Wallace, William N. (October 6, 1963). "Brown Gains First Ivy Victory in 3 Years by Beating Yale, 12-7". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S4.
  6. ↑ Bradbury, Will (October 13, 1963). "Yale Line Stops Columbia by 19-7". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. ↑ Danzig, Allison (October 20, 1963). "Cornell Field Goal in Last 45 Seconds Defeats Yale, 13-10". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. ↑ Strauss, Michael (October 27, 1963). "Big Second Quarter Starts Yale To 31-0 Triumph Over Colgate". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S3.
  9. ↑ Danzig, Allison (November 3, 1963). "Tight Second-Half Defense Seals 10-6 Victory for Elis". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. ↑ Werden, Lincoln A. (November 10, 1963). "Running by Yale Routs Penn, 28-7". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  11. ↑ Danzig, Allison (November 17, 1963). "Princeton Routs Yale, 27-7; MacMillan and Iacavazzi Are Tiger Rushing Stars". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  12. ↑ Danzig, Allison (December 1, 1963). "Yale Beats Harvard, 20-6; Elis Strike Early". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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