1959 Yale Bulldogs football team

1959 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIvy League
Record6–3 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
CaptainRichard Winkler[1]
Home stadiumYale Bowl
Seasons
← 1958
1960 →
1959 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn $ 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 1
Dartmouth 5 – 1 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Harvard 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Yale 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Cornell 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Princeton 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Brown 1 – 5 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
Columbia 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 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][3]

Schedule

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

References

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  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. ^ "Yale Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 18, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
  4. ^ Newell, Bill (September 27, 1959). "Yale Trounces Uconns by 20-0 Before 30,268". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1A – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 4, 1959). "Bulldogs' Drives Sink Brown, 17-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. ^ Werden, Lincoln A. (October 11, 1959). "Eli Squad Downs Columbia, 14 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. ^ Danzig, Allison (October 18, 1959). "Yale Beats Cornell; Elis in Front, 23-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. ^ White, Gordon S. Jr. (October 25, 1959). "Yale Team Blanks 5th Straight Foe". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. ^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 1, 1959). "Dartmouth Tops Yale; Elis Lose, 12 to 8". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. ^ Danzig, Allison (November 8, 1959). "Penn Defeats Yale, 28-12; Doelling Excels". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ 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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