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1959 Yale Bulldogs football team

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1959 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIvy League
Record6–3 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
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 NCAA University Division 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.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 26Connecticut*W 20–0
October 3Brown
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 17–0
October 10Columbia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 14–0
October 17at CornellW 23–0
October 24Colgate*No. 19
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 21–0
October 31DartmouthNo. 13
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 8–12
November 7at PennL 12–28
November 14at PrincetonW 38–20
November 21Harvard
L 6–35
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1959 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
  2. ^ "Yale Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 21, 2016.