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Yale

IVY · 1977 Season · Final

Rebuilding +
Record
7–2
0.778 Win %
Conference
1st
6–1 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

1977 Schedule & Results

WkDateOpponentConfOpp. RecordResult
4Week 4 · Sep 20Brown (BROWN)H2HIND IVY7–2W 10–9
5Week 5 · Sep 27CONNECTICUTUnranked—W 23–12
6Week 6 · Oct 4Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))H2HMAC10–1L 14–28
7Week 7 · Oct 11Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)H2HIND IVY6–3L 0–3
8Week 8 · Oct 18Columbia (COLUMBIA)H2HIND IVY2–7W 42–20
9Week 9 · Oct 25Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)H2HIND IVY5–4W 27–21
10Week 10 · Nov 1Cornell (CORNELL)H2HIND IVY1–8W 28–0
11Week 11 · Nov 8Princeton (PRINCETON)H2HIND IVY3–6W 44–8
12Week 12 · Nov 15Harvard (HARVARD)H2HIND IVY4–5W 24–7

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
1.935
Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

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

NOW — Net Opponent Wins
+18
-4+22
  • Brown +7
  • Pennsylvania +5
  • Harvard +4
  • Princeton +3
  • Columbia +2
  • Cornell +1
  • Miami (OH) -1
  • Dartmouth -3

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 #24Better than 83%
Win % Place 24thBetter than 83%

0.778 Win % · Change 1

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week
#27Regular Season Final#27Post-Season W1#26Post-Season W2#25Post-Season W3#24Final

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins
+1
+11
-14
-3
+22
+6
+28
+36
+17

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

Final Rank by Season
#191972#351973#101974#291975#201976

Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.

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