1954 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1954 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1954 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by third-year head coach Jordan Olivar, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 5–3–1 record.^[2]

Record5–3–1 (4–2 Ivy)

Headcoach

CaptainThorne Shugart^[1]

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1954 Ivy League football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Yale	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	1
Cornell	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Brown	2	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
Harvard	3	–	2	–	1	4	–	3	–	1
Princeton	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	3	–	1
Dartmouth	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Columbia	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
Penn	0	–	2	–	0	0	–	9	–	0

The Ivy League did not crown an official champion until 1956 when full league play began.

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	Connecticut	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 27–0	25,000	^[3]
October 2	Brown	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 26–24	27,000	^[4]
October 9	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	W 13–7	18,000	^[5]
October 16	Cornell	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 47–21	32,000	^[6]
October 23	Colgate	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	T 13–13	37,000	^[7]
October 30	Dartmouth	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 13–7	30,000	^[8]
November 6	No. 7 Army	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 7–48	73,600	^[9]
November 13	Princeton	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	L 14–21	11,000	^[10]
November 20	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (The Game)	L 9–13	40,000	^[11]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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