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1953 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2–2
Head coach
Home stadiumYale Bowl
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
1953 Eastern college football independents records
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Westminster (PA)     8 0 0
    Juniata     7 0 0
    No.14Army     7 1 1
    Harvard     6 2 0
    Franklin & Marshall     5 2 0
    Hofstra     6 3 0
    Penn State     6 3 0
    Yale     5 2 2
    Carnegie Tech     5 3 0
    Boston College     5 3 1
    Boston University     5 3 1
    Syracuse     5 3 1
    Princeton     5 4 0
    Tufts     4 3 0
    Cornell     4 3 2
    Holy Cross     5 5 0
    Temple     4 4 1
    Colgate     3 4 2
    Columbia     4 5 0
    Fordham     4 5 0
    Villanova     4 6 0
    Drexel     2 3 1
    Brown     3 5 1
    Penn     3 5 1
    Pittsburgh     3 5 1
    Dartmouth     2 7 0
    Buffalo     1 5 1
    Bucknell     1 8 0
    Rankings from AP Poll

    The 1953 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1953 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by second-year head coach Jordan Olivar, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 5–2–2 record.[1][2]

    Schedule[edit]

    DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
    September 26Connecticut
  • New Haven, CT
  • W 32–020,000[3]
    October 3Brown
    • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
  • W 13–024,000[4]
    October 8Columbia
    • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
  • W 13–728,000[5]
    October 17atCornell
  • Ithaca, NY
  • T 0–025,000[6]
    October 24Colgate
    • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
  • T 7–725,000[7]
    October 31Dartmouth
    • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
  • L 0–3238,000[8]
    November 7Temple
    • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
  • W 32–63,500[9]
    November 14atPrinceton
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
  • W 26–2445,000[10]
    November 21Harvard
    • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT (The Game)
  • L 0–1365,000[11]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "1953 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
  • ^ "Yale Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 18, 2016. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
  • ^ Newell, Bill (September 27, 1953). "Yale Trims Uconns with Late Splurge". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. sect. IV, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ Nichols, Joseph C. (October 4, 1953). "Yale 13-to-0 Victor over Brown Team". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  • ^ Danzig, Allison (October 11, 1953). "Yale Beats Columbia, 13-7; Elis Find Punch". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  • ^ Werden, Lincoln A. (October 18, 1953). "Elis and Cornell in Scoreless Game". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  • ^ Griffith, Owen (October 25, 1953). "Colgate Rallies to Gain Tie with Yale". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. sect. 3, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 1, 1953). "Dartmouth Upsets Yale; Elis Crushed, 32-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  • ^ "Yale Gridders Top Temple by 32 to 6". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. November 8, 1953. sect. III, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ Danzig, Allison (November 15, 1953). "Yale Defeats Princeton, 26-24; Elis Click on Pass". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  • ^ Danzig, Allison (November 22, 1953). "Harvard Trips Yale, 13-0; Big 3 Deadlocked". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.

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