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Yale

IVY · 1957 Season · Final

Rebuilding
Record
6–2–1
0.722 Win %
Conference
3rd
4–2 in IVY

All-Time Resume

Ranked Seasons
108
1872–1981
All-Time Record
718–203–52
0.765 Win %
Peak Final Rank
#1
1876, 1880, 1882 +10
#1 Finishes
13
Top 5: 39 · Top 10: 50 · Top 25: 66
  • Divisional Era · 26 seasons · 4 Top 10
  • AP Poll & Postwar Era · 20 seasons · 3 Top 10
  • Forward Pass & Stadium Boom Era · 28 seasons · 9 Top 10 · 3× #1
  • Pioneer Era · 34 seasons · 34 Top 10 · 10× #1

Final finishes, as published; the season in progress counts toward record only. Compare Yale head-to-head · History & Eras

1957 Schedule & Results

WkDateOpponentConfOpp. RecordResult
6Week 6 · Oct 1CONNECTICUTUnranked—W 27–0
7Week 7 · Oct 8Brown (BROWN)H2HIND IVY5–4L 20–21
8Week 8 · Oct 15Columbia (COLUMBIA)H2HIND IVY1–8W 19–0
9Week 9 · Oct 22Cornell (CORNELL)H2HIND IVY3–6W 18–7
10Week 10 · Oct 29Colgate (COLGATE)H2HIND FBSI3–6W 20–0
11Week 11 · Nov 5Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)H2HIND IVY7–1–1T 14–14
12Week 12 · Nov 12Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)H2HIND IVY3–6L 20–33
13Week 13 · Nov 19Princeton (PRINCETON)H2HIND IVY7–2W 20–13
14Week 14 · Nov 26Harvard (HARVARD)H2HIND IVY3–5W 54–0

Past season results come from the published weekly rankings; home/away is not recorded. Unranked = opponent outside the ranked field. Kickoff times in Eastern Time. TBD = not yet announced. vs* = neutral site. Opp. Record is the current season record; — = unavailable.

Rating Tier Spectrum
2.358
Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

Where the rating sits on the 12-tier scale (lower is better).

NOW — Net Opponent Wins
+7
-10+17
  • Princeton +7
  • Cornell +3
  • Colgate +3
  • Harvard +3
  • Columbia +1
  • Dartmouth 0
  • Brown -4
  • Pennsylvania -6

Each win stacks that opponent's win total to the right; each loss stacks that opponent's loss total to the left.

National Standing
Rank #30Better than 79%
Win % Place 21stBetter than 85%

0.722 Win % · Change 2

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week
#33W14#33W15#33Regular Season Final#32Post-Season W3#30Final

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins
+27
-1
+19
+11
+20
0
-13
+7
+54

Bars above the line are wins, below are losses; height = point margin.

Final Rank by Season
#311952#391953#451954#211955#111956

Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.

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