2017 Yale Bulldogs football team

2017 Yale Bulldogs football
Ivy League champion
ConferenceIvy League
Ranking
STATSNo. 24
FCS CoachesNo. 24
Record9–1 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJoe Conlin (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorSean McGowan (1st season)
Home stadiumYale Bowl
2017 Ivy League football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 24 Yale $   6 – 1     9 – 1  
Columbia   5 – 2     8 – 2  
Dartmouth   5 – 2     8 – 2  
Penn   4 – 3     6 – 4  
Harvard   3 – 4     5 – 5  
Cornell   3 – 4     3 – 7  
Princeton   2 – 5     5 – 5  
Brown   0 – 7     2 – 8  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from STATS Poll

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.[1]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 1612:30 p.m.at Lehigh*
PLNW 56–284,996
September 231:00 p.m.Cornell
ELVNW 49–2410,926
September 306:00 p.m.at Fordham*
PLNW 41–103,988
October 71:30 p.m.at Dartmouth
ESPN3L 27–288,114
October 141:00 p.m.Holy Cross*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
ILNW 32–08,709
October 211:00 p.m.at Penn
TCNW 24–196,408
October 281:00 p.m.Columbia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
SNYW 23–615,422
November 38:00 p.m.Brown
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
NBCSNW 34–78,216
November 111:00 p.m.at Princeton
ELVNW 35–3111,229
November 1812:30 p.m.Harvard
CNBCW 24–351,426

Game summaries

Lehigh (Yank Townsend Trophy)

See also: 2017 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team and Yank Townsend Trophy
Yale vs. Lehigh – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Yale 14 14 141456
Lehigh 7 6 8728

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
Game information
First quarter
  • (13:43) YALE - Melvin Rouse II 37 yd pass from Kurt Rawlings (Alex Galland kick), (Drive 3 plays, 70 yards, 1:17; 7-0 Yale)
  • (09:58) YALE - Christopher Williams-Lopez 43 yd pass from Kurt Rawlings (Alex Galland kick), (Drive 2 plays, 43 yards, 0:45; 14-0 Yale)
  • (00:01) LEHIGH - Nana Amankwah-Ayeh 4 yd run (Austin Henning kick), (Drive 14 plays, 70 yards, 6:22; 14-7 Yale)
Second quarter
  • (09:25) LEHIGH - Gatlin Casey 11 yd pass from Brad Mayes (Austin Henning kick blocked), (Drive 10 plays, 91 yards, 4:58; 14-13 Yale)
  • (04:13) YALE - Deshawn Salter 1 yd run (Alex Galland kick), (Drive 12 plays, 79 yards, 5:06; 21-13 Yale)
  • (00:21) YALE - JP Shohfi 11 yd pass from Kurt Rawlings (Alex Galland kick), (Drive 7 plays, 25 yards, 2:57; 28-13 Yale)
Third quarter
  • (14:04) LEHIGH - Gatlin Casey 66 yd pass from Brad Mayes (Sasha Kelsey pass), (Drive 2 plays, 72 yards, 0:50; 28-21 Yale)
  • (12:31) YALE - Melvin Rouse II 31 yd pass from Kurt Rawlings (Andrew Johnson rush failed), (Drive 4 plays, 63 yards, 1:28; 34-21 Yale)
  • (06:16) YALE - Zane Dudek 69 yd run (Kurt Rawlings Pass to Christopher Williams-Lopez for Two-Point Conversion), (Drive 4 plays, 80 yards, 2:00; 42-21 Yale)
Fourth quarter
  • (08:55) YALE - Zane Dudek 29 yd run (Alex Galland kick), (Drive 1 plays, 29 yards, 0:11; 49-21 Yale)
  • (06:07) LEHIGH - Jorge Portorreal 53 yd pass from Brad Mayes (Austin Henning kick), (Drive 5 plays, 62 yards, 2:38; 49-28 Yale)
  • (03:40) YALE - Andrew Grinde 2 yd run (Alex Galland kick), (Drive 4 plays, 45 yards, 2:24; 56-28 Yale)

Cornell

See also: 2017 Cornell Big Red football team
Cornell vs. Yale – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Cornell 3 7 01424
Yale 7 7 142149

