1949 Yale Bulldogs football team

1949 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–4
Head coach	Herman Hickman (2nd season)
Home stadium	Yale Bowl

1949 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Saint Vincent			–					10	–	0	–	0
No. 4 Army			–					9	–	0	–	0
Trinity (CT)			–					8	–	0	–	0
Brown			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Cornell			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 13 Villanova			–					8	–	1	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth			–					6	–	2	–	0
Buffalo			–					6	–	3	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					6	–	3	–	0
Princeton			–					6	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					5	–	3	–	0
Tufts			–					5	–	3	–	1
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	3	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					5	–	4	–	0
Penn			–					4	–	4	–	0
Yale			–					4	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					4	–	4	–	1
Syracuse			–					4	–	5	–	0
Drexel			–					3	–	3	–	1
Duquesne			–					3	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					2	–	5	–	2
CCNY			–					2	–	5	–	1
NYU			–					3	–	6	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	7	–	0
Hofstra			–					1	–	5	–	1
Colgate			–					1	–	8	–	0
Harvard			–					1	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1949 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by second-year head coach Herman Hickman, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 4–4 record. The team was captained by Levi Jackson, the first African American honored with the position.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 11	Connecticut	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 26–0
October 8	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	W 33–7
October 15	No. 14 Cornell	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 14–48
October 22	Holy Cross	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 14–7
October 29	Dartmouth	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 13–34
November 5	Brown	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 0–14
November 12	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	L 13–21
November 19	Harvard	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	W 29–6
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game