1997 Yale Bulldogs football team

1997 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Ivy League
1997 record	1–9 (0–7 Ivy)
Head coach	Jack Siedlecki (1st season)
Home stadium	Yale Bowl
Seasons

Template:1997 Ivy League football standings The 1997 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by first year head coach Jack Siedlecki, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished in eighth place in the Ivy League with a 0–7 record, 1–9 overall.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 20	Brown	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 14–52
September 27	Connecticut*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 0–28
October 3	at Valparaiso*	Brown Field Valparaiso, IN	W 34–14
October 11	Bison*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 24–25
October 18	Dartmouth	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 7–21
October 25	at Columbia	Wien Stadium Manhattan, NY	L 10–21
November 1	Penn	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (Rivalry)	L 7–26
November 8	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 10–37
November 15	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (Rivalry)	L 0–9
November 22	Harvard	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (The Game)	L 7–17
*Non-conference game