| Yale Bulldogs | |
| University | Yale University |
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| Conference(s) | Ivy League ECAC Hockey Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges Eastern Association of Women's Rowing Colleges |
| NCAA | Division I |
| Athletics director | Tom Beckett |
| Location | New Haven, CT |
| Varsity teams | 35 teams |
| Football stadium | Yale Bowl |
| Basketball arena | Payne Whitney Gym |
| Baseball stadium | Yale Field |
| Soccer stadium | Reese Stadium |
| Lacrosse stadium | Reese Stadium |
| Other arenas | Ingalls Rink |
| Mascot | Handsome Dan |
| Nickname | Bulldogs |
| Fight song | Down the Field |
| Colors | Yale Blue and white
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| Homepage | Yale Bulldogs |
The Yale Bulldogs are the athletic teams of the Yale University. The school sponsors 35 varsity sports. The school has won two NCAA national championships in women's fencing, four in men's swimming and diving, and twenty one in men's golf.
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Major leaguers pitcher Craig Breslow (Oakland A's) and catcher Ryan Lavarnway (Boston Red Sox), among others, played baseball for the Bulldogs. Lavarnway led the NCAA in batting average (.467) and slugging percentage (.873) in 2007, set the Ivy League hitting-streak record (25), and through 2010 held the Ivy League record in career home runs (33).[1]
The football team has competed since 1872. They have won nineteen national championships when the school competed in what is now known as the FBS.[2] They are perhaps best known for their rivalry with Harvard, known as "The Game". Twenty one former players have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
The Yale Men's Ice Hockey team is the oldest existing intercollegiate hockey program, having played its first game in 1896 against Johns Hopkins (a 2-2 tie).[3] The team competes in the ECAC Hockey League (ECACHL); in addition the Ivy League also crowns a champion for its members that field varsity ice hockey.
Before the NCAA began its tournament in 1959, the annual national champion was declared by the Intercollegiate Association Football League (IAFL) — from 1911 to 1926 — and then the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association (ISFA), from 1927 to 1958. From 1911 to 1958, Yale won four national championships.
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