2007 Yale Bulldogs football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 2007
| team = Yale Bulldogs
| sport = football
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| conference = Ivy League
| short_conf = Ivy
| CoachRank = 21
| TSNRank = 22
| record = 9–1
| conf_record = 6–1
| head_coach = Jack Siedlecki
| hc_year = 11th
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| stadium = Yale Bowl
}}
{{2007 Ivy League football standings}}
The 2007 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs were led by 11th-year head coach Jack Siedlecki, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished in second place in the Ivy League with a 6–1 record, 9–1 overall. Yale averaged 22,792 fans per game.{{cite web|url=http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-footbl/2017-18/files/YEAR_BY_YEAR_RESULTS_-as_of_1-31-2018-.pdf|title=Football By Year|publisher=Yale Bulldogs|access-date=February 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617193221/http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-footbl/2017-18/files/YEAR_BY_YEAR_RESULTS_-as_of_1-31-2018-.pdf|archive-date=June 17, 2018|url-status=dead}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 2007
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I FCS
| poll = The Sports Network
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 15
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| rank = 21
| opponent = Georgetown
| site_stadium = Multi-Sport Field
| site_cityst = Washington, DC
| score = 28–14
| attend = 2,674
| source = {{cite news |title=Yale Makes Stops, and McLeod Goes |first=Tommy |last=Hine |date=September 16, 2007 |pages=E7, E8 |newspaper=Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Conn.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63318880/2007-georgetown-yale/ }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 22
| w/l = w
| rank = 21
| opponent = Cornell
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| score = 51–12
| attend = 15,427
| source = {{cite news |title=Yale Shows Dominant Traits |first=Tommy |last=Hine |date=September 23, 2007 |page=E9 |newspaper=Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Conn.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63323325/2007-cornell-yale/ }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 29
| w/l = w
| away = y
| nonconf = y
| rank = 22
| opponent = Holy Cross
| site_stadium = Fitton Field
| site_cityst = Worcester, MA
| score = 38–17
| attend = 11,826
| source = {{cite news |title=McLeod and Yale Are Off and Running |first=Jennifer |last=Toland |date=September 30, 2007 |page=C19 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63323918/2007-yale-hc/ }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 6
| w/l = w
| rank = 18
| opponent = Dartmouth
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| score = 50–10
| attend = 24,237
| source = {{cite news |title=Big Green with Envy |first=Tommy |last=Hine |date=October 7, 2007 |pages=E8, E10 |newspaper=Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Conn.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63363977/2007-dartmouth-yale/ }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 13
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| rank = 16
| opponent = Lehigh
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| score = 23-7
| attend = 14,052
| source = {{cite news |title=McLeod Carries Yale Over Lehigh |first=Keith |last=Groller |date=October 14, 2007 |page=CC1 |newspaper=The Morning Call |location=Allentown, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63365119/2007-lehigh-yale/ }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 20
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank = 16
| opponent = Penn
| site_stadium = Franklin Field
| site_cityst = Philadelphia, PA
| score = 26–20
| overtime = 3OT
| attend = 15,668
| source = {{cite news |title=Unbeaten Yale Needs 3 OTs to Get by Penn |first=Joe |last=Logan |date=October 21, 2007 |page=E13 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63365791/2007-penn-yale/ }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 27
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank = 13
| opponent = Columbia
| site_stadium = Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium
| site_cityst = New York, NY
| score = 28–7
| attend = 2,555
| source = {{cite news |title=Yale a Second-Half Team |first=Tommy |last=Hine |date=October 28, 2007 |pages=E11, E14 |newspaper=Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Conn.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63431595/2007-columbia-yale/ }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 3
| w/l = w
| rank = 15
| opponent = Brown
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| score = 17–7
| attend = 3,000
| source = {{cite news |title=Double Runners: McLeod, Farrell Lift Yale |first=Tommy |last=Hine |date=November 4, 2007 |pages=E9, E10 |newspaper=Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Conn.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63433251/2007-brown-yale/ }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 10
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank = 12
| opponent = Princeton
| site_stadium = Princeton Stadium
| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 27–6
| attend = 13,408
| source = {{cite news |title=Perfect Setting for Yale-Harvard; Denny-Brown TDs Sink Princeton |first=Tommy |last=Hine |date=November 11, 2007 |page=E11 |newspaper=Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Conn.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63498979/2007-princeton-yale/ }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 17
| w/l = l
| rank = 11
| opponent = Harvard
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| gamename = The Game
| score = 6–37
| attend = 57,248
| source = {{cite news |title=Bowl Licking for Yale: Harvard Dominates to Win Ivy League |first=Tommy |last=Hine |date=November 18, 2007 |page=E1 |newspaper=Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Conn.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63499680/2007-harvard-yale/ }}
}}
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