1957 Yale Bulldogs football team

1957 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	6–2–1 (4–2–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Jordan Olivar (6th season)
Captain	John Embersits[1]
Home stadium	Yale Bowl

1957 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Princeton $	6	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth	5	–	1	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
Yale	4	–	2	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
Brown	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Cornell	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Penn	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Harvard	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Columbia	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1957 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1957 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by sixth-year head coach Jordan Olivar, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 6–2–1 record.^[2][3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	Connecticut*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 27–0	24,196	[4]
October 5	Brown	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 20–21	31,789	[5]
October 12	Columbia	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 19–0	19,285	[6]
October 19	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 18–7	8,000	[7]
October 26	Colgate*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 20–0	36,564	[8]
November 2	No. 20 Dartmouth	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	T 14–14	47,360	[9]
November 9	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 14–12	15,319	[10]
November 16	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 20–13	46,000	[11]
November 23	Harvard	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (The Game)	W 54–0	55,817	[12]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "Year By Year Scores: 1957". Yale Football Media Guide. 1964. p. 72. Retrieved November 26, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
2. "1957 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
3. "Yale Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 18, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
4. Newell, Bill (September 29, 1957). "Yale Drubs Uconns in Opener, 27-0". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
5. Nichols, Joseph C. (October 6, 1957). "Late Brown Dash Halts Yale, 21-20". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
6. Briordy, William J. (October 13, 1957). "Eli Eleven Routs Columbia by 19-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
7. Danzig, Allison (October 20, 1957). "Eli Rally Downs Cornell, 18 to 7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
8. Effrat, Louis (October 27, 1957). "Alert Yale Trims Colgate, 20 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
9. Lee, Bill (November 3, 1957). "Dartmouth Ties Yale in Final Seconds". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
10. Werden, Lincoln A. (November 10, 1957). "Penn Beats Yale, 33-20; Rally Upsets Elis". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
11. Danzig, Allison (November 17, 1957). "Yale Beats Princeton, 20-13; Eli Passes Click". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
12. Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 24, 1957). "Yale Routs Harvard, 54-0; Eli Passes Click". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.