1947 Yale Bulldogs football team

1947 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
CaptainEndicott P. Davison[1]
Home stadiumYale Bowl
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →
1947 Ivy Group football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Penn 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 0 – 1
Princeton 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Yale 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
No. 20 Columbia 2 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Harvard 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Brown 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Dartmouth 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Cornell 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 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.[2][3]

Yale was ranked at No. 53 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.[4]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Merchant Marine
W 34–1318,000[5]
October 4Cornell
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 14–050,000[6]
October 11at No. 11 ColumbiaNo. 14
W 17–735,000[7]
October 18WisconsinNo. 12
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 0–965,000[8]
October 25Springfield
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 49–015,000[9]
November 1Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 23–1463,000[10]
November 8BrownNo. 20
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 14–2015,000[11]
November 15at Princeton
L 0–1750,000[12]
November 22Harvard
W 31–2170,896[13]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

See also: 1947 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
Poll123456789Final
AP1412——20—————

References

  1. ^ "Year By Year Scores: 1947". Yale Football Media Guide. 1964. p. 70. Retrieved November 26, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ "1947 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  3. ^ "Yale Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on November 16, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  4. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 18, 1947). "Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings". Times. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Bill Lee (September 28, 1947). "Nadherny's Play Enables Yale To Win". The Hartford Courant. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Frank Keyes (October 5, 1947). "Elis Down Cornell, 14-0 On Sustained Advances". The Hartford Courant. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Eli Overpower Lions With Air Attack, 17-7". The Daily News (New York City). October 12, 1947. p. 103 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "Yale Wallops Springfield By 49-0 Score". The Hartford Courant. October 26, 1947. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Hy Turkin (November 2, 1947). "Elis Top Dartmouth, 23-14". The Daily News (New York City). p. C41 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Roger Dover (November 9, 1947). "Surprising Brown Eleven Upsets Yale By 20 To 14". The Hartford Courant. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Mort Berry (November 16, 1947). "Yale Beaten By Princeton". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ Vern Miller (November 23, 1947). "Yale Power Quells Fiery Crimson, 31-21". The Boston Globe. pp. 27, 30 – via Newspapers.com.