2017 Yale Bulldogs football team

American college football season

2017 Yale Bulldogs football
Ivy League champion
Conference	Ivy League
Ranking
STATS	No. 24
FCS Coaches	No. 24
Record	9–1 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Tony Reno (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Joe Conlin (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Sean McGowan (1st season)
Home stadium	Yale Bowl
Seasons← 2016 2018 →

2017 Ivy League football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 24 Yale $	6	–	1	9	–	1
Columbia	5	–	2	8	–	2
Dartmouth	5	–	2	8	–	2
Penn	4	–	3	6	–	4
Harvard	3	–	4	5	–	5
Cornell	3	–	4	3	–	7
Princeton	2	–	5	5	–	5
Brown	0	–	7	2	–	8

$ – Conference champion Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2017 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season, winning the Ivy League title. The season marked the Bulldogs' 145th overall season. The team played its home games at Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut and were led by sixth-year head coach Tony Reno. They finished the season 9–1 overall and 6–1 in Ivy League play to become Ivy League champions for the first time since 2006 (when they shared the title) and to earn their first sole league title since 1980. Yale averaged 18,939 fans per game.

Schedule

The 2017 season consisted of five home games and five away games. The Bulldogs hosted Ivy League foes Cornell, Columbia, Brown, and Harvard for the 134th edition of The Game, and traveled to Dartmouth, Penn, and Princeton.

Yale's non-conference opponents were Lehigh, Fordham, and Holy Cross, all of the Patriot League.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 16	12:30 p.m.	at Lehigh*	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	PLN	W 56–28	4,996
September 23	1:00 p.m.	Cornell	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	ELVN	W 49–24	10,926
September 30	6:00 p.m.	at Fordham*	Coffey Field Bronx, NY	PLN	W 41–10	3,988
October 7	1:30 p.m.	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	ESPN3	L 27–28	8,114
October 14	1:00 p.m.	Holy Cross*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	ILN	W 32–0	8,709
October 21	1:00 p.m.	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	TCN	W 24–19	6,408
October 28	1:00 p.m.	Columbia	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	SNY	W 23–6	15,422
November 3	8:00 p.m.	Brown	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	NBCSN	W 34–7	8,216
November 11	1:00 p.m.	at Princeton	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	ELVN	W 35–31	11,229
November 18	12:30 p.m.	Harvard	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	CNBC	W 24–3	51,426
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Lehigh (Yank Townsend Trophy)

See also: 2017 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team and Yank Townsend Trophy Yale vs. Lehigh – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Yale	14	14	14	14	56
Lehigh	7	6	8	7	28

at Goodman Stadium • Bethlehem, PA

Date: September 16
Game time: 12:30 p.m.
Game weather: 81 °F (27 °C); sunny, hot
Game attendance: 4,996
Referee: C. Bloh
Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Cornell

See also: 2017 Cornell Big Red football team Cornell vs. Yale – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Cornell	3	7	0	14	24
Yale	7	7	14	21	49

at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT

Date: September 23
Game time: 1:00 p.m.
Game weather: 80 °F (27 °C); sunny, warm
Game attendance: 10,926
Referee: T. Kichline
Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Fordham

See also: 2017 Fordham Rams football team Yale vs. Fordham – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Yale	21	7	13	0	41
Fordham	0	3	0	7	10

at Coffey Field • Bronx, NY

Date: September 30
Game time: 6:00 p.m.
Game weather: 60 °F (16 °C); cloudy and windy
Game attendance: 3,988
Referee: C. Jebran
Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Dartmouth

See also: 2017 Dartmouth Big Green football team Yale vs. Dartmouth – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Yale	7	17	3	0	27
Dartmouth	0	7	7	14	28

at Memorial Field • Hanover, NH

Date: October 7
Game time: 1:30 p.m.
Game weather: 50 °F (10 °C); overcast
Game attendance: 8,114
Referee: W. Gillis
Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Holy Cross

See also: 2017 Holy Cross Crusaders football team Holy Cross vs. Yale – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Holy Cross	0	0	0	0	0
Yale	3	22	7	0	32

at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT

Date: October 14
Game time: 1:00 p.m.
Game weather: 66 °F (19 °C); mostly cloudy
Game attendance: 8,709
Referee: S. Cadorette
Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Penn

See also: 2017 Penn Quakers football team Yale vs. Penn – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Yale	7	11	0	6	24
Penn	7	3	0	9	19

at Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA

Date: October 21
Game time: 1:00 p.m.
Game weather: 72 °F (22 °C); sunny
Game attendance: 6,408
Referee: T. Marcella
Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Columbia

See also: 2017 Columbia Lions football team Columbia vs. Yale – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Columbia	0	0	6	0	6
Yale	13	0	3	7	23

at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT

Date: October 28
Game time: 1:00 p.m.
Game weather: 66 °F (19 °C); mostly sunny
Game attendance: 15,422
Referee: J. Pumphrey
Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Brown

Brown vs. Yale – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Brown	0	0	0	7	7
Yale	20	7	7	0	34

at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT

Date: November 3
Game time: 8:00 p.m.
Game weather: 62 °F (17 °C); partly cloudy
Game attendance: 8,216
Referee: T. Boyd
Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Princeton

