1944 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–0–1
Head coach
Home stadiumYale Bowl
1944 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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

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

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. т = Tied with team above or below.
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP—————20—18т—

References

  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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