1951 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1951 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1951 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by fourth-year head coach Herman Hickman, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 2–5–2 record.^[1][2]

1951 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–5–2
Head coach	Herman Hickman (4th season)
Home stadium	Yale Bowl
Seasons ← 1950 1952 →

1951 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Bucknell			–					9	–	0	–	0
No. 6 Princeton			–					9	–	0	–	0
Northeastern			–					6	–	0	–	1
No. 19 Holy Cross			–					8	–	2	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					6	–	2	–	0
Hofstra			–					6	–	2	–	1
Cornell			–					6	–	3	–	0
No. 16 Boston University			–					6	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					6	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					5	–	3	–	0
Villanova			–					5	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					5	–	4	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					5	–	4	–	0
Penn			–					5	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	4	–	0
Buffalo			–					4	–	4	–	0
Colgate			–					4	–	5	–	0
Dartmouth			–					4	–	5	–	0
Drexel			–					3	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					3	–	5	–	1
Boston College			–					3	–	6	–	0
Yale			–					2	–	5	–	2
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	7	–	0
Army			–					2	–	7	–	0
Brown			–					2	–	7	–	0
NYU			–					1	–	7	–	0
Tufts			–					0	–	7	–	2
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	Bates	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 48–0	18,000	^[3]
September 29	Navy	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	T 7–7	55,000	^[4]
October 6	Brown	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 13–14	35,000	^[5]
October 13	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	L 0–14	25,000	^[6]
October 20	No. 14 Cornell	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 0–27	30,000	^[7]
October 27	Colgate	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 27–7	20,000	^[8]
November 3	Dartmouth	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 10–14	20,000	^[9]
November 17	at No. 6 Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	L 0–27	45,000	^[10]
November 24	Harvard	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (The Game)	T 21–21	43,000	^[11]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1951 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
2. . College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 18, 2016. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
3. Newell, Bill (September 23, 1951). "Yale Pummels Bates 48-0; Senay, Jim Ryan Sparkle". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. sect. IV, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Lee, Bill (September 30, 1951). "Yale Ties Navy, 7-7; Elis Score with Aerial in Thriller Before 55,000". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. sect. IV, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Nichols, Joseph C. (October 7, 1951). "Brown Stops Late Eli Drive to Register 14-13 Triumph". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
6. Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 14, 1951). "Price, Hansen Lead Lions to Victory on Baker Field". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
7. Danzig, Allison (October 21, 1951). "Big Red Air Drive Trims Elis, 27 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
8. Cline, Frank (October 28, 1951). "Yale Defeats Colgate, 27-7, to Regain Winning Form". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. sect. IV, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Nichols, Joseph C. (November 4, 1951). "Dartmouth Rally Subdues Elis, 14-10". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
10. Ward, Gene (November 18, 1951). "Princeton Rips Yale, 27-0, for 5th Big 3". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 100 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Werden, Lincoln A. (November 25, 1951). "Yale Rally Ties Harvard, 21-21; Eli Aerial Clicks". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.