1963 Yale Bulldogs football team

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1963 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIvy League
1963 record6–3 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadiumYale Bowl
Seasons
← 1962
1964 →
1963 Ivy League football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Dartmouth + 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Princeton + 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Harvard 4 – 2 – 1 5 – 2 – 2
Yale 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Cornell 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Columbia 2 – 4 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Brown 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Penn 1 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1963 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1963 NCAA University Division football season. The Bulldogs were led by first-year head coach John Pont, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished fourth in the Ivy League with a 4–3 record, 6–3 overall.[1] The November 23 game against Harvard was postponed to November 30 due to the assassination of President Kennedy on November 22.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Connecticut*
W 3–030,610[2]
October 5Brown
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 7–1224,716[3]
October 12Columbia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 19–728,507[4]
October 19at Cornell
L 10–1321,000[5]
October 26Colgate*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 31–029,827[6]
November 2Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 10–632,926[7]
November 9at Penn
W 28–714,205[8]
November 16at Princeton
L 7–2742,000[9]
November 30^Harvard
W 20–651,000[10]

References[]

  1. ^ "1963 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  2. ^ Laney, Al (September 29, 1963). "Yale Scared Silly, but Beats UConns". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 85 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Wallace, William N. (October 6, 1963). "Brown Gains First Ivy Victory in 3 Years by Beating Yale, 12-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S4.
  4. ^ Bradbury, Will (October 13, 1963). "Yale Line Stops Columbia by 19-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. ^ Danzig, Allison (October 20, 1963). "Cornell Field Goal in Last 45 Seconds Defeats Yale, 13-10". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. ^ Strauss, Michael (October 27, 1963). "Big Second Quarter Starts Yale To 31-0 Triumph Over Colgate". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S3.
  7. ^ Danzig, Allison (November 3, 1963). "Tight Second-Half Defense Seals 10-6 Victory for Elis". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. ^ Werden, Lincoln A. (November 10, 1963). "Running by Yale Routs Penn, 28-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. ^ Danzig, Allison (November 17, 1963). "Princeton Routs Yale, 27-7; MacMillan and Iacavazzi Are Tiger Rushing Stars". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. ^ Danzig, Allison (December 1, 1963). "Yale Beats Harvard, 20-6; Elis Strike Early". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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