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| First season | 1872; 152 years ago | ||
| Athletic director | Victoria Chun | ||
| Head coach | Tony Reno 12th season, 74–46 (.617) | ||
| Stadium | Yale Bowl (capacity: 61,446) | ||
| Field surface | Grass (1914-2018) Field Turf (2019-present) | ||
| Location | New Haven, Connecticut | ||
| Conference | Ivy League | ||
| All-time record | 944–393–55 (.698) | ||
| Claimed national titles | 27 (1872, 1874, 1876, 1877, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1897, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1927)[1] | ||
| Conference titles | 18 (1956, 1960, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1989, 1999, 2006, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023) | ||
| Rivalries | Harvard (rivalry) Princeton (rivalry) | ||
| Heisman winners | Larry Kelley – 1936 Clint Frank – 1937 | ||
| Consensus All-Americans | 100 | ||
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| Colors | Yale blue and white[2] | ||
| Fight song | "Down the Field" | ||
| Mascot | Handsome Dan | ||
| Website | yalebulldogs.com | ||
The Yale Bulldogs football program represents Yale University in college football in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA). Yale's football program, founded in 1872, is one of the oldest in the world. Since their founding, the Bulldogs have won 27 national championships, two of the first three Heisman Trophy winners (Larry Kelley in 1936 and Clint Frank in 1937), 100 consensus All-Americans, 28 College Football Hall of Fame inductees, including the "Father of American Football" Walter Camp, the first professional football player Pudge Heffelfinger, and coaching giants Amos Alonzo Stagg, Howard Jones, Tad Jones and Carmen Cozza. With over 900 wins, Yale ranks in the top ten for most wins in college football history.
- ^ "Yale Football By Year" (PDF). Retrieved October 18, 2011.
- ^ "Yale Athletics Brand Guidelines" (PDF). December 1, 2021. Retrieved February 20, 2024.