1947 Yale Bulldogs football team
| 1947 Yale Bulldogs football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 6–3 |
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| Home stadium | Yale Bowl |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Yale was ranked at No. 53 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.[3]
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 27 | Merchant Marine | W 34–13 | 18,000 | [4] | ||
| October 4 | Cornell |
| W 14–0 | 50,000 | [5] | |
| October 11 | at No. 11 Columbia | No. 14 | W 17–7 | 35,000 | [6] | |
| October 18 | Wisconsin | No. 12 |
| L 0–9 | 65,000 | [7] |
| October 25 | Springfield |
| W 49–0 | 15,000 | [8] | |
| November 1 | Dartmouth |
| W 23–14 | 63,000 | [9] | |
| November 8 | Brown | No. 20 |
| L 14–20 | 15,000 | [10] |
| November 15 | at Princeton | L 0–17 | 50,000 | [11] | ||
| November 22 | Harvard |
| W 31–21 | 70,896 | [12] | |
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Rankings
[edit]| Week | ||||||||||
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| Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| AP | 14 | 12 | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | — |
References
[edit]- ^ "1947 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
- ^ "Yale Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on November 16, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 18, 1947). "Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings". Times. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Bill Lee (September 28, 1947). "Nadherny's Play Enables Yale To Win". The Hartford Courant. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Frank Keyes (October 5, 1947). "Elis Down Cornell, 14-0 On Sustained Advances". The Hartford Courant. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Eli Overpower Lions With Air Attack, 17-7". The Daily News (New York City). October 12, 1947. p. 103 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Yale Wallops Springfield By 49-0 Score". The Hartford Courant. October 26, 1947. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Hy Turkin (November 2, 1947). "Elis Top Dartmouth, 23-14". The Daily News (New York City). p. C41 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Roger Dover (November 9, 1947). "Surprising Brown Eleven Upsets Yale By 20 To 14". The Hartford Courant. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Mort Berry (November 16, 1947). "Yale Beaten By Princeton". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Vern Miller (November 23, 1947). "Yale Power Quells Fiery Crimson, 31-21". The Boston Globe. pp. 27, 30 – via Newspapers.com.