1944 Yale Bulldogs football team

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1944 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–0–1
Head coach
Home stadiumYale Bowl
Seasons
← 1943
1945 →
1944 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   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
CCNY   –   0 – 7 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

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]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30Coast Guard
W 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

Rankings[edit]

See also: 1944 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked т = Tied with team above or below
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP—————20—18т—

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1944 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  2. ^ "Yale Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 9, 2016. 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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