1955 Yale Bulldogs football team explained

Year:1955
Team:Yale Bulldogs
Sport:football
Conference:Ivy League
Short Conf:Ivy
Record:7–2
Conf Record:5–1
Head Coach:Jordan Olivar
Hc Year:4th
Captain:Philip Tarasovic[1]
Stadium:Yale Bowl

The 1955 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1955 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by fourth-year head coach Jordan Olivar, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 7–2 record.[2] [3]

This would be Yale's final year as a football independent, as the Ivy League, which Yale had helped co-found in 1954, began football competition in 1956. Six of the nine opponents on the Bulldogs' 1955 schedule were Ivy League members (with Penn the only Ivy not scheduled); for decades, (future) Ivy members had comprised a large portion of Yale's opponents.

Notes and References

  1. Year By Year Scores: 1955 . Yale Football Media Guide . 72 . 1964 . November 26, 2024 . Internet Archive.
  2. Web site: 1955 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results. Sports Reference. October 15, 2016.
  3. Web site: Yale Game by Game Results. College Football Data Warehouse. October 15, 2016. October 18, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161018223831/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/y/yale/1955-1959_yearly_results.php. dead.