See also: 2017 Princeton Tigers football team and Princeton–Yale football rivalry Yale vs. Princeton – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Yale	0	14	14	7	35
Princeton	7	17	7	0	31

at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium • Princeton, NJ

Date: November 11
Game time: 1:00 p.m.
Game weather: 37 °F (3 °C); cold, clear
Game attendance: 11,229
Referee: M. Sechris
Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Harvard ("The Game")

See also: 2017 Harvard Crimson football team and Harvard–Yale football rivalry Harvard vs. Yale – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Harvard	3	0	0	0	3
Yale	0	17	0	7	24

at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT

Date: November 18
Game time: 12:30 p.m.
Game weather: 45 °F (7 °C); cloudy
Game attendance: 51,426
Referee: H. Johns
Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

References

"2017 Yale Football Schedule" (PDF). Yale University Athletics. Retrieved March 13, 2017.

v t e Yale Bulldogs football
Venues	Hamilton Park (1872–1883) Yale Field (1884–1914, 1916) Yale Bowl (1914–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Harvard Princeton Lehigh: Yank Townsend Trophy
Culture & lore	1910 Vanderbilt game 1927 Georgia game 1968 Harvard game (Harvard Beats Yale 29–29) 2004 Harvard–Yale prank Handsome Dan "Boola Boola" Pigskin Parade Huddle
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Ivy League football champions
I-A/FBS	Yale (1956) Princeton (1957) Dartmouth (1958) Penn (1959) Yale (1960) Columbia & Harvard (1961) Dartmouth (1962) Dartmouth & Princeton (1963) Princeton (1964) Dartmouth (1965) Dartmouth, Harvard, & Princeton (1966) Yale (1967) Harvard & Yale (1968) Dartmouth, Yale, & Princeton (1969) Dartmouth (1970) Dartmouth & Cornell (1971) Dartmouth (1972) Dartmouth (1973) Yale (1974) Harvard (1975) Yale & Brown (1976) Yale (1977) Dartmouth (1978) Yale (1979) Yale (1980) Yale & Dartmouth (1981)
I-AA/FCS	Dartmouth, Harvard & Penn (1982) Harvard & Penn (1983) Penn (1984) Penn (1985) Penn (1986) Harvard (1987) Penn & Cornell (1988) Yale & Princeton (1989) Dartmouth & Cornell (1990) Dartmouth (1991) Dartmouth & Princeton (1992) Penn (1993) Penn (1994) Princeton (1995) Dartmouth (1996) Harvard (1997) Penn (1998) Brown & Yale (1999) Penn (2000) Harvard (2001) Penn (2002) Penn (2003) Harvard (2004) Brown (2005) Princeton & Yale (2006) Harvard (2007) Harvard & Brown (2008) Penn (2009) Penn (2010) Harvard (2011) Penn (2012) Harvard & Princeton (2013) Harvard (2014) Harvard, Dartmouth, & Penn (2015) Princeton & Penn (2016) Yale (2017) Princeton (2018) Dartmouth & Yale (2019) No season (2020) Dartmouth & Princeton (2021) Yale (2022) Dartmouth, Harvard, & Yale (2023) Columbia, Dartmouth, & Harvard (2024)

Ivy League football champions

I-A/FBS

Yale (1956)
Princeton (1957)
Dartmouth (1958)
Penn (1959)
Yale (1960)
Columbia & Harvard (1961)
Dartmouth (1962)
Dartmouth & Princeton (1963)
Princeton (1964)
Dartmouth (1965)
Dartmouth, Harvard, & Princeton (1966)
Yale (1967)
Harvard & Yale (1968)
Dartmouth, Yale, & Princeton (1969)
Dartmouth (1970)
Dartmouth & Cornell (1971)
Dartmouth (1972)
Dartmouth (1973)
Yale (1974)
Harvard (1975)
Yale & Brown (1976)
Yale (1977)
Dartmouth (1978)
Yale (1979)
Yale (1980)
Yale & Dartmouth (1981)

I-AA/FCS

Dartmouth, Harvard & Penn (1982)
Harvard & Penn (1983)
Penn (1984)
Penn (1985)
Penn (1986)
Harvard (1987)
Penn & Cornell (1988)
Yale & Princeton (1989)
Dartmouth & Cornell (1990)
Dartmouth (1991)
Dartmouth & Princeton (1992)
Penn (1993)
Penn (1994)
Princeton (1995)
Dartmouth (1996)
Harvard (1997)
Penn (1998)
Brown & Yale (1999)
Penn (2000)
Harvard (2001)
Penn (2002)
Penn (2003)
Harvard (2004)
Brown (2005)
Princeton & Yale (2006)
Harvard (2007)
Harvard & Brown (2008)
Penn (2009)
Penn (2010)
Harvard (2011)
Penn (2012)
Harvard & Princeton (2013)
Harvard (2014)
Harvard, Dartmouth, & Penn (2015)
Princeton & Penn (2016)
Yale (2017)
Princeton (2018)
Dartmouth & Yale (2019)
No season (2020)
Dartmouth & Princeton (2021)
Yale (2022)
Dartmouth, Harvard, & Yale (2023)
Columbia, Dartmouth, & Harvard (2024)

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