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
Game information
First quarter
  • COR – Zach Mays, 21 yard field goal, 10:11 (COR 3–0)
  • YALE – Carlson Hayden, 19 yard interception return, Alex Galland XP good, 1:45 (YALE 7–3)
Second quarter
  • COR – Chris Walker, 14 yard pass from Dalton Banks, Zach Mays XP good, 4:13 (COR 10–7)
  • YALE – Kurt Rawlings, 14 yard run, Alex Galland XP good, 0:37 (YALE 14–10)
Third quarter
  • YALE – Deshawn Salter, 3 yard run, Alex Galland XP good, 11:50 (YALE 21–10)
  • YALE – Deshawn Salter, 1 yard run, Alex Galland XP good, 1:18 (YALE 28–10)
Fourth quarter
  • YALE – Jaeden Graham, 4 yard pass from Kurt Rawlings, Alex Galland XP good, 14:56 (YALE 35–10)
  • COR – Harold Coles, 90 yard run, Zach Mays XP no good, 14:33 (YALE 35–16)
  • COR – James Hubbard, 57 yard pass from Dalton Banks, James Hubbard pass from Dalton Banks for 2-point conversion, 8:23 (YALE 35–24)
  • YALE – Deshawn Salter, 82 yard run, Alex Galland XP good, 8:12 (YALE 42–24)
  • YALE – Zane Dudek, 14 yard run, Alex Galland XP good, 5:38 (YALE 49–24)

Fordham

See also: 2017 Fordham Rams football team
Yale vs. Fordham – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Yale 21 7 13041
Fordham 0 3 0710

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
Game information
First quarter
  • (11:50) YALE - Deshawn Salter 38 yd run (Alex Galland kick), (Drive 5 plays 60 yards 1:55; 7-0 Yale)
  • (05:11) YALE - Zane Dudek 8 yd run (Alex Galland kick), (Drive 10 plays 82 yards 4:42; 14-0 Yale)
  • (02:34) YALE - Jaeden Graham 19 yd pass from Kurt Rawlings (Alex Galland kick), (Drive 4 plays 38 yards 1:41; 21-0 Yale)
Second quarter
  • (10:43) FOR - Andrew Mevis 31 yd field goal, (Drive 14 plays 63 yards 6:46; 21-3 Yale)
  • (07:36) YALE - Deshawn Salter 27 yd run (Alex Galland kick), (Drive 7 plays 80 yards 3:01; 28-3 Yale)
Third quarter
  • (13:00) YALE - Deshawn Salter 1 yd run (Alex Galland kick), (Drive 4 plays 65 yards 2:00; 35-3 Yale)
  • (08:59) YALE - Zane Dudek 22 yd run (Alex Galland kick failed), (Drive 5 plays 46 yards 2:28; 41-3 Yale)
Fourth quarter
  • (05:43) FOR - Zach Davis 20 yd run (Andrew Mevis kick), (Drive 11 plays 61 yards 5:21; 41-10 Yale)

Dartmouth

See also: 2017 Dartmouth Big Green football team
Yale vs. Dartmouth – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Yale 7 17 3027
Dartmouth 0 7 71428

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
Game information
First quarter
  • YALE –. Christopher Williams-Lopez, 46 yard pass from Kurt Rawlings (Alex Galland XP good), 3:59 (YALE 7–0)
Second quarter
  • YALE – Melvin Rouse II, 4 yard pass from Kurt Rawlings (Alex Galland XP good), 14:14 (YALE 14–0)
  • YALE – Zane Dudek, 22 yard pass from Kurt Rawlings (Alex Galland XP good), 7:39 (YALE 21–0)
  • DART – Isiah Swann, 47 yard interception return (David Smith XP good), 2:24 (YALE 21–7)
  • YALE – Alex Galland, 29 yard field goal, 0:00 (YALE 24–7)
Third quarter
  • DART – Drew Hunnicut, 30 yard pass from Jack Heneghan (David Smith XP good), 12:18 (YALE 24–14)
  • YALE – Alex Galland, 20 yard field goal, 6:07 (YALE 27–14)
Fourth quarter
  • DART – Dylan Mellor, 40 yard pass from Jack Heneghan (David Smith XP good), 6:10 (YALE 27–21)
  • DART – Drew Hunnicut, 15 yard pass from Jack Heneghan (David Smith XP good), 0:34 (DART 28–27)

