1955 Yale

7–⁠2, coached by Jordan Olivar.

Schedule and results

Yale in 1955, game by game: won vs. UConn 14–0; won vs. Brown 27–20; won vs. Columbia 46–14; won vs. Cornell 34–6; lost vs. Colgate 0–7; won vs. Dartmouth 20–0; won vs. Army 14–12; lost at Princeton 0–13; won vs. Harvard 21–7+32−13Won 14–0 vs. UConn+14UConnWon 27–20 vs. Brown+7BrownWon 46–14 vs. Columbia+32ColumbiaWon 34–6 vs. Cornell+28CornellLost 0–7 vs. Colgate-7ColgateWon 20–0 vs. Dartmouth+20DartmouthWon 14–12 vs. Army+2ArmyLost 0–13 at Princeton-13PrincetonWon 21–7 vs. Harvard+14Harvard
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24vsUConnW 14–⁠084%
Oct 1vsBrownW 27–⁠2062%
Oct 8vsColumbiaW 46–⁠1477%
Oct 15vsCornellW 34–⁠656%
Oct 22vsColgateL 0–⁠755%
Oct 29vsDartmouthW 20–⁠077%
Nov 5vsArmyW 14–⁠1247%
Nov 12atPrincetonL 0–⁠1343%
Nov 19vsHarvardW 21–⁠771%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Harvard 21–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The tied 67th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 137 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 6: 19

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 1955.

Record
7–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠1 2nd in the Ivy League (Wikipedia)
AP final
Unranked peak No. 19
Points
176–⁠79
Coach
Jordan Olivar
Elo
1546 +61 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−2.5 No. 65 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Philip Tarasovic