Columbia at Yale
Saturday, October 14, 1961 Share
Columbia beat Yale 11–0. It was their 39th meeting; after it, Yale led the series 29–10.
FinalHigh 67°F, low 44°F, 0.45 in. of rainAttendance 22,188
On the newsreel
- COLUMBIA DOWNS YALE 11-0Twenty thousand in Yale Bowl see the Elis go down to defeat for the first time after winning 11 straight games. Columbia pulls the string as the Lions roar to a 11-0 victory.
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Yale 79% to win. Columbia pulled the upset.
The series
Every Columbia–Yale gameYale leads 62–17–2 in 81 meetings, counting the 42 since this game.
| 2025 | Yale 24, Columbia 10 | |
| 2024 | Columbia 13, Yale 10 | |
| 2023 | Yale 35, Columbia 7 | |
| 2022 | Yale 41, Columbia 16 | |
| 2021 | Yale 37, Columbia 30 | |
| 2019 | Yale 45, Columbia 10 |
Around this game
Columbia
- Next gameat HarvardOct. 21, 1961
- SeasonColumbia in 1961
- ProgramColumbia history and records
Yale
- Next gameat CornellOct. 21, 1961
- SeasonYale in 1961
- ProgramYale history and records