1956 Yale
8–1 (7–0 Ivy League), coached by Jordan Olivar. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest upsetBeat No. 20 Princeton 42–20Nov 17
Princeton was ranked No. 20, above it.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29 | vs UConn | W 19–14 | 84% |
| Oct 6 | vs Brown | W 20–2 | 70% |
| Oct 13 | at Columbia | W 33–19 | 76% |
| Oct 20 | vs Cornell | W 25–7 | 76% |
| Oct 27 | vs Colgate | L 6–14 | 62% |
| Nov 3 | vs Dartmouth | W 19–0 | 74% |
| Nov 10 | vs Pennsylvania | W 40–7 | 80% |
| Nov 17 | vs 20Princeton | W 42–20 | 49% |
| Nov 24 | at Harvard | W 42–14 | 75% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Harvard 42–14; unranked in the final AP poll; Ivy League champions.
In program history: The 45th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 137 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 1: 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 1956.
Ivy League champions7–0 in the conference
- Record
- 8–1
- Conference
- 7–0 first in Ivy League
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 19
- Points
- 246–97
- Coach
- Jordan Olivar
- Elo
- 1623 +92 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 1.3 No. 53 of 111 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
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- Captain
- John Owseichik
1956 Ivy League standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
 Yale | 7–0 | 8–1 | |
| Princeton | 5–2 | 7–2 | |
| Dartmouth | 4–3 | 5–3–1 | |
| Pennsylvania | 4–3 | 4–5 | |
| Brown | 3–4 | 5–4 | |
| Columbia | 2–5 | 3–6 | |
| Harvard | 2–5 | 2–6 | |
| Cornell | 1–6 | 1–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.