1947 Yale Bulldogs football team

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1947 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIndependent
1947 record6–3
Head coach
Home stadiumYale Bowl
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →
1947 Eastern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Penn State   –   9 – 0 – 1
No. 7 Penn   –   7 – 0 – 1
Muhlenberg   –   9 – 1 – 0
Buffalo   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 20 Columbia   –   7 – 2 – 0
No. 11 Army   –   5 – 2 – 2
Yale   –   6 – 3 – 0
Villanova   –   6 – 3 – 1
Boston University   –   5 – 3 – 0
Hofstra   –   5 – 3 – 0
Princeton   –   5 – 3 – 0
Tufts   –   5 – 3 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   4 – 3 – 1
Boston College   –   5 – 4 – 0
Brown   –   4 – 4 – 1
Dartmouth   –   4 – 4 – 1
Holy Cross   –   4 – 4 – 2
Springfield   –   4 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   4 – 5 – 0
Cornell   –   4 – 5 – 0
Syracuse   –   3 – 6 – 0
CCNY   –   2 – 5 – 1
NYU   –   2 – 5 – 1
Colgate   –   1 – 5 – 2
Temple   –   2 – 6 – 0
Bucknell   –   2 – 7 – 0
Duquesne   –   2 – 8 – 0
Fordham   –   1 – 6 – 1
Pittsburgh   –   1 – 8 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   0 – 6 – 0
Drexel   –   0 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1947 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1947 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by sixth-year head coach Howard Odell, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 6–3 record.[1][2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Merchant Marine
W 34–1318,000[3]
October 4Cornell
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 14–050,000[4]
October 11at No. 11 ColumbiaNo. 14
W 17–735,000[5]
October 18WisconsinNo. 12
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 0–965,000[6]
October 25Springfield
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 49–015,000[7]
November 1Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 23–1463,000[8]
November 8BrownNo. 20
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 14–2015,000[9]
November 15at Princeton
L 0–1750,000[10]
November 22Harvard
W 31–2170,896[11]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[]

  1. ^ "1947 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  2. ^ "Yale Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on November 16, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  3. ^ Bill Lee (September 28, 1947). "Nadherny's Play Enables Yale To Win". The Hartford Courant. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Frank Keyes (October 5, 1947). "Elis Down Cornell, 14-0 On Sustained Advances". The Hartford Courant. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Eli Overpower Lions With Air Attack, 17-7". The Daily News (New York City). October 12, 1947. p. 103 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Bill Lee (October 19, 1947). "Wisconsin Overcomes Yale In Bitterly Contested Game Before 65,000, By 9-0 Score". Hartford Courant. pp. IV-1, IV-5 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Yale Wallops Springfield By 49-0 Score". The Hartford Courant. October 26, 1947. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Hy Turkin (November 2, 1947). "Elis Top Dartmouth, 23-14". The Daily News (New York City). p. C41 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Roger Dover (November 9, 1947). "Surprising Brown Eleven Upsets Yale By 20 To 14". The Hartford Courant. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Mort Berry (November 16, 1947). "Yale Beaten By Princeton". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Vern Miller (November 23, 1947). "Yale Power Quells Fiery Crimson, 31-21". The Boston Globe. pp. 27, 30 – via Newspapers.com.
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