2017 Yale Bulldogs football team
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's 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 and to earn their first sole league title since 1980.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.Game summaries
Lehigh
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 17–7 | 2016 | Lehigh, 63–35 |
Cornell
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 47–30–2 | 2016 | Cornell, 27–13 |
Fordham
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 5–3 | 2016 | Fordham, 44–37 |
Dartmouth
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 54–40–6 | 2016 | Yale, 21–13 |
Holy Cross
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 27–4 | 2008 | Yale, 31–28 |
Penn
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 47–36–1 | 2016 | Penn, 42–7 |
Columbia
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 70–20–2 | 2016 | Yale, 31–23 |
Brown
Princeton
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 76–53–10 | 2016 | Princeton, 31–3 |
Harvard ("The Game")
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 66–59–8 | 2016 | Yale, 21–14 |
