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Yale Bulldogs School History

Seasons: 108 (1872 to 1981)

Record (W-L-T): 717-203-53

Conferences: Ivy, Ind

Conf. Championships: 11

National Championships: 1874, 1876, 1877, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1891, 1892, 1894, 1900, 1907 and 1909

Ranked in AP Poll: 1 Time (Preseason), 4 Times (Final), 30 Weeks (Total)

Ranked in CFP Rankings: 0 Times (Final), 0 Weeks (Total)

Heisman Winners: Larry Kelley (1936), Clint Frank (1937)

Location: New Haven, Connecticut

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108 Years

108 Years Table
			Overall				Conference				SRS		Polls
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
1	1981	Ivy	9	1	0	.900	6	1	0	.857	-3.28	-16.68				Carmen Cozza (9-1)
2	1980	Ivy	8	2	0	.800	6	1	0	.857	-5.26	-13.56				Carmen Cozza (8-2)
3	1979	Ivy	8	1	0	.889	6	1	0	.857	-5.74	-17.19				Carmen Cozza (8-1)
4	1978	Ivy	5	2	2	.667	4	1	2	.714	-2.42	-9.98				Carmen Cozza (5-2-2)
5	1977	Ivy	7	2	0	.778	6	1	0	.857	2.11	-8.00				Carmen Cozza (7-2)
6	1976	Ivy	8	1	0	.889	6	1	0	.857	4.52	-7.59				Carmen Cozza (8-1)
7	1975	Ivy	7	2	0	.778	5	2	0	.714	-1.49	-9.49				Carmen Cozza (7-2)
8	1974	Ivy	8	1	0	.889	6	1	0	.857	8.00	-8.12				Carmen Cozza (8-1)
9	1973	Ivy	6	3	0	.667	5	2	0	.714	-4.93	-11.82				Carmen Cozza (6-3)
10	1972	Ivy	7	2	0	.778	5	2	0	.714	9.18	-2.93		20		Carmen Cozza (7-2)
11	1971	Ivy	4	5	0	.444	3	4	0	.429	-8.52	-6.96				Carmen Cozza (4-5)
12	1970	Ivy	7	2	0	.778	5	2	0	.714	7.97	-3.03				Carmen Cozza (7-2)
13	1969	Ivy	7	2	0	.778	6	1	0	.857	-1.89	-10.56				Carmen Cozza (7-2)
14	1968	Ivy	8	0	1	.944	6	0	1	.929	11.03	-6.52				Carmen Cozza (8-0-1)
15	1967	Ivy	8	1	0	.889	7	0	0	1.000	5.60	-9.18				Carmen Cozza (8-1)
16	1966	Ivy	4	5	0	.444	3	4	0	.429	-4.23	-6.12				Carmen Cozza (4-5)
17	1965	Ivy	3	6	0	.333	3	4	0	.429	-13.31	-7.98				Carmen Cozza (3-6)
18	1964	Ivy	6	2	1	.722	4	2	1	.643	-4.44	-9.66				John Pont (6-2-1)
19	1963	Ivy	6	3	0	.667	4	3	0	.571	-0.57	-6.24				John Pont (6-3)
20	1962	Ivy	2	5	2	.333	1	5	1	.214	-13.61	-12.16				Jordan Olivar (2-5-2)
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
21	1961	Ivy	4	5	0	.444	3	4	0	.429	-12.24	-11.80				Jordan Olivar (4-5)
22	1960	Ivy	9	0	0	1.000	7	0	0	1.000	6.20	-12.58		13	14	Jordan Olivar (9-0)
23	1959	Ivy	6	3	0	.667	4	3	0	.571	-1.85	-9.19		13		Jordan Olivar (6-3)
24	1958	Ivy	2	7	0	.222	0	7	0	.000	-18.19	-7.86				Jordan Olivar (2-7)
25	1957	Ivy	6	2	1	.722	4	2	1	.643	0.86	-8.59				Jordan Olivar (6-2-1)
26	1956	Ivy	8	1	0	.889	7	0	0	1.000	5.64	-9.69	19	19		Jordan Olivar (8-1)
27	1955	Ind	7	2	0	.778					0.85	-9.15		19		Jordan Olivar (7-2)
28	1954	Ind	5	3	1	.611					-0.02	-3.46				Jordan Olivar (5-3-1)
