Yale Bulldogs
| 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 |
| Website | yalebulldogs |
The Yale Bulldogs are the college sports 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.
Originally inspired by varsity matches between Oxford University and Cambridge University in England, Yale and Harvard have influenced the development of college sports in the United States.
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 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. The decision impacted 300 Yale students, every Yale student on its sports teams, over the next two years.