Holy Cross

See also: 2017 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
Holy Cross vs. Yale – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Holy Cross 0 0 000
Yale 3 22 7032

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: Steve Cadorette
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
  • (10:32) YALE - Alex Galland 39 yd field goal, (Drive 8 plays, 17 yards, 3:29; 3-0 Yale)
Second quarter
  • (14:27) YALE - Michael Siragusa 5 yd pass from Kurt Rawlings (Alex Galland kick), (Drive 11 plays, 55 yards, 5:31; 10-0 Yale)
  • (07:17) YALE - Zane Dudek 21 yd run (Alex Galland kick), (Drive 6 plays, 88 yards, 3:02; 17-0 Yale)
  • (01:26) YALE - Matthew Oplinger safety, (19-0 Yale)
  • (00:56) YALE - Michael Siragusa 33 yd pass from Kurt Rawlings (Alex Galland kick failed), (Drive 3 plays, 63 yards, 0:30; 25-0 Yale)
Third quarter
  • (11:40) YALE - Zane Dudek 22 yd run (Alex Galland kick), (Drive 7 plays, 76 yards, 3:15; 32-0 Yale)
Fourth quarter
  • no scoring

Penn

See also: 2017 Penn Quakers football team
Yale vs. Penn – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Yale 7 11 0624
Penn 7 3 0919

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: Tony Marcella
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
  • (09:21) PENN - Justin Watson 23 yd pass from Will Fischer-Colbrie (Jack Soslow kick) (Drive 8 plays, 76 yards, 3:50; 7-0 Penn)
  • (02:32) YALE - Zane Dudek 8 yd run (Alex Galland kick), (Drive 5 plays, 42 yards, 1:53; 7-7 Tied)
Second quarter
  • (13:00) PENN - Jack Soslow 34 yd field goal, (Drive 14 plays, 72 yards, 4:27; 10-7 Penn)
  • (07:26) YALE - Alex Galland 35 yd field goal, (Drive 6 plays, 32 yards, 2:38; 10-10 Tied)
  • (00:30) YALE - Reed Klubnik 13 yd pass from Kurt Rawlings (Andrew Johnson Pass to Matthew Oplinger for Two-Point Conversion), (Drive 4 plays, 53 yards, 1:40; 18-10 Yale)
Third quarter
  • no scoring
Fourth quarter
  • (10:51) PENN - Jack Soslow 44 yd field goal, (Drive 7 plays, 16 yards, 3:41; 18-3 Yale)
  • (09:03) PENN - Tre Solomon 2 yd run (Will Fischer-Colbrie pass failed), (Drive 3 plays, 32 yards, 1:09; 19-18 Penn)
  • (04:11) YALE - Christopher Williams-Lopez 4 yd pass from Kurt Rawlings (Kurt Rawlings pass failed), (Drive 11 plays, 80 yards, 4:52; 24-19 Yale)

Columbia

See also: 2017 Columbia Lions football team
Columbia vs. Yale – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Columbia 0 0 606
Yale 13 0 3723

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: Jeff Pumphrey
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
  • (08:18) YALE - Jaeden Graham 10 yd pass from Andrew Johnson (Alex Galland kick), (Drive 10 plays, 71 yards, 3:18; 7-0 Yale)
  • (02:48) YALE - Kurt Rawlings 1 yd run (Alex Galland kick blocked), (Drive 7 plays, 45 yards, 3:10; 13-0 Yale)
Second quarter
  • no scoring
Third quarter
  • (05:36) YALE - Alex Galland 37 yd field goal, (Drive 10 plays, 60 yards, 5:04; 16-0 Yale)
  • (01:18) COL - Anders Hill 1 yd run (Kaleb Pitts pass intercepted Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed), (Drive 10 plays, 44 yards, 4:12; 16-6 Yale)
Fourth quarter
  • (08:29) YALE - Michael Siragusa Jr. 9 yd pass from Kurt Rawlings (Alex Galland kick), (Drive 6 plays, 70 yards, 3:12; 23-6 Yale)

Brown

See also: 2017 Brown Bears football team
Brown vs. Yale – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Brown 0 0 077
Yale 20 7 7034

