1961 Yale
4–5 (3–4 Ivy League), coached by Jordan Olivar. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Pennsylvania 23–0Nov 11
By 23 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30 | vs UConn | W 18–0 | 90% |
| Oct 7 | vs Brown | W 14–3 | 85% |
| Oct 14 | vs Columbia | L 0–11 | 79% |
| Oct 21 | at Cornell | W 12–0 | 67% |
| Oct 28 | vs Colgate | L 8–14 | 75% |
| Nov 4 | vs Dartmouth | L 8–24 | 60% |
| Nov 11 | at Pennsylvania | W 23–0 | 63% |
| Nov 18 | at Princeton | L 16–26 | 44% |
| Nov 25 | vs Harvard | L 0–27 | 63% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Harvard 27–0; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Ivy League.
In program history: The 96th-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 1961.
- Record
- 4–5
- Conference
- 3–4 5th in Ivy League
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 99–105
- Coach
- Jordan Olivar
- Elo
- 1468 −125 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −23.3 No. 106 of 111 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Paul Bursiek
1961 Ivy League standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard | 6–1 | 6–3 | |
| Columbia | 6–1 | 6–3 | |
| Dartmouth | 5–2 | 6–3 | |
| Princeton | 5–2 | 5–4 | |
 Yale | 3–4 | 4–5 | |
| Cornell | 2–5 | 3–6 | |
| Pennsylvania | 1–6 | 2–7 | |
| Brown | 0–7 | 0–9 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.