2017 Yale Bulldogs football team

2017 Yale Bulldogs football
Ivy League champion
ConferenceIvy League
Ranking
STATSNo. 24
FCS CoachesNo. 24
Record9–1 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJoe Conlin (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorSean McGowan (1st season)
Home stadiumYale Bowl
2017 Ivy League football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 24 $   6 – 1     9 – 1  
Columbia   5 – 2     8 – 2  
Dartmouth   5 – 2     8 – 2  
Penn   4 – 3     6 – 4  
Harvard   3 – 4     5 – 5  
Cornell   3 – 4     3 – 7  
Princeton   2 – 5     5 – 5  
Brown   0 – 7     2 – 8  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from STATS Poll

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.

Schedule

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]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 1612:30 p.m.at Lehigh*
PLNW 56–284,996
September 231:00 p.m.Cornell
ELVNW 49–2410,926
September 306:00 p.m.at Fordham*
PLNW 41–103,988
October 71:30 p.m.at Dartmouth
ESPN3L 27–288,114
October 141:00 p.m.Holy Cross*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
ILNW 32–08,709
October 211:00 p.m.at Penn
TCNW 24–196,408
October 281:00 p.m.Columbia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
SNYW 23–615,422
November 38:00 p.m.Brown
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
NBCSNW 34–78,216
November 111:00 p.m.at Princeton
ELVNW 35–3111,229
November 1812:30 p.m.Harvard
CNBCW 24–351,426

Game summaries

Lehigh (Yank Townsend Trophy)

See also: 2017 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team and Yank Townsend Trophy
Yale vs. Lehigh – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Yale 14 14 141456
Lehigh 7 6 8728

at Goodman Stadium • Bethlehem, PA

  • Date: September 16
  • Game time: 12:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: 81 °F (27 °C); sunny, hot
  • Game attendance: 4,996
  • Referee: C. Bloh
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Cornell

See also: 2017 Cornell Big Red football team
Cornell vs. Yale – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Cornell 3 7 01424
Yale 7 7 142149

at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT

  • Date: September 23
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 80 °F (27 °C); sunny, warm
  • Game attendance: 10,926
  • Referee: T. Kichline
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
  • COR – Zach Mays, 21 yard field goal, 10:11 (COR 3–0)
  • YALE – Carlson Hayden, 19 yard interception return, Alex Galland XP good, 1:45 (YALE 7–3)
Second quarter
  • COR – Chris Walker, 14 yard pass from Dalton Banks, Mays XP good, 4:13 (COR 10–7)
  • YALE – Kurt Rawlings, 14 yard run, Galland XP good, 0:37 (YALE 14–10)
Third quarter
  • YALE – Deshawn Salter, 3 yard run, Galland XP good, 11:50 (YALE 21–10)
  • YALE – Salter, 1 yard run, Galland XP good, 1:18 (YALE 28–10)
Fourth quarter
  • YALE – Jaeden Graham, 4 yard pass from Rawlings, Galland XP good, 14:56 (YALE 35–10)
  • COR – Harold Coles, 90 yard run, Mays XP no good, 14:33 (YALE 35–16)
  • COR – James Hubbard, 57 yard pass from Banks, Hubbard pass from Banks for 2-point conversion, 8:23 (YALE 35–24)
  • YALE – Salter, 82 yard run, Galland XP good, 8:12 (YALE 42–24)
  • YALE – Zane Dudek, 14 yard run, Galland XP good, 5:38 (YALE 49–24)

Fordham

See also: 2017 Fordham Rams football team
Yale vs. Fordham – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Yale 21 7 13041
Fordham 0 3 0710

at Coffey Field • Bronx, NY

  • Date: September 30
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 60 °F (16 °C); cloudy and windy
  • Game attendance: 3,988
  • Referee: C. Jebran
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Dartmouth

See also: 2017 Dartmouth Big Green football team
Yale vs. Dartmouth – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Yale 7 17 3027
Dartmouth 0 7 71428

at Memorial Field • Hanover, NH

  • Date: October 7
  • Game time: 1:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: 50 °F (10 °C); overcast
  • Game attendance: 8,114
  • Referee: W. Gillis
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
  • YALE – C. Williams-Lopez, 46 yard pass from Kurt Rawlings (Alex Galland XP good), 3:59 (YALE 7–0)
Second quarter
  • YALE – Melvin Rouse II, 4 yard pass from Rawlings (Galland XP good), 14:14 (YALE 14–0)
  • YALE – Zane Dudek, 22 yard pass from Rawlings (Galland XP good), 7:39 (YALE 21–0)
  • DART – Isiah Swann, 47 yard interception return (David Smith XP good), 2:24 (YALE 21–7)
  • YALE – Galland, 29 yard field goal, 0:00 (YALE 24–7)
Third quarter
  • DART – Drew Hunnicut, 30 yard pass from Jack Heneghan (Smith XP good), 12:18 (YALE 24–14)
  • YALE – Galland, 20 yard field goal, 6:07 (YALE 27–14)
Fourth quarter
  • DART – Dylan Mellor, 40 yard pass from Heneghan (Smith XP good), 6:10 (YALE 27–21)
  • DART – Hunnicut, 15 yard pass from Heneghan (Smith XP good), 0:34 (DART 28–27)

Holy Cross

See also: 2017 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
Holy Cross vs. Yale – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Holy Cross 0 0 000
Yale 3 22 7032

at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT

  • Date: October 14
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 66 °F (19 °C); mostly cloudy
  • Game attendance: 8,709
  • Referee: S. Cadorette
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Penn

See also: 2017 Penn Quakers football team
Yale vs. Penn – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Yale 7 11 0624
Penn 7 3 0919

at Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA

  • Date: October 21
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 72 °F (22 °C); sunny
  • Game attendance: 6,408
  • Referee: T. Marcella
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Columbia

See also: 2017 Columbia Lions football team
Columbia vs. Yale – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Columbia 0 0 606
Yale 13 0 3723

at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT

  • Date: October 28
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 66 °F (19 °C); mostly sunny
  • Game attendance: 15,422
  • Referee: J. Pumphrey
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Brown

See also: 2017 Brown Bears football team
Brown vs. Yale – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Brown 0 0 077
Yale 20 7 7034

at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT

  • Date: November 3
  • Game time: 8:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 62 °F (17 °C); partly cloudy
  • Game attendance: 8,216
  • Referee: T. Boyd
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Princeton

See also: 2017 Princeton Tigers football team and Princeton–Yale football rivalry
Yale vs. Princeton – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Yale 0 14 14735
Princeton 7 17 7031

at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium • Princeton, NJ

  • Date: November 11
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 37 °F (3 °C); cold, clear
  • Game attendance: 11,229
  • Referee: M. Sechris
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Harvard ("The Game")

See also: 2017 Harvard Crimson football team and Harvard–Yale football rivalry
Harvard vs. Yale – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Harvard 3 0 003
Yale 0 17 0724

at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT

  • Date: November 18
  • Game time: 12:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: 45 °F (7 °C); cloudy
  • Game attendance: 51,426
  • Referee: H. Johns
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

NFL draft

One Bulldog was selected in the 2018 NFL draft following the season.[2]

Round Pick Player Position NFL team
6 200 Foyesade Oluokun S Atlanta Falcons

References

  1. ^ "2017 Yale Football Schedule" (PDF). Yale University Athletics. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
  2. ^ "2018 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 11, 2025.
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