1954 Yale Bulldogs football team

American college football season

1954 Yale Bulldogs football

Conference| Ivy League
Record| 5–3–1 (4–2 Ivy)
Head coach|

* Jordan Olivar (3rd season)

Home stadium| Yale Bowl

Seasons

<- 1953

1955 ->

1954 Ivy League football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Yale | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
Cornell | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Brown | 2  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
Harvard | 3  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 1
Princeton | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
Dartmouth | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Columbia | 1  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 8  | - | 0
Penn | 0  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 9  | - | 0

* The Ivy League did not crown an official champion until 1956 when full league play began.

The 1954 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1954 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by third-year head coach Jordan Olivar, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 5–3–1 record.[1][2]

## Schedule[edit]

Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 25| Connecticut|

* Yale Bowl
* New Haven, CT

| W 27–0| 25,000| [3]
October 2| Brown|

* Yale Bowl
* New Haven, CT

| W 26–24| 27,000| [4]
October 9| at Columbia|

* Baker Field
* New York, NY

| W 13–7| 18,000| [5]
October 16| Cornell|

* Yale Bowl
* New Haven, CT

| W 47–21| 32,000| [6]
October 23| Colgate|

* Yale Bowl
* New Haven, CT

| T 13–13| 37,000| [7]
October 30| Dartmouth|

* Yale Bowl
* New Haven, CT

| W 13–7| 30,000| [8]
November 6| No. 7 Army|

* Yale Bowl
* New Haven, CT

| L 7–48| 73,600| [9]
November 13| Princeton|

* Yale Bowl
* New Haven, CT (rivalry)

| L 14–21| 11,000| [10]
November 20| at Harvard|

* Harvard Stadium
* Boston, MA (The Game)

| L 9–13| 40,000| [11]

* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

## References[edit]

1. ^ "1954 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
2. ^ "Yale Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 18, 2016. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
3. ^ Newell, Bill (September 26, 1954). "Yale Thumps Connecticut in Opener 27-0". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. sect. 4, p. 1 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ Danzig, Allison (October 3, 1954). "Yale Conversions Beat Brown, 26-24". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
5. ^ Effrat, Louis (October 10, 1954). "Yale Beats Columbia, 13-7; Elis Notch No. 3". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
6. ^ Danzig, Allison (October 17, 1954). "Elis Overwhelm Cornell, 47 to 21". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
7. ^ Lee, Bill (October 24, 1954). "Yale's Late Touchdown Gets 13-13 Tie". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. sect. 4, p. 1 - via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 31, 1954). "Dartmouth Loses; Yale Victor, 13-7, with Two-Touchdown Rally in Second Period". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
9. ^ Nason, Jerry (November 7, 1954). "Army Crushes Yale, 48-7, Before 73,600". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 60 - via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ Danzig, Allison (November 14, 1954). "Princeton Upsets Yale, 21-14; Flippin Tiger Ace". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
11. ^ Danzig, Allison (November 21, 1954). "Harvard Tops Yale, 13-9; Title to Crimson". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.

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Yale Bulldogs football

Venues|

* Hamilton Park (1872–1883)
* Yale Field (1884–1914, 1916)
* Yale Bowl (1914–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Harvard
* Princeton

Culture & lore|

* 1910 Vanderbilt game
* 1927 Georgia game
* 1968 Harvard game (Harvard Beats Yale 29–29)
* 2004 Harvard–Yale prank
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* "Boola Boola"
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* Huddle

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