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1960 Yale Bulldogs football
Ivy League champion
co- Eastern champion
Conference Ivy League
Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
APNo. 14
Record9–0 (7–0 Ivy)
Head coach
Captain Mike Pyle
Home stadium Yale Bowl
Seasons
←  1959
1961 →
1960 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 14 Yale $ 7 0 0 9 0 0
Princeton 6 1 0 7 2 0
Dartmouth 4 3 0 5 4 0
Harvard 4 3 0 5 4 0
Columbia 3 4 0 3 6 0
Penn 2 5 0 3 6 0
Brown 1 6 0 3 6 0
Cornell 1 6 0 2 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1960 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1960 NCAA University Division football season. [1] The Bulldogs were led by ninth-year head coach Jordan Olivar, and played their home games at the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut. They finished with a perfect record, 9–0, to win the Ivy League and a share of the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy, which signified them as co-champions of the East (along with Navy).

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24 Connecticut*W 11–822,678 [2]
October 1 Brown
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 9–021,859 [3]
October 8 Columbia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 30–816,679 [4]
October 15 Cornell
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 22–624,713 [5]
October 22 Colgate*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 36–1431,193 [6]
October 29 Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 29–040,770 [7]
November 5 Penn
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 34–922,752 [8]
November 12 PrincetonNo. 17
W 43–2262,528 [9]
November 19at HarvardNo. 14W 39–640,000 [10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1960 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  2. ^ Newell, Bill (September 25, 1960). "Yale Squeezes Past Connecticut, 11-8". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Teague, Robert L. (October 2, 1960). "Yale Sinks Brown on Line Play, 9-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  4. ^ Werden, Lincoln A. (October 9, 1960). "Elis Overpower Columbia, 30 to 8". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. ^ White, Gordon S. Jr. (October 16, 1960). "Yale Team Trips Cornell, 22 to 6, for Ivy Loop Lead". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. ^ Keyes, Frank (October 23, 1960). "Unbeaten Yale Routs Colgate, 36-14". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Werden, Lincoln A. (October 30, 1960). "Elis Trip Dartmouth, 29-0; Yale Wins Sixth in Row". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. ^ Teague, Robert L. (November 6, 1960). "Undefeated Elis Crush Penn, 34-9". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. ^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 13, 1960). "Yale Routs Princeton, 43-22; 8 in Row for Elis". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. ^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 20, 1960). "Yale Routs Harvard, 39-6; Elis Get Ivy Title". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.