1944 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1944 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1944 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by third-year head coach Howard Odell, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 7–0–1 record.[1][2]

1944 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIndependent
1944 record7–0–1
Head coach
Home stadiumYale Bowl
1944 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Army      9 0 0
Yale      7 0 1
Harvard      5 1 0
Bucknell      7 2 1
Penn State      6 3 0
Penn      5 3 0
Boston College      4 3 0
Cornell      5 4 0
Villanova      4 4 0
Drexel      2 2 0
Pittsburgh      4 5 0
Brown      3 4 1
Temple      2 4 2
Syracuse      2 4 1
Princeton      1 2 0
Dartmouth      2 5 1
Colgate      2 5 0
NYU      2 5 0
Columbia      2 6 0
Tufts      1 4 1
Franklin & Marshall      1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30Coast GuardW 7–316,000[3]
October 7Cornell
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 16–725,000[4]
October 14Columbia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 27–1010,000[5]
October 28Rochester
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 32–08,000[6]
November 4Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 6–040,000[7]
November 11Brown
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 13–012,000[8]
November 18North CarolinaNo. 20
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 13–610,000[9]
November 25Virginia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
T 6–618,000[10]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1944 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  2. "Yale Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  3. Lee, Bill (October 1, 1944). "Yale Drives 63 Yards for Touchdown to Turn Back Coast Guard Academy 7-3; Loh Tallies for Blue in Last Period". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C via Newspapers.com.
  4. Danzig, Allison (October 8, 1944). "Yale Upsets Cornell; Elis Triumph, 16-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. Richardson, William D. (October 15, 1944). "Yale Overcomes Columbia by 27-10 to Stay Unbeaten". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. Cushing, Elliot (October 29, 1944). "Yale Batters Outclassed UR, 32-0: Penn, Barksdale Lead Rout; Line Thwarts Varsity". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. p. 1C via Newspapers.com.
  7. Lee, Bill (November 5, 1944). "Yale Keeps Perfect Record by Shading Dartmouth, 6-0 Before 40,000 in Bowl; Elis Thwart Indians' Fourth Period Surge". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C via Newspapers.com.
  8. McGowen, Roscoe (November 12, 1944). "Yale Subdues Brown, 13-0, Counting in Last 2 Periods". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. Keyes, Frank (November 19, 1944). "Unbeaten, Untied Elis Capture Seventh, 13-6". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C via Newspapers.com.
  10. Claassen, Harold (November 26, 1944). "Yale, Virginia in Tie; Elis' Hopes Crushed in 6-6 Deadlock". Daily Press. Newport News, Va. p. 1B via Newspapers.com.
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