1997 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1997 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by first-year head coach Jack Siedlecki, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished in seventh place in the Ivy League.

1997 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIvy League
1997 record2–8[a] (1–6 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadiumYale Bowl
1997 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Harvard $  7 –0     9 –1  
Dartmouth  6 –1     8 –2  
Brown  4 –3     7 –3  
Cornell  4 –3     6 –4  
Princeton  3 –4     6 –4  
Columbia  3 –4     4 –6  
Yale  1 –6     2 –8  
Penn *  0 –7     1 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * Standings reflect Penn's forfeit of five conference wins due to use of an ineligible player

Yale's record book lists a 1–9 record for 1997, 0–7 in Ivy League play.[1] The Ivy League record book, however, credits Yale with a conference win after Penn forfeited its victories. Yale is thus recorded by the league as its seventh-place finisher in 1997, ahead of Penn.[2]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20Brown
L 14–5215,315[3]
September 27Connecticut*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 0–2816,367[4]
October 3vs. Valparaiso*
W 34–147,668[5]
October 11Bucknell*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 24–2511,239[6]
October 18Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 7–2117,973[7]
October 25at Columbia
L 10–214,665[8]
November 1Penn
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 7–26[a]3,600[9][10]
November 8at Cornell
L 10–373,995[11]
November 15vs. Princeton
L 0–97,731[12]
November 22Harvard
L 7–1726,064[13]
  • *Non-conference game

Note

^ a: In January 1998, Penn agreed to forfeit its Ivy League wins from 1997 after star defensive tackle Mitch Marrow was declared ineligible as a part-time student.[10] Both teams' record books claim their 1997 meeting, a 26–7 Penn victory on the field, as a loss. Yale thus computes its season record as 1–9, and its Ivy League record as 0–6. The Ivy League's own record book, however, regards the game as a Yale victory (by forfeit), and computes win-loss records and season standings accordingly.[2]

References
  1. "Football By Year" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2018. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
  2. "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 37. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. Berlet, Bruce (September 21, 1997). "Siedlecki's Opener a Long Afternoon". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. C13 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Ivy Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. September 21, 1997. p. C20.
  4. Conner, Desmond (September 28, 1997). "Huskies Are Looking for More". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Jauss, Bill (October 4, 1997). "Defense Paves Way for Yale Romp". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Ill. sect. 3, p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Berlet, Bruce (October 12, 1997). "Weak Kicking Game Costs Yale". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E9 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Vellante, John (October 19, 1997). "Big Green Streak Is Alive at 22". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D17 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Berlet, Bruce (October 26, 1997). "Columbia Shuts Down Yale Offense". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. D9 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Ivy League Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 26, 1997. p. F14.
  9. Yantz, Tom (November 2, 1997). "Yale in a Tough Spot: Can't Stop Penn's Finn; Quarterback Walland Injured". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E11 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Moran, Edward (January 3, 1998). "Penn Forfeits 5 Wins in Marrow Case". Philadelphia Daily News. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 39 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. McShea, Keith (November 27, 1997). "Krawczyk, Big Red Take It to Yale, 37-10". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 5B – via Newspapers.com.
  12. Finnegan, Tara (November 16, 1997). "Tigers' Nakielny Provides Relief". The Home News & Tribune. New Brunswick, N.J. p. C6 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. Berlet, Bruce (November 23, 1997). "Elis Shown How It's Done". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. C9 – via Newspapers.com.
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