2017 Yale Bulldogs football team
The 2017 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season, winning the Ivy League title. The season marked the Bulldogs' 145th overall season. The team played its home games at Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut and were led by sixth-year head coach Tony Reno. They finished the season 9–1 overall and 6–1 in Ivy League play to become Ivy League champions for the first time since 2006 (when they shared the title) and to earn their first sole league title since 1980.
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Ivy League champion | |
Conference | Ivy League |
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STATS | No. 24 |
FCS Coaches | No. 24 |
2017 record | 9–1 (6–1 Ivy) |
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Offensive coordinator | Joe Conlin (6th season) |
Defensive coordinator | Sean McGowan (1st season) |
Home stadium | Yale Bowl (Capacity: 61,446) |
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No. 24 Yale $ | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 3 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 2 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 0 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
The 2017 season consisted of five home games and five away games. The Bulldogs hosted Ivy League foes Cornell, Columbia, Brown, and Harvard for the 134th edition of The Game, and traveled to Dartmouth, Penn, and Princeton.
Yale's non-conference opponents were Lehigh, Fordham, and Holy Cross, all of the Patriot League.[1]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 16 | 12:30 p.m. | at Lehigh* | PLN | W 56–28 | 4,996 | |
September 23 | 1:00 p.m. | Cornell | ELVN | W 49–24 | 10,926 | |
September 30 | 6:00 p.m. | at Fordham* | PLN | W 41–10 | 3,988 | |
October 7 | 1:30 p.m. | at Dartmouth | ESPN3 | L 27–28 | 8,114 | |
October 14 | 1:00 p.m. | Holy Cross* |
| ILN | W 32–0 | 8,709 |
October 21 | 1:00 p.m. | at Penn | TCN | W 24–19 | 6,408 | |
October 28 | 1:00 p.m. | Columbia |
| SNY | W 23–6 | 15,422 |
November 3 | 8:00 p.m. | Brown |
| NBCSN | W 34–7 | 8,216 |
November 11 | 1:00 p.m. | at Princeton | ELVN | W 35–31 | 11,229 | |
November 18 | 12:30 p.m. | Harvard |
| CNBC | W 24–3 | 51,426 |
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Game summaries
Lehigh
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Yale | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 56 |
Lehigh | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 28 |
at Goodman Stadium • Bethlehem, PA
- Date: September 16
- Game time: 12:30 p.m.
- Game weather: 81 °F (27 °C); sunny, hot
- Game attendance: 4,996
- Referee: C. Bloh
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Cornell
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Cornell | 3 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
Yale | 7 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 49 |
at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT
- Date: September 23
- Game time: 1:00 p.m.
- Game weather: 80 °F (27 °C); sunny, warm
- Game attendance: 10,926
- Referee: T. Kichline
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Fordham
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Yale | 21 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 41 |
Fordham | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
at Coffey Field • Bronx, NY
- Date: September 30
- Game time: 6:00 p.m.
- Game weather: 60 °F (16 °C); cloudy and windy
- Game attendance: 3,988
- Referee: C. Jebran
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Dartmouth
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Yale | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
Dartmouth | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
at Memorial Field • Hanover, NH
- Date: October 7
- Game time: 1:30 p.m.
- Game weather: 50 °F (10 °C); overcast
- Game attendance: 8,114
- Referee: W. Gillis
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Holy Cross
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Holy Cross | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yale | 3 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 32 |
at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT
- Date: October 14
- Game time: 1:00 p.m.
- Game weather: 66 °F (19 °C); mostly cloudy
- Game attendance: 8,709
- Referee: S. Cadorette
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Penn
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Yale | 7 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 24 |
Penn | 7 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 19 |
at Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA
- Date: October 21
- Game time: 1:00 p.m.
- Game weather: 72 °F (22 °C); sunny
- Game attendance: 6,408
- Referee: T. Marcella
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Columbia
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Columbia | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Yale | 13 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 23 |
at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT
- Date: October 28
- Game time: 1:00 p.m.
- Game weather: 66 °F (19 °C); mostly sunny
- Game attendance: 15,422
- Referee: J. Pumphrey
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Brown
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Yale | 20 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 34 |
at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT
- Date: November 3
- Game time: 8:00 p.m.
- Game weather: 62 °F (17 °C); partly cloudy
- Game attendance: 8,216
- Referee: T. Boyd
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Princeton
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Yale | 0 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
Princeton | 7 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
at Princeton Stadium • Princeton, NJ
- Date: November 11
- Game time: 1:00 p.m.
- Game weather: 37 °F (3 °C); cold, clear
- Game attendance: 11,229
- Referee: M. Sechris
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Harvard ("The Game")
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Harvard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Yale | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT
- Date: November 18
- Game time: 12:30 p.m.
- Game weather: 45 °F (7 °C); cloudy
- Game attendance: 51,426
- Referee: H. Johns
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