1938 Yale Bulldogs football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1938
| team = Yale Bulldogs
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Independent
| record = 2–6
| head_coach = Ducky Pond
| hc_year = 5th
| captain = William V. Platt{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/yale1964/page/n33/mode/2up |magazine=Yale Football Media Guide |title=Year By Year Scores: 1938 |page=67 |date=1964 |accessdate=November 26, 2024 |via=Internet Archive}}
| stadium = Yale Bowl
}}
{{1938 Eastern college football independents records}}
The 1938 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1938 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by fifth-year head coach Ducky Pond, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 2–6 record.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/yale/1938-schedule.html|title=1938 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=August 12, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/y/yale/1935-1939_yearly_results.php|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|title=Yale Game by Game Results|access-date=August 12, 2016|archive-date=August 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821011114/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/y/yale/1935-1939_yearly_results.php|url-status=dead}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1938
| poll = AP
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 1
| w/l = l
| opponent = Columbia
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| score = 14–27
| attend = 35,000
| source = {{cite news |title=Columbia Defeats Yale, 27-14; Luckman Lions' Ace |first=Allison |last=Danzig |date=October 2, 1938 |page=S1 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y.}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 8
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Penn
| site_stadium = Franklin Field
| site_cityst = Philadelphia, PA
| score = 0–21
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 15
| w/l = w
| opponent = Navy
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| score = 9–7
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 22
| w/l = l
| opponent = Michigan
| opprank = 12
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| score = 13–15
| attend = 29,261
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 29
| w/l = l
| opponent = Dartmouth
| opprank = 6
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| score = 6–24
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 5
| w/l = w
| opponent = Brown
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| score = 20–14
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 12
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Princeton
| site_stadium = Palmer Stadium
| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 7–20
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 19
| w/l = l
| opponent = Harvard
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 0–7
| attend = 62,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Harvard Gamble Trips Yale, 7-0|newspaper=New York Daily News|author=Gene Ward|date=November 20, 1938|page=36C|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-harvard-gamble-trips-yale-7/133716222/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
}}