29	1953	Ind	5	2	2	.667					-6.06	-10.28				Jordan Olivar (5-2-2)
30	1952	Ind	7	2	0	.778					5.66	-5.01				Jordan Olivar (7-2)
31	1951	Ind	2	5	2	.333					-4.69	-1.13				Herman Hickman (2-5-2)
32	1950	Ind	6	3	0	.667					3.16	-1.18				Herman Hickman (6-3)
33	1949	Ind	4	4	0	.500					-1.67	-3.05				Herman Hickman (4-4)
34	1948	Ind	4	5	0	.444					-0.01	2.10				Herman Hickman (4-5)
35	1947	Ind	6	3	0	.667					5.70	-0.41		12		Howard Odell (6-3)
36	1946	Ind	7	1	1	.833					15.60	-0.62		12	12	Howard Odell (7-1-1)
37	1945	Ind	6	3	0	.667					2.93	-2.07				Howard Odell (6-3)
38	1944	Ind	7	0	1	.938					11.58	1.08		18		Howard Odell (7-0-1)
39	1943	Ind	4	5	0	.444					-5.20	-2.20				Howard Odell (4-5)
40	1942	Ind	5	3	0	.625					3.56	-0.69				Howard Odell (5-3)
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
41	1941	Ind	1	7	0	.125					-3.84	5.79				Spike Nelson (1-7)
42	1940	Ind	1	7	0	.125					-6.41	6.59				Ducky Pond (1-7)
43	1939	Ind	3	4	1	.438					2.24	6.11				Ducky Pond (3-4-1)
44	1938	Ind	2	6	0	.250					-1.14	6.99				Ducky Pond (2-6)
45	1937	Ind	6	1	1	.813					17.82	5.69		5	12	Ducky Pond (6-1-1)
46	1936	Ind	7	1	0	.875					12.88	3.38		10	12
47	1935	Ind	6	3	0	.667					6.81	0.81
48	1934	Ind	5	3	0	.625					9.79	5.04
49	1933	Ind	4	4	0	.500					-0.38	3.24				Reginald Root (4-4)
50	1932	Ind	2	2	3	.500					3.07	3.21				Mal Stevens (2-2-3)
51	1931	Ind	5	1	2	.750					12.41	2.54				Mal Stevens (5-1-2)
52	1930	Ind	5	2	2	.667					10.31	1.42				Mal Stevens (5-2-2)
53	1929	Ind	5	2	1	.688					7.23	2.48				Mal Stevens (5-2-1)
54	1928	Ind	4	4	0	.500					8.21	4.59				Mal Stevens (4-4)
55	1927	Ind	7	1	0	.875					19.47	5.97				Tad Jones (7-1)
56	1926	Ind	4	4	0	.500					4.10	3.60				Tad Jones (4-4)
57	1925	Ind	5	2	1	.688					14.74	3.99				Tad Jones (5-2-1)
58	1924	Ind	6	0	2	.875					18.01	7.01				Tad Jones (6-0-2)
59	1923	Ind	8	0	0	1.000					22.42	3.80				Tad Jones (8-0)
60	1922	Ind	6	3	1	.650					17.35	7.15				Tad Jones (6-3-1)
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
61	1921	Ind	8	1	0	.889					12.23	-3.33				Tad Jones (8-1)
62	1920	Ind	5	3	0	.625					7.42	0.79				Tad Jones (5-3)
63	1919	Ind	5	3	0	.625					11.52	0.90
64	1916	Ind	8	1	0	.889					19.30	7.07				Tad Jones (8-1)
65	1915	Ind	4	5	0	.444					3.84	4.73				Frank Hinkey (4-5)
66	1914	Ind	7	2	0	.778					18.07	8.07				Frank Hinkey (7-2)
67	1913	Ind	5	2	3	.650					8.67	1.07				Howard Jones (5-2-3)
68	1912	Ind	7	1	1	.833					7.55	1.11
69	1911	Ind	7	2	1	.750					12.42	-0.48				John Field (7-2-1)
70	1910	Ind	6	2	2	.700					9.41	3.81
71	1909	Ind	10	0	0	1.000					17.01	-0.49				Howard Jones (10-0)		National Championships: HELMS, NCF
