1959 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIvy League
Record6–3 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadiumYale Bowl
1959 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Penn $ 6 1 07 1 1
Dartmouth 5 1 15 3 1
Harvard 4 3 06 3 0
Yale 4 3 06 3 0
Cornell 3 4 05 4 0
Princeton 3 4 04 5 0
Brown 1 5 12 6 1
Columbia 1 6 02 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

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Connecticut*W 20–030,268[3]
October 3Brown
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 17–028,017[4]
October 10Columbia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 14–020,196[5]
October 17at CornellW 23–020,000[6]
October 24Colgate*No. 19
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 21–011,000[7]
October 31DartmouthNo. 13
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 8–1242,741[8]
November 7at PennL 12–2825,102[9]
November 14at PrincetonW 38–208,000[10]
November 21Harvard
L 6–3566,053[11]
  • *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. Archived from the original on October 18, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
  3. Newell, Bill (September 27, 1959). "Yale Trounces Uconns by 20-0 Before 30,268". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1A via Newspapers.com.
  4. Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 4, 1959). "Bulldogs' Drives Sink Brown, 17-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. Werden, Lincoln A. (October 11, 1959). "Eli Squad Downs Columbia, 14 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. Danzig, Allison (October 18, 1959). "Yale Beats Cornell; Elis in Front, 23-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. White, Gordon S. Jr. (October 25, 1959). "Yale Team Blanks 5th Straight Foe". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 1, 1959). "Dartmouth Tops Yale; Elis Lose, 12 to 8". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. Danzig, Allison (November 8, 1959). "Penn Defeats Yale, 28-12; Doelling Excels". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. 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.
  11. 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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