Yale Bulldogs football

Yale Bulldogs football
2023 Yale Bulldogs football team
First season1872
Athletic directorVictoria Chun
Head coachTony Reno
11th season, 67–43 (.609)
StadiumYale Bowl
(capacity: 61,446)
Field surfaceGrass (1914-2018) Field Turf (2019-present)
LocationNew Haven, Connecticut
ConferenceIvy League
All-time record936–390–55 (.698)
Claimed national titles27 (1872, 1874, 1876, 1877, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1897, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1927)[1]
Conference titles18 (1956, 1960, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1989, 1999, 2006, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023)
RivalriesHarvard (rivalry)
Princeton (rivalry)
Heisman winnersLarry Kelley – 1936
Clint Frank – 1937
Consensus All-Americans100
Current uniform
ColorsYale blue and white[2]
   
Fight song"Down the Field"
MascotHandsome Dan
WebsiteYaleBulldogs.com

The Yale Bulldogs football program represents Yale University in college football in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA). Yale's football program, founded in 1872, is one of the oldest in the world. Since their founding, the Bulldogs have won 27 national championships, two of the first three Heisman Trophy winners (Larry Kelley in 1936 and Clint Frank in 1937), 100 consensus All-Americans, 28 College Football Hall of Fame inductees, including the "Father of American Football" Walter Camp, the first professional football player Pudge Heffelfinger, and coaching giants Amos Alonzo Stagg, Howard Jones, Tad Jones and Carmen Cozza. With over 900 wins, Yale ranks in the top ten for most wins in college football history.

  1. ^ "Yale Football By Year" (PDF). Retrieved October 18, 2011.
  2. ^ "Yale Athletics Brand Guidelines" (PDF). December 1, 2021. Retrieved February 20, 2024.

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