72	1908	Ind	7	1	1	.833					11.64	0.97				L. Horatio Biglow (7-1-1)
73	1907	Ind	9	0	1	.950					16.68	1.38				William Knox (9-0-1)		National Championships: HELMS, NCF
74	1906	Ind	9	0	1	.950					15.79	4.09				Foster Rockwell (9-0-1)
75	1905	Ind	10	0	0	1.000					26.81	8.71				Jack Owsley (10-0)
76	1904	Ind	10	1	0	.909					21.38	5.83
77	1903	Ind	11	1	0	.917					21.82	2.65				George Chadwick (11-1)
78	1902	Ind	11	0	1	.958					22.73	4.57				Joseph Swan (11-0-1)
79	1901	Ind	11	1	1	.885					16.64	2.03				George Stillman (11-1-1)
80	1900	Ind	12	0	0	1.000					24.97	3.64				Malcolm McBride (12-0)		National Championships: HELMS, NCF
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
81	1899	Ind	7	2	1	.750					15.87	3.47				James Rodgers (7-2-1)
82	1898	Ind	9	2	0	.818					13.35	3.89				Frank Butterworth (9-2)
83	1897	Ind	9	0	2	.909					13.33	1.97				Frank Butterworth (9-0-2)
84	1896	Ind	13	1	0	.929					11.38	0.03				Samuel Thorne (13-1)
85	1895	Ind	13	0	2	.933					13.44	-1.62				John Hartwell (13-0-2)
86	1894	Ind	16	0	0	1.000					20.34	0.41				William Rhodes (16-0)		National Championships: HELMS, NCF
87	1893	Ind	10	1	0	.909					20.03	3.12				William Rhodes (10-1)
88	1892	Ind	13	0	0	1.000					20.21	0.06				Walter Camp (13-0)		National Championships: HELMS, NCF
89	1891	Ind	13	0	0	1.000					25.29	2.75				Walter Camp (13-0)		National Championships: HELMS, NCF
90	1890	Ind	13	1	0	.929					20.51	2.15				Walter Camp (13-1)
91	1889	Ind	16	1	0	.941					19.51	0.69				Walter Camp (16-1)
92	1888	Ind	13	0	0	1.000					20.37	-2.55				Walter Camp (13-0)		National Championships: HELMS, NCF
93	1887	Ind	9	0	0	1.000					24.92	3.92						National Championships: HELMS, NCF
94	1886	Ind	9	0	1	.950					23.73	2.13						National Championships: HELMS, NCF
95	1885	Ind	7	1	0	.875					19.28	-0.10
96	1884	Ind	8	0	1	.944					21.39	0.72						National Championships: HELMS, NCF
97	1883	Ind	9	0	0	1.000					19.01	-2.77						National Championships: HELMS, NCF
98	1882	Ind	8	0	0	1.000					8.90	0.65						National Championships: NCF
99	1881	Ind	5	0	1	.917					6.16	0.32						National Championships: NCF
100	1880	Ind	4	0	1	.900					7.95	0.75						National Championships: NCF
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
101	1879	Ind	3	0	2	.800					4.96	0.76
102	1878	Ind	4	1	1	.750					1.29	-3.38
103	1877	Ind	3	0	1	.875					5.73	-1.02						National Championships: NCF
104	1876	Ind	3	0	0	1.000					7.87	0.87						National Championships: NCF
105	1875	Ind	2	2	0	.500					0.45	0.45
106	1874	Ind	3	0	0	1.000					5.91	-1.09						National Championships: NCF
107	1873	Ind	2	1	0	.667					3.50	1.17
108	1872	Ind	1	0	0	1.000					4.90	-2.10

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