1942 Yale

5–⁠3, coached by Howard Odell.

Schedule and results

Yale in 1942, game by game: won vs. Lehigh 33–6; lost vs. Pennsylvania 6–35; lost at Navy 6–13; won vs. Dartmouth 17–7; won vs. Brown 27–0; lost vs. Cornell 7–13; won vs. Princeton 13–6; won vs. Harvard 7–3+27−29Won 33–6 vs. Lehigh+27LehighLost 6–35 vs. Pennsylvania-29PennsylvaniaLost 6–13 at Navy-7NavyWon 17–7 vs. Dartmouth+10DartmouthWon 27–0 vs. Brown+27BrownLost 7–13 vs. Cornell-6CornellWon 13–6 vs. Princeton+7PrincetonWon 7–3 vs. Harvard+4Harvard
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 3vsLehighW 33–⁠675%
Oct 10vsPennsylvaniaL 6–⁠3516%
Oct 17atNavyL 6–⁠1310%
Oct 24vsDartmouthW 17–⁠720%
Oct 31vsBrownW 27–⁠033%
Nov 7vsCornellL 7–⁠1348%
Nov 14vsPrincetonW 13–⁠634%
Nov 21vsHarvardW 7–⁠342%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Harvard 7–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 119th-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 1942.

Record
5–⁠3
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
116–⁠83
Coach
Howard Odell
Elo
1358 +123 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
1.0 No. 64 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Captain
Spencer Moseley