1949 Yale Bulldogs football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1949
| team = Yale Bulldogs
| sport = football
| image =
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| conference = Independent
| record = 4–4
| head_coach = Herman Hickman
| hc_year = 2nd
| captain = Levi Jackson{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/yale1964/page/n35/mode/2up |magazine=Yale Football Media Guide |title=Year By Year Scores: 1949 |page=70 |date=1964 |accessdate=November 26, 2024 |via=Internet Archive}}
| stadium = Yale Bowl
}}
{{1949 Eastern college football independents records}}
The 1949 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1949 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by second-year head coach Herman Hickman, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 4–4 record.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/yale/1949-schedule.html|title=1949 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=October 8, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/y/yale/1945-1949_yearly_results.php|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|title=Yale Game by Game Results|access-date=October 8, 2016|archive-date=November 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151116054927/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/y/yale/1945-1949_yearly_results.php|url-status=dead}}
The team was captained by Levi Jackson, the first African American honored with the position.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1949
| poll = AP
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 24
| w/l = w
| opponent = Connecticut
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| score = 26–0
| attend = 24,006
| source = {{cite news |title=Yale Survives Early Scare to Whip Connecticut, 26-0 |first=Roger |last=Dove |date=September 25, 1949 |at=part IV, p. 1 |newspaper=The Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Conn.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67193025/1949-yale-uconn/ }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 8
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Columbia
| site_stadium = Baker Field
| site_cityst = New York, NY
| score = 33–7
| attend = 30,000
| source = {{cite news |title=Yale Sets Back Columbia in Baker Field Battle, 33-7 |first=Louis |last=Effrat |date=October 9, 1949 |page=S1 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y.}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 15
| w/l = l
| opponent = Cornell
| opprank = 14
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| score = 14–48
| attend = 45,000
| source = {{cite news |title=Yale at Its Bulldog Best, but Big Red Romps, 48-14 |first=Dana |last=Mozley |date=October 16, 1949 |page=108 |newspaper=Sunday News |location=New York, N.Y.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67211593/1949-cornell-yale/ }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 22
| w/l = w
| opponent = Holy Cross
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| score = 14–7
| attend = 18,000
| source = {{cite news |title=Yale Drives 99 Yards After Goal Line Stand to Top Crusaders, 14-7 |first=Jimmy |last=Cunavelis |date=October 23, 1949 |page=1C |newspaper=The Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Conn.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67213400/1949-yale-hc/ }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 29
| w/l = l
| opponent = Dartmouth
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| score = 13–34
| attend = 50,300
| source = {{cite news |title=Dartmouth Routs Yale, 34-13; 2d Worst Defeat in Series |first=Melville |last=Webb |date=October 30, 1949 |page=43 |newspaper=The Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67289653/1949-dartmouth-yale/ }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 5
| w/l = l
| opponent = Brown
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| score = 0–14
| attend = 46,000
| source = {{cite news |title=Yale Is Blanked by Brown, 14 to 0 |first=Lincoln A. |last=Werden |date=November 6, 1949 |page=S1 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y.}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 12
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Princeton
| site_stadium = Palmer Stadium
| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 13–21
| attend = 45,000
| source = {{cite news |title=Princeton Big 3 Champion by Defeating Yale, 21 to 13 |first=Melville |last=Webb |date=November 13, 1949 |page=43 |newspaper=The Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67219571/1949-princeton-yale/ }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 19
| w/l = w
| opponent = Harvard
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| gamename = The Game
| score = 29–6
| attend = 61,000
| source = {{cite news |title=Yale Routs Harvard, 29-6; Jackson Eli Star |first=Allison |last=Danzig |date=November 20, 1949 |page=S1 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y.}}
}}
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