# 2017 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 2017 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season, winning the Ivy League title. The season marked the Bulldogs' 145th overall season. The team played its home games at Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut and were led by sixth-year head coach Tony Reno. They finished the season 9–1 overall and 6–1 in Ivy League play to become Ivy League champions for the first time since 2006 (when they shared the title) and to earn their first sole league title since 1980. Yale averaged 18,939 fans per game.

## Schedule

The 2017 season consisted of five home games and five away games. The Bulldogs hosted Ivy League foes Cornell, Columbia, Brown, and Harvard for the 134th edition of The Game, and traveled to Dartmouth, Penn, and Princeton.
Yale's non-conference opponents were Lehigh, Fordham, and Holy Cross, all of the Patriot League.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 16 | 12:30 p.m. | at Lehigh* | Goodman StadiumBethlehem, PA | PLN | W 56–28 | 4,996 |
| September 23 | 1:00 p.m. | Cornell | Yale BowlNew Haven, CT | ELVN | W 49–24 | 10,926 |
| September 30 | 6:00 p.m. | at Fordham* | Coffey FieldBronx, NY | PLN | W 41–10 | 3,988 |
| October 7 | 1:30 p.m. | at Dartmouth | Memorial FieldHanover, NH | ESPN3 | L 27–28 | 8,114 |
| October 14 | 1:00 p.m. | Holy Cross* | Yale BowlNew Haven, CT | ILN | W 32–0 | 8,709 |
| October 21 | 1:00 p.m. | at Penn | Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA | TCN | W 24–19 | 6,408 |
| October 28 | 1:00 p.m. | Columbia | Yale BowlNew Haven, CT | SNY | W 23–6 | 15,422 |
| November 3 | 8:00 p.m. | Brown | Yale BowlNew Haven, CT | NBCSN | W 34–7 | 8,216 |
| November 11 | 1:00 p.m. | at Princeton | Powers Field at Princeton StadiumPrinceton, NJ (rivalry) | ELVN | W 35–31 | 11,229 |
| November 18 | 12:30 p.m. | Harvard | Yale BowlNew Haven, CT (rivalry) | CNBC | W 24–3 | 51,426 |
| *Non-conference gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Game summaries
### Lehigh (Yank Townsend Trophy)

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Yale | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 56 |
| Lehigh | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 28 |
at Goodman Stadium • Bethlehem, PA
* Date: September 16
* Game time: 12:30 p.m.
* Game weather: 81 °F (27 °C); sunny, hot
* Game attendance: 4,996
* Referee: C. Bloh
* Box Score

### Cornell

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cornell | 3 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
| Yale | 7 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 49 |
at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT
* Date: September 23
* Game time: 1:00 p.m.
* Game weather: 80 °F (27 °C); sunny, warm
* Game attendance: 10,926
* Referee: T. Kichline
* Box Score

### Fordham

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Yale | 21 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 41 |
| Fordham | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
at Coffey Field • Bronx, NY
* Date: September 30
* Game time: 6:00 p.m.
* Game weather: 60 °F (16 °C); cloudy and windy
* Game attendance: 3,988
* Referee: C. Jebran
* Box Score

### Dartmouth

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Yale | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
| Dartmouth | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
at Memorial Field • Hanover, NH
* Date: October 7
* Game time: 1:30 p.m.
* Game weather: 50 °F (10 °C); overcast
* Game attendance: 8,114
* Referee: W. Gillis
* Box Score

### Holy Cross

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Holy Cross | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yale | 3 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 32 |
at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT
* Date: October 14
* Game time: 1:00 p.m.
* Game weather: 66 °F (19 °C); mostly cloudy
* Game attendance: 8,709
* Referee: S. Cadorette
* Box Score

### Penn

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Yale | 7 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 24 |
| Penn | 7 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 19 |
at Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA
* Date: October 21
* Game time: 1:00 p.m.
* Game weather: 72 °F (22 °C); sunny
* Game attendance: 6,408
* Referee: T. Marcella
* Box Score

### Columbia

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Columbia | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Yale | 13 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 23 |
at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT
* Date: October 28
* Game time: 1:00 p.m.
* Game weather: 66 °F (19 °C); mostly sunny
* Game attendance: 15,422
* Referee: J. Pumphrey
* Box Score

### Brown

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Yale | 20 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 34 |
at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT
* Date: November 3
* Game time: 8:00 p.m.
* Game weather: 62 °F (17 °C); partly cloudy
* Game attendance: 8,216
* Referee: T. Boyd
* Box Score

### Princeton

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Yale | 0 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
| Princeton | 7 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium • Princeton, NJ
* Date: November 11
* Game time: 1:00 p.m.
* Game weather: 37 °F (3 °C); cold, clear
* Game attendance: 11,229
* Referee: M. Sechris
* Box Score

### Harvard ("The Game")

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Harvard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Yale | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT
* Date: November 18
* Game time: 12:30 p.m.
* Game weather: 45 °F (7 °C); cloudy
* Game attendance: 51,426
* Referee: H. Johns
* Box Score