1937 Yale Bulldogs football team

1937 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 12
Record6–1–1
Head coach
CaptainClint Frank[1]
Home stadiumYale Bowl
1937 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Pittsburgh   –   9 – 0 – 1
No. 6 Villanova   –   8 – 0 – 1
No. 3 Fordham   –   7 – 0 – 1
No. 7 Dartmouth   –   7 – 0 – 2
No. T–14 Holy Cross   –   8 – 0 – 2
St. Thomas (PA)   –   6 – 1 – 1
No. 12   –   6 – 1 – 1
Army   –   7 – 2 – 0
Boston University   –   6 – 2 – 0
Cornell   –   5 – 2 – 1
Harvard   –   5 – 2 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 2 – 1
CCNY   –   5 – 2 – 0
No. 12 Manhattan   –   6 – 3 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 3 – 0
Duquesne   –   6 – 4 – 0
Brown   –   5 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   5 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   3 – 2 – 4
Boston College   –   4 – 4 – 1
Bucknell   –   3 – 3 – 2
Buffalo   –   4 – 4 – 0
Princeton   –   4 – 4 – 0
Tufts   –   3 – 4 – 1
Colgate   –   3 – 5 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 5 – 2
Hofstra   –   2 – 4 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   2 – 5 – 1
Penn   –   2 – 5 – 1
Providence   –   2 – 6 – 0
Vermont   –   2 – 6 – 0
La Salle   –   2 – 7 – 0
Massachusetts State   –   1 – 7 – 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1937 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by fourth-year head coach Ducky Pond, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 6–1–1 record.[2] Yale's captain Clint Frank would win the Heisman Trophy as the best player in college football.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2MaineW 26–0[4]
October 9Penn
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 27–7
October 16Army
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 15–7
October 23No. 19 Cornell
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 9–0
October 30No. 9 DartmouthNo. 5
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
T 9–9
November 6BrownNo. 7
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 19–0
November 13PrincetonNo. 6
W 26–0
November 20at HarvardNo. 5L 6–1358,000[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
12 106 Clint Frank B Detroit Lions

References

  1. ^ "Year By Year Scores: 1937". Yale Football Media Guide. 1964. p. 67. Retrieved November 26, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ "1937 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  3. ^ "Clinton Frank". Heisman. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  4. ^ W.J. Lee (October 3, 1937). "Yale Football Team Gets off To Stuttering Start In Defeating Maine Eleven". The Hartford Courant. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ W. J. Lee (November 21, 1937). "Yale Bows To Harvard By 13 To 6". The Hartford Courant. pp. I-1, IV-1, IV-2 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "1938 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 9, 2025.