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1951 Yale Bulldogs football team
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1951 Yale Bulldogs football Independent 2–5–2 Herman Hickman 4th Robert Spearshttps://archive.org/details/yale1964/page/n35/mode/2up Yale Football Media Guide Year By Year Scores: 1951 71 1964 November 26, 2024 Internet Archive Yale Bowl
The 1951 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1951 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by fourth-year head coach Herman Hickman, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 2–5–2 record.https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/yale/1951-schedule.html 1951 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results Sports Reference October 15, 2016
Yale was ranked at No. 95 in the 1951 Litkenhous Ratings.Vols Top Final 1951 Litkenhous Ratings The Nashville Banner December 14, 1951 49 https://www.newspapers.com/article/nashville-banner-vols-top-final-1951-lit/124782001/ Newspapers.com
Schedule
1951 AP September 22 w 1951 Bates Bobcats Bates Yale Bowl New Haven, CT 48–0 18,000 Yale Pummels Bates 48-0; Senay, Jim Ryan Sparkle Bill Newell September 23, 1951 sect. IV, p. 1 The Hartford Courant Hartford, Conn. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67438096/1951-yale-bates/ September 29 t Navy Yale Bowl New Haven, CT 7–7 55,000 Yale Ties Navy, 7-7; Elis Score with Aerial in Thriller Before 55,000 Bill Lee September 30, 1951 sect. IV, p. 1 The Hartford Courant Hartford, Conn. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67442251/1951-yale-navy/ October 6 l Brown Yale Bowl New Haven, CT 13–14 35,000 Brown Stops Late Eli Drive to Register 14-13 Triumph Joseph C. Nichols October 7, 1951 S1 The New York Times New York, N.Y. October 13 l y Columbia Baker Field New York, NY 0–14 25,000 Price, Hansen Lead Lions to Victory on Baker Field Joseph M. Sheehan October 14, 1951 S1 The New York Times New York, N.Y. October 20 l Cornell 14 Yale Bowl New Haven, CT 0–27 30,000 Big Red Air Drive Trims Elis, 27 to 0 Allison Danzig October 21, 1951 S1 The New York Times New York, N.Y. October 27 w Colgate Yale Bowl New Haven, CT 27–7 20,000 Yale Defeats Colgate, 27-7, to Regain Winning Form Frank Cline October 28, 1951 sect. IV, p. 1 The Hartford Courant Hartford, Conn. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67465158/1951-colgate-yale/ November 3 l Dartmouth Yale Bowl New Haven, CT 10–14 20,000 Dartmouth Rally Subdues Elis, 14-10 Joseph C. Nichols November 4, 1951 S1 The New York Times New York, N.Y. November 17 l y Princeton 6 Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ rivalry 0–27 45,000 Princeton Rips Yale, 27-0, for 5th Big 3 Gene Ward November 18, 1951 100 Sunday News New York, N.Y. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67467631/1951-princeton-yale/ November 24 t Harvard Yale Bowl New Haven, CT The Game 21–21 43,000 Yale Rally Ties Harvard, 21-21; Eli Aerial Clicks Lincoln A. Werden November 25, 1951 S1 The New York Times New York, N.Y.
NFL draft
1952 NFL draft
The following Bulldog was selected in the National Football League draft following the season.1952 NFL Draft Listing https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1952/draft.htm 2025-07-10 Pro-Football-Reference.com en
+RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL team16188Bob SpearsBChicago Bears
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