1941 Yale

1–⁠7, coached by Spike Nelson.

Schedule and results

Yale in 1941, game by game: won vs. Virginia 21–19; lost vs. Pennsylvania 13–28; lost vs. Army 7–20; lost vs. Dartmouth 0–7; lost vs. Brown 0–7; lost at Cornell 7–21; lost vs. Princeton 6–20; lost at Harvard 0–14+7−15Won 21–19 vs. Virginia+2VirginiaLost 13–28 vs. Pennsylvania-15PennsylvaniaLost 7–20 vs. Army-13ArmyLost 0–7 vs. Dartmouth-7DartmouthLost 0–7 vs. Brown-7BrownLost 7–21 at Cornell-14CornellLost 6–20 vs. Princeton-14PrincetonLost 0–14 at Harvard-14Harvard
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 4vsVirginiaW 21–⁠1944%
Oct 11vsPennsylvaniaL 13–⁠2835%
Oct 18vsArmyL 7–⁠2051%
Oct 25vsDartmouthL 0–⁠736%
Nov 1vsBrownL 0–⁠739%
Nov 8atCornellL 7–⁠2113%
Nov 15vsPrincetonL 6–⁠2047%
Nov 22atHarvardL 0–⁠1416%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Harvard 14–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 129th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 137 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1941.

Record
1–⁠7
Conference
0–⁠6 8th in the Ivy League (Wikipedia)
AP final
Unranked
Points
54–⁠136
Coach
Spike Nelson
Elo
1304 −101 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−8.6 No. 89 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Alan E. Bartholemy