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1952 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–2
Head coach
CaptainJoe Mitinger[1]
Home stadiumYale Bowl
Seasons
← 1951
1953 →
1952 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Rochester – 8–0–0
Hofstra – 8–1–0
No. 19 Princeton – 8–1–0
Franklin & Marshall – 7–1–0
Villanova – 7–1–1
Holy Cross – 8–2–0
Yale – 7–2–0
Penn State – 7–2–1
No. 14 Syracuse – 7–3–0
Bucknell – 6–3–0
Colgate – 6–3–0
Pittsburgh – 6–3–0
Carnegie Tech – 4–3–0
Harvard – 5–4–0
Boston University – 5–4–1
Penn – 4–3–2
Army – 4–4–1
Boston College – 4–4–1
Tufts – 3–4–1
Drexel – 3–4–0
Fordham – 2–5–1
NYU – 2–5–1
Columbia – 2–6–1
Brown – 2–7–0
Cornell – 2–7–0
Dartmouth – 2–7–0
Temple – 2–7–1
Buffalo – 1–7–0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1952 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by first-year head coach Jordan Olivar, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 7–2 record.[2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20Connecticut
W 34–1326,500[3]
September 27at Navy
L 0–3125,000[4]
October 4Brown
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 28–022,500[5]
October 11at Columbia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 35–2823,000[6]
October 18Cornell
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 13–031,000[7]
October 25Lafayette
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 47–018,000[8]
November 1Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 21–740,000[9]
November 15No. 16 Princeton
L 21–2762,000[10]
November 19at Harvard
W 41–1438,114[11]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

NFL draft

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The following Bulldog was selected in the National Football League draft following the season.[12]

Round Pick Player Position NFL team
11 125 Ed Woodsum E Chicago Cardinals

References

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  1. ↑ "Year By Year Scores: 1952". Yale Football Media Guide. 1964. p. 71. Retrieved November 26, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ↑ "1952 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
  3. ↑ Black, Lou (September 21, 1952). "Yale Wins Lid-Lifter 34 to 13". Sunday News. Lancaster, Pa. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ McIver, Stuart B. (September 28, 1952). "Navy Beats Yale, 31 to 0, in Stadium". The Sunday Sun. Baltimore, Md. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Briordy, William J. (October 5, 1952). "Yale Aerial Attack Checks Brown, 28-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. ↑ Werden, Lincoln A. (October 12, 1952). "Yale Tops Columbia, 35-28; Fumble Aids Elis". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. ↑ Strauss, Michael (October 19, 1952). "Swift Eli Thrusts Trip Cornell, 13-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. ↑ Griffith, Owen (October 26, 1952). "Yale Maintains Winning Record Against Lafayette with Easy 47-0 Victory". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. sect. IV, p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Werden, Lincoln A. (November 2, 1952). "Elis 21-7 Victors over Dartmouth". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. ↑ Danzig, Allison (November 16, 1952). "Princeton Beats Yale, 27-21; Tiger Takes Title". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  11. ↑ Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 23, 1952). "Yale Tops Harvard, 41-14; Molloy Paces Elis". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  12. ↑ "1953 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
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