1936 Yale Bulldogs football team

1936 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 12
Record7–1
Head coach
CaptainLarry Kelley[1]
Home stadiumYale Bowl
1936 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Middlebury   –   8 – 0 – 0
Saint Anselm   –   6 – 0 – 1
No. 3 Pittsburgh   –   8 – 1 – 1
No. 10 Penn   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 12   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 13 Dartmouth   –   7 – 1 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   7 – 1 – 1
No. 14 Duquesne   –   8 – 2 – 0
Boston College   –   6 – 1 – 2
Boston University   –   5 – 1 – 2
No. 15 Fordham   –   5 – 1 – 2
Holy Cross   –   7 – 2 – 1
Villanova   –   7 – 2 – 1
Army   –   6 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   6 – 3 – 0
Drexel   –   6 – 3 – 0
Temple   –   6 – 3 – 2
La Salle   –   6 – 3 – 1
Buffalo   –   5 – 3 – 0
Columbia   –   5 – 3 – 0
Princeton   –   4 – 2 – 2
Saint Vincent   –   5 – 3 – 0
NYU   –   5 – 3 – 1
Manhattan   –   6 – 4 – 0
Northeastern   –   5 – 4 – 0
Bucknell   –   4 – 4 – 1
CCNY   –   4 – 4 – 0
Tufts   –   3 – 3 – 1
Harvard   –   3 – 4 – 1
Cornell   –   3 – 5 – 0
Penn State   –   3 – 5 – 0
Westminster (PA)   –   2 – 4 – 1
Brown   –   3 – 7 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   2 – 6 – 0
Massachusetts State   –   2 – 6 – 0
Providence   –   1 – 7 – 0
Syracuse   –   1 – 7 – 0
Vermont   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1936 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1936 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by third-year head coach Ducky Pond, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 7–1 record.[2] Yale's captain Larry Kelley would be awarded the Heisman Trophy as the best player in college football following the season.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3CornellW 23–0
October 10Penn
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 7–0
October 17at NavyW 12–7
October 24RutgersNo. 10
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 28–0
November 1DartmouthNo. 12
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 7–11
November 7Brown
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 14–6
November 14at PrincetonW 26–2357,000[4]
November 21Harvard
W 14–1358,000[5]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

NFL Draft

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

Round Pick Player Position NFL Team
9 87 Larry Kelley E Detroit Lions

References

  1. ^ "Year By Year Scores: 1936". Yale Football Media Guide. 1964. p. 67. Retrieved November 26, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ "1936 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  3. ^ "Kelley Gets Heisman Trophy". The San Bernardino County Sun. December 2, 1936. p. 17. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  4. ^ "Yale Rallies, Upsets Tigers, 26-23". New York Daily News. November 15, 1936. p. 102 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Jack Miley (November 22, 1936). "Yale Staves Off Harvard's Rally And Wins, 14-13". New York Daily News. p. 38C – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "1937 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 9, 2025.