1960 Yale Bulldogs football team

1960 Yale Bulldogs football
1960 Yale Bulldogs football
Ivy League champion; co-Eastern champion
Conference	Ivy League
Ranking
Coaches	No. 18
AP	No. 14
Record	9–0 (7–0 Ivy)
Head coach	Jordan Olivar (9th season);
Captain	Mike Pyle
Home stadium	Yale Bowl
	Seasons ← 1959 1961 →

1960 Ivy League football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 14 Yale $	7	–	0	–	0	9	–	0	–	0
Princeton	6	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Harvard	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Columbia	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Penn	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Brown	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Cornell	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1960 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1960 college football season.^[2] The Bulldogs were led by ninth-year head coach Jordan Olivar, and played their home games at the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut. They finished with a perfect record, 9–0, to win the Ivy League and a share of the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy, which signified them as co-champions of the East (along with Navy).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	Connecticut*		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 11–8	22,678	^[3]
October 1	Brown		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 9–0	21,859	^[4]
October 8	Columbia		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 30–8	16,679	^[5]
October 15	Cornell		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 22–6	24,713	^[6]
October 22	Colgate*		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 36–14	31,193	^[7]
October 29	Dartmouth		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 29–0	40,770	^[8]
November 5	Penn		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 34–9	22,752	^[9]
November 12	Princeton	No. 17	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	W 43–22	62,528	^[10]
November 19	at Harvard	No. 14	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (The Game)	W 39–6	40,000	^[11]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "Year By Year Scores: 1960". Yale Football Media Guide. 1964. p. 73. Retrieved November 26, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
^ "1960 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
^ Newell, Bill (September 25, 1960). "Yale Squeezes Past Connecticut, 11-8". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
^ Teague, Robert L. (October 2, 1960). "Yale Sinks Brown on Line Play, 9-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Werden, Lincoln A. (October 9, 1960). "Elis Overpower Columbia, 30 to 8". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ White, Gordon S. Jr. (October 16, 1960). "Yale Team Trips Cornell, 22 to 6, for Ivy Loop Lead". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Keyes, Frank (October 23, 1960). "Unbeaten Yale Routs Colgate, 36-14". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
^ Werden, Lincoln A. (October 30, 1960). "Elis Trip Dartmouth, 29-0; Yale Wins Sixth in Row". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Teague, Robert L. (November 6, 1960). "Undefeated Elis Crush Penn, 34-9". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 13, 1960). "Yale Routs Princeton, 43-22; 8 in Row for Elis". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 20, 1960). "Yale Routs Harvard, 39-6; Elis Get Ivy Title". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.