1941 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1941 Yale Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Yale University in the Ivy League during the 1941 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Spike Nelson, the Bulldogs compiled a 1–7 record and were outscored by a total of 136 to 54.^[1][2]

1941 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	1–7 (0–6 Ivy)
Head coach	Spike Nelson (1st season)
Home stadium	Yale Bowl
Seasons ← 1940 1942 →

1941 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 15 Penn $	5	–	0	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Columbia	3	–	1	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Harvard	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	2	–	1
Cornell	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Dartmouth	2	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Brown	1	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Princeton	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Yale	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Yale was ranked at No. 78 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.^[3]

The team played its home games at the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 4	Virginia*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 21–19	25,000	[4]
October 11	Penn	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 13–28	30,000	[5]
October 18	Army*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 7–20	56,000	[6]
October 25	Dartmouth	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 0–7		[7]
November 1	Brown	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 0–7	9,000	[8]
November 8	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 7–21	18,000	[9]
November 15	Princeton	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	L 6–20	35,000	[10]
November 22	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 0–14	53,000	[11]
*Non-conference game

References

1. "1941 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
2. "Yale Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 9, 2016. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
3. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 26, 1941). "Gophers Grid Kings Over 6-Year Span: Tennessee 2d, Pitt 3d Over Period Litkenhous Ratins Are Published". The Courier-Journal. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Yale Rally Nips Virginia, 21-19 as Sophs Star". New York Daily News. October 5, 1941. p. 91 – via Newspapers.com.
5. W.J. Lee (October 12, 1941). "Pennsylvania Football Team Scores 21 Points In First Half To Defeat Yale". The Hartford Courant. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Dick McCann (October 19, 1941). "Army Crushes Yale, 20-7, Grounding Air Attack". New York Daily News. p. C42 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Ronald Melcher (October 26, 1941). "Dartmouth Eleven Marches 93 Yards For Touchdown To Conquer Yale Rivals". The New Haven Courant. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Brown Trims Yale, 7-0, on Pass". New York Daily News. November 2, 1941. p. 91 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Cornell Hands Yale 5th Setback, 21-7". New York Daily News. November 9, 1941. p. 97 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Frank Keyes (November 16, 1941). "Captain Bob Peters Sparks Princeton Tigers To 20 To 6 Triumph Over Yale". The Hartford Courant. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Harvard Beats Back Yale, 14-0". New York Daily News. November 23, 1941. p. 96 – via Newspapers.com.