2006 Yale
7–2 (5–1 Ivy League). The season’s Wikipedia article records 8–2, over 10 games to the nine on file here. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Harvard 34–13Nov 18
By 21 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16 | vs San Diego | L 17–43 | 43% |
| Sep 23 | at Cornell | W 21–9 | 40% |
| Sep 30 | at Lafayette | W 37–34 | 36% |
| Oct 7 | at Dartmouth | W 26–14 | 66% |
| Oct 14 | vs Lehigh | W 26–20 | 48% |
| Oct 28 | vs Columbia | W 21–3 | 77% |
| Nov 4 | at Brown | W 27–24 | 50% |
| Nov 11 | vs Princeton | L 31–34 | 55% |
| Nov 18 | at Harvard | W 34–13 | 29% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Harvard 34–13; unranked in the final AP poll; Ivy League champions.
In program history: The 109th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 137 on file).
Games missing from our records
Wikipedia’s season article lists one game of Yale’s 2006 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. It doesn’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21 | vsPennsylvania | W 17–14 | Yale’s article |
Ivy League champions5–1 in the conference, shared with Princeton
- Record
- 7–2
- Conference
- 5–1 shared first in Ivy League
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 240–194
- Coach
- —
- Elo
- 1426 +117 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −21.2 No. 35 of 120 in FCS
- Recruiting class
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2006 Ivy League standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Princeton | 5–1 | 8–1 | |
 Yale | 5–1 | 7–2 | |
| Harvard | 4–2 | 7–2 | |
 Pennsylvania | 3–3 | 5–4 | |
| Cornell | 3–3 | 5–4 | |
| Columbia | 2–4 | 5–4 | |
| Brown | 1–5 | 2–8 | |
| Dartmouth | 1–5 | 1–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.