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1949 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4
Head coach
CaptainLevi Jackson
Home stadiumYale Bowl
Seasons← 19481950 →
1949 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Vincent   –   10 – 0 – 0
No. 4 Army   –   9 – 0 – 0
Trinity (CT)   –   8 – 0 – 0
Brown   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 12 Cornell   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 13 Villanova   –   8 – 1 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth   –   6 – 2 – 0
Buffalo   –   6 – 3 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   6 – 3 – 0
Princeton   –   6 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   5 – 3 – 0
Tufts   –   5 – 3 – 1
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 3 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   5 – 4 – 0
Penn   –   4 – 4 – 0
Yale   –   4 – 4 – 0
Boston College   –   4 – 4 – 1
Syracuse   –   4 – 5 – 0
Drexel   –   3 – 3 – 1
Duquesne   –   3 – 6 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   2 – 5 – 2
CCNY   –   2 – 5 – 1
NYU   –   3 – 6 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 7 – 0
Hofstra   –   1 – 5 – 1
Colgate   –   1 – 8 – 0
Harvard   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1949 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by second-year head coach Herman Hickman, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 4–4 record. The team was captained by Levi Jackson, the first African American honored with the position.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24ConnecticutW 26–024,006
October 8at ColumbiaW 33–730,000
October 15No. 14 Cornell
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 14–4845,000
October 22Holy Cross
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 14–718,000
October 29Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 13–3450,300
November 5Brown
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 0–1446,000
November 12at PrincetonL 13–2145,000
November 19HarvardW 29–661,000
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "Year By Year Scores: 1949". Yale Football Media Guide. 1964. p. 70. Retrieved November 26, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  2. "1949 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. Dove, Roger (September 25, 1949). "Yale Survives Early Scare to Whip Connecticut, 26-0". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. part IV, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Effrat, Louis (October 9, 1949). "Yale Sets Back Columbia in Baker Field Battle, 33-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. Mozley, Dana (October 16, 1949). "Yale at Its Bulldog Best, but Big Red Romps, 48-14". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 108 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Cunavelis, Jimmy (October 23, 1949). "Yale Drives 99 Yards After Goal Line Stand to Top Crusaders, 14-7". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Webb, Melville (October 30, 1949). "Dartmouth Routs Yale, 34-13; 2d Worst Defeat in Series". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 43 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Werden, Lincoln A. (November 6, 1949). "Yale Is Blanked by Brown, 14 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. Webb, Melville (November 13, 1949). "Princeton Big 3 Champion by Defeating Yale, 21 to 13". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 43 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Danzig, Allison (November 20, 1949). "Yale Routs Harvard, 29-6; Jackson Eli Star". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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