1997 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1997 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by first-year head coach Jack Siedlecki, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished in eighth place in the Ivy League with a 0–7 record, 1–9 overall.[1]

1997 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIvy League
1997 record1–9 (0–7 Ivy)
Head coachJack Siedlecki (1st season)
Home stadiumYale Bowl
1997 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Harvard $  7 0     9 1  
Dartmouth  6 1     8 2  
Penn *  5 2     6 4  
Brown  3 4     6 4  
Cornell  3 4     5 5  
Princeton  2 5     5 5  
Columbia  2 5     3 7  
Yale  0 7     1 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • * Penn was forced to forfeit five conference and one non-conference wins due to use of an ineligible player after season was over

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 20BrownL 14–52
September 27Connecticut*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 0–28
October 3at Valparaiso*W 34–14
October 11Bucknell*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 24–25
October 18Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 7–21
October 25at ColumbiaL 10–21
November 1Penn
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 7–26
November 8at CornellL 10–37
November 15at PrincetonL 0–96,503
November 22Harvard
L 7–17
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "Football By Year" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2018. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
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