2017 Yale Bulldogs football team

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

2017 Ivy League football standings

	Conf							Overall
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

See also: 2017 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

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