American college football season
The 2017 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season , winning the Ivy League title. The season marked the Bulldogs' 145th overall season. The team played its home games at Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut and were led by sixth-year head coach Tony Reno . They finished the season 9–1 overall and 6–1 in Ivy League play to become Ivy League champions for the first time since 2006 (when they shared the title) and to earn their first sole league title since 1980. Yale averaged 18,939 fans per game.
The 2017 season consisted of five home games and five away games. The Bulldogs hosted Ivy League foes Cornell , Columbia , Brown , and Harvard for the 134th edition of The Game , and traveled to Dartmouth , Penn , and Princeton .
Yale's non-conference opponents were Lehigh , Fordham , and Holy Cross , all of the Patriot League .[ 1]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 16 12:30 p.m. at Lehigh * PLN W 56–284,996 September 23 1:00 p.m. Cornell ELVN W 49–2410,926 September 30 6:00 p.m. at Fordham * PLN W 41–103,988 October 7 1:30 p.m. at Dartmouth ESPN3 L 27–288,114 October 14 1:00 p.m. Holy Cross * ILN W 32–08,709 October 21 1:00 p.m. at Penn TCN W 24–196,408 October 28 1:00 p.m. Columbia SNY W 23–615,422 8:00 p.m. Brown NBCSN W 34–78,216 November 11 1:00 p.m. at Princeton ELVN W 35–3111,229 November 18 12:30 p.m. Harvard CNBC W 24–351,426
Yale vs. Lehigh – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Yale 14 14 14 14 56 Lehigh 7 6 8 7 28
at Goodman Stadium • Bethlehem, PA
Date : September 16Game time : 12:30 p.m.Game weather : 81 °F (27 °C); sunny, hotGame attendance : 4,996Referee : C. BlohBox Score
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Cornell vs. Yale – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Cornell 3 7 0 14 24 Yale 7 7 14 21 49
at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT
Date : September 23Game time : 1:00 p.m.Game weather : 80 °F (27 °C); sunny, warmGame attendance : 10,926Referee : T. KichlineBox Score
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Yale vs. Fordham – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Yale 21 7 13 0 41 Fordham 0 3 0 7 10
at Coffey Field • Bronx, NY
Date : September 30Game time : 6:00 p.m.Game weather : 60 °F (16 °C); cloudy and windyGame attendance : 3,988Referee : C. JebranBox Score
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Yale vs. Dartmouth – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Yale 7 17 3 0 27 Dartmouth 0 7 7 14 28
at Memorial Field • Hanover, NH
Date : October 7Game time : 1:30 p.m.Game weather : 50 °F (10 °C); overcastGame attendance : 8,114Referee : W. GillisBox Score
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Holy Cross vs. Yale – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Holy Cross 0 0 0 0 0 Yale 3 22 7 0 32
at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT
Date : October 14Game time : 1:00 p.m.Game weather : 66 °F (19 °C); mostly cloudyGame attendance : 8,709Referee : S. CadoretteBox Score
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Yale vs. Penn – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Yale 7 11 0 6 24 Penn 7 3 0 9 19
at Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA
Date : October 21Game time : 1:00 p.m.Game weather : 72 °F (22 °C); sunnyGame attendance : 6,408Referee : T. MarcellaBox Score
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Columbia vs. Yale – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Columbia 0 0 6 0 6 Yale 13 0 3 7 23
at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT
Date : October 28Game time : 1:00 p.m.Game weather : 66 °F (19 °C); mostly sunnyGame attendance : 15,422Referee : J. PumphreyBox Score
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Brown vs. Yale – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Brown 0 0 0 7 7 Yale 20 7 7 0 34
at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT
Date : Game time : 8:00 p.m.Game weather : 62 °F (17 °C); partly cloudyGame attendance : 8,216Referee : T. BoydBox Score
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Harvard ("The Game")[ edit ] Harvard vs. Yale – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Harvard 3 0 0 0 3 Yale 0 17 0 7 24
at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT
Date : November 18Game time : 12:30 p.m.Game weather : 45 °F (7 °C); cloudyGame attendance : 51,426Referee : H. JohnsBox Score
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