1949 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1949 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1949 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by second-year head coach Herman Hickman, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 4–4 record.[1][2] The team was captained by Levi Jackson, the first African American honored with the position.

1949 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Independent
1949 record	4–4
Head coach	Herman Hickman (2nd season)
Home stadium	Yale Bowl

1949 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Army			–					9	–	0	–	0
Brown			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Cornell			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 13 Villanova			–					8	–	1	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth			–					6	–	2	–	0
Buffalo			–					6	–	3	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					6	–	3	–	0
Princeton			–					6	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					5	–	3	–	0
Tufts			–					5	–	3	–	1
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	3	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					5	–	4	–	0
Penn			–					4	–	4	–	0
Yale			–					4	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					4	–	4	–	1
Syracuse			–					4	–	5	–	0
Drexel			–					3	–	3	–	1
Duquesne			–					3	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					2	–	5	–	2
NYU			–					3	–	6	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	7	–	0
Hofstra			–					1	–	5	–	1
Colgate			–					1	–	8	–	0
Harvard			–					1	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11	Connecticut	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 26–0	24,006	[3]
October 8	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	W 33–7	30,000	[4]
October 15	No. 14 Cornell	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 14–48	45,000	[5]
October 22	Holy Cross	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 14–7	18,000	[6]
October 29	Dartmouth	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 13–34	50,300	[7]
November 5	Brown	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 0–14	46,000	[8]
November 12	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	L 13–21	45,000	[9]
November 19	Harvard	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (The Game)	W 29–6	61,000	[10]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1949 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
2. "Yale Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
3. Dove, Roger (September 25, 1949). "Yale Survives Early Scare to Whip Connecticut, 26-0". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. part IV, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Effrat, Louis (October 9, 1949). "Yale Sets Back Columbia in Baker Field Battle, 33-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
5. Mozley, Dana (October 16, 1949). "Yale at Its Bulldog Best, but Big Red Romps, 48-14". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 108 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Cunavelis, Jimmy (October 23, 1949). "Yale Drives 99 Yards After Goal Line Stand to Top Crusaders, 14-7". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
7. Webb, Melville (October 30, 1949). "Dartmouth Routs Yale, 34-13; 2d Worst Defeat in Series". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 43 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Werden, Lincoln A. (November 6, 1949). "Yale Is Blanked by Brown, 14 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
9. Webb, Melville (November 13, 1949). "Princeton Big 3 Champion by Defeating Yale, 21 to 13". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 43 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Danzig, Allison (November 20, 1949). "Yale Routs Harvard, 29-6; Jackson Eli Star". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.