| Yale Bulldogs | |
|---|---|
 | |
| University | Yale University |
| Conference | Ivy League (primary) ECAC Hockey Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges NEISA CSA (squash) |
| NCAA | Division I (FCS) |
| Athletic director | Victoria Chun |
| Location | New Haven, Connecticut |
| Varsity teams | 35 teams |
| Football stadium | Yale Bowl |
| Basketball arena | Payne Whitney Gym |
| Ice hockey arena | Ingalls Rink |
| Baseball stadium | Yale Field |
| Soccer stadium | Reese Stadium |
| Lacrosse stadium | Reese Stadium |
| Sailing venue | Yale Corinthian Yacht Club |
| Mascot | Handsome Dan |
| Nickname | Bulldogs |
| Fight song | “Bulldog” |
| Colors | Yale blue and white[1] |
| Website | www |
The Yale Bulldogs are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Yale University, located in New Haven, Connecticut. 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, 21 in men's golf, one in men's hockey, one in men's lacrosse, and 16 in sailing.
In 1970 the NCAA banned Yale from participating in all NCAA sports for two years, in reaction to Yale—against the wishes of the NCAA—playing its Jewish center Jack Langer in college games after Langer had played for Team United States at the 1969 Maccabiah Games in Israel with the approval of Yale President Kingman Brewster.[2][3][4][5] The decision impacted 300 Yale students, every Yale student on its sports teams, over the next two years.[6]
| Men's sports | Women's sports |
|---|---|
| Baseball | Basketball |
| Basketball | Crew |
| Crew | Cross country |
| Cross country | Fencing |
| Fencing | Field hockey |
| Football | Golf |
| Golf | Gymnastics |
| Ice hockey | Ice hockey |
| Lacrosse | Lacrosse |
| Sailing | Sailing |
| Soccer | Soccer |
| Squash | Softball |
| Swimming & diving | Squash |
| Tennis | Swimming & diving |
| Track & field† | Tennis |
| Track & field† | |
| Volleyball | |
| Co-ed sports | |
| Sailing | |
| † – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor | |
- ^ "Yale Athletics Brand Guidelines" (PDF). December 1, 2021. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
- ^ "Cross Campus". Yale Daily News. January 15, 2009.
- ^ "YALE STORM CENTER QUITS BASKETBALL". The New York Times. October 9, 1970.
- ^ Gordon S. White Jr. (January 16, 1970). "RULING TO EXTEND TO ALL ELI SPORTS; Penalty Stems From Yale's Unwavering Stand to Use an Ineligible Player". The New York Times.
- ^ President's Commission on Olympic Sports (1977). The Final Report of the President's Commission on Olympic Sports, U.S. Government Printing Office.
- ^ “Rationale for the Student-Athletes Bill of Rights”, June 25, 2002.