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: Todd Boyd
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
  • (11:41) YALE - Zane Dudek 68 yd run (Andrew Johnson pass failed), (Drive 2 plays, 68 yards, 0:46; 6-0 Yale)
  • (06:52) YALE - JP Shohfi 21 yd pass from Kurt Rawlings (Alex Galland kick), (Drive 7 plays, 66 yards, 3:19; 13-0 Yale)
  • (03:44) YALE - Zane Dudek 36 yd run (Alex Galland kick), (Drive 3 plays, 60 yards, 1:14; 20-0 Yale)
Second quarter
  • (06:43) YALE - JP Shohfi 83 yd pass from Kurt Rawlings (Alex Galland kick), (Drive 4 plays, 93 yards, 1:13; 27-0 Yale)
Third quarter
  • (09:34) YALE - Zane Dudek 7 yd run (Alex Galland kick), (Drive 8 plays, 80 yards, 3:09; 34-0 Yale)
Fourth quarter
  • (01:43) BRWN - Livingstone Harriott 4 yd pass from Thomas Linta (Ben Rosenblatt kick), (Drive 9 plays, 86 yards, 3:42; 34-7 Yale)

Princeton

See also: 2017 Princeton Tigers football team and Princeton–Yale football rivalry
Yale vs. Princeton – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Yale 0 14 14735
Princeton 7 17 7031

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: Michael Sechris
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
  • (08:02) PRIN - Stephen Carlson 18 yd pass from Chad Kanoff (Tavish Rice kick), (Drive 4 plays, 53 yards, 1:04; 14-0 Princeton)
  • (07:22) YALE - Zane Dudek 47 yd run (Alex Galland kick), (Drive 2 plays, 76 yards, 0:34; 14-7 Princeton)
  • (03:07) PRIN - Tavish Rice 21 yd field goal, (Drive 11 plays, 63 yards, 4:07; 17-7 Princeton)
  • (01:51) PRIN - Tiger Bech 58 yd pass from Chad Kanoff (Tavish Rice kick), (Drive 1 plays, 58 yards, 0:09; 24-7 Princeton)
  • (01:22) YALE - Jaeden Graham 58 yd pass from Kurt Rawlings (Alex Galland kick), (Drive 3 plays, 77 yards, 0:22; 24-14 Princeton)
Third quarter
  • (12:08) YALE - Ross Drwal 33 yd pass from Kurt Rawlings (Alex Galland kick), (Drive 4 plays, 35 yards, 2:13; 24-21 Princeton)
  • (03:58) YALE - Zane Dudek 1 yd run (Alex Galland kick), (Drive 13 plays, 68 yards, 6:14; 28-24 Yale)
  • (01:53) PRIN - Jesper Horsted 12 yd pass from Chad Kanoff (Tavish Rice kick), (Drive 5 plays, 77 yards, 1:58; 31-28 Princeton)
Fourth quarter
  • (12:14) YALE - Zane Dudek 4 yd run (Alex Galland kick), (Drive 9 plays, 80 yards, 4:39; 35-31 Yale)

Harvard ("The Game")

See also: 2017 Harvard Crimson football team and Harvard–Yale football rivalry
Harvard vs. Yale – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Harvard 3 0 003
Yale 0 17 0724

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: Hank Johns
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
  • (07:23) HARV - Jake McIntyre 29 yd field goal, (Drive 11 plays, 50 yards, 5:55; 3-0 Harvard)
Second quarter
  • (06:26) YALE - JP Shohfi 9 yd pass from Kurt Rawlings (Alex Galland kick), (Drive 4 plays, 54 yards, 1:38; 7-3 Yale)
  • (05:31) YALE - Malcolm Dixon 19 yd fumble recovery (Alex Galland kick), 14-3 Yale)
  • (00:00) YALE - Alex Galland 25 yd field goal, (Drive 11 plays, 31 yards, 4:24; 17-3 Yale)
Third quarter
  • no scoring
Fourth quarter
  • (12:04) YALE - Zane Dudek 2 yd run (Alex Galland kick), (Drive 8 plays, 81 yards, 4:50; 24-3 Yale)

NFL draft

One Bulldog was selected in the 2018 NFL draft following the season.[2]

Round Pick Player Position NFL team
6 200 Foyesade Oluokun S Atlanta Falcons

References

  1. ^ "2017 Yale Football Schedule" (PDF). Yale University Athletics. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
  2. ^ "2018 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 11, 2025.
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