1935 Yale Bulldogs football team

1935 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
CaptainMather K. Whitehead[1]
Home stadiumYale Bowl
1935 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Princeton   –   9 – 0 – 0
No. 14 Holy Cross   –   9 – 0 – 1
NYU   –   7 – 1 – 0
Dartmouth   –   8 – 2 – 0
Northeastern   –   5 – 0 – 3
Syracuse   –   6 – 1 – 1
No. 10 Pittsburgh   –   7 – 1 – 2
No. 11 Fordham   –   6 – 1 – 2
Villanova   –   7 – 2 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   7 – 2 – 1
Providence   –   6 – 2 – 0
No. 18 Army   –   6 – 2 – 1
Colgate   –   7 – 3 – 0
Temple   –   7 – 3 – 0
Boston College   –   6 – 3 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 0
Duquesne   –   6 – 3 – 0
  –   6 – 3 – 0
CCNY   –   4 – 3 – 0
Manhattan   –   5 – 3 – 1
Massachusetts State   –   5 – 4 – 0
La Salle   –   4 – 4 – 1
Penn   –   4 – 4 – 0
Penn State   –   4 – 4 – 0
Columbia   –   4 – 4 – 1
Vermont   –   4 – 5 – 0
Boston University   –   3 – 4 – 2
Harvard   –   3 – 5 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   2 – 5 – 1
Buffalo   –   2 – 6 – 0
Tufts   –   1 – 5 – 2
Brown   –   1 – 8 – 0
Cornell   –   0 – 6 – 1
Rankings from United Press

The 1935 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1935 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by second-year head coach Ducky Pond, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 6–3 record.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5New HampshireW 34–012,000[3]
October 12at PennW 31–20
October 19Navy
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 7–6
October 26Army
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 8–14
November 2Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 6–1445,000[4]
November 9Brown
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 20–0
November 16Lafayette
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 55–0
November 23at HarvardW 14–7
November 30Princeton
L 7–3855,000[5]

NFL Draft

The following Bulldog was selected in the National Football League draft following the season.[6]

Round Pick Player Position NFL Team
9 80 Bob (Choo-Choo) Train E Detroit Lions

References

  1. ^ "Year By Year Scores: 1935". Yale Football Media Guide. 1964. p. 67. Retrieved November 26, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ "1935 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  3. ^ Melcher, Ronald (October 6, 1935). "Elis Gain Early Lead To Win Opening Contest". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. p. 37. Retrieved January 24, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Kelley, Robert F. (November 3, 1935). "Dartmouth Downs Yale for First Time in History; 51-Year Jinx Smashed". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. ^ Albert W. Keane (December 1, 1935). "Princeton Drubs Yale By 38 To 7". The Hartford Courant. pp. I-1, IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "1936 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 9, 2025.