Undergraduate Intramurals

Undergraduate Intramurals

The Quest for Glory…The Quest for the Tyng Cup

Intramurals: Undergraduate

Current Schedules & Standings

Undergraduate Intramurals will begin play on September 9th; Schedules are now live (see below)

Corn Hole Schedule 

Flag Football Schedule

Pickleball Schedule 

RoundNet (Spikeball) Schedule

Soccer Schedule 

Table Tennis (Ping Pong) Schedule 

Fall Sports include: Outdoor Soccer, Flag Football, RoundNet (Spikeball), Corn Hole, Pickleball, and Table Tennis.

If you would like to get involved or learn more about how to join your College’s team, please contact your College Intramural Secretary. 

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Undergraduate Intramurals FAQ

The Yale Undergraduate Intramural program provides an outlet for athletic competition for the Yale community. 

Teams are organized through the residential colleges, allowing any student to play any one of the sports offered. While the goal of most athletes is to win the Tyng Cup, the award for excellence, the goals of the program stress the community of the residential colleges, the values of sportsmanship and fair play, and the lessons learned through competitive sports.

Undergraduate Intramurals are open to current Yale College students. 

Learn more about participant eligibility. 

Yale College students should connect with their college’s Intramural Secretary. 

Intramurals provide an opportunity for undergraduate students to participate in team and individual sports against other Yale college teams. The purpose of intramural sports is to provide exercise, recreation, socializations, light competition and fun to all levels of participants. The main differences between club sports and intramurals are that club athletes perform at a higher competitive and commitment level, host and travel to other universities to compete, and arrange their own practices, competitions, equipment, fundraising and budgets under the guidance of the Club Sports Office. Both programs, however, are largely student governed.

Awarded annually since 1933, the Tyng Cup is the most coveted of all Intramural Trophies. Each intramural contest played throughout the year is weighted with a number of Tyng Cup points equal to the number of athletes playing at one time. Hence, soccer games are worth 11 Tyng points and basketball games are worth 5. If a college wins a game, they are awarded that number of Tyng Cup Points. 

Yale Intramurals saw their beginning in the early 20th century. These early contests were designed for non-varsity athletes to compete in athletic competitions. The teams were mainly classes.

However, with the inauguration of the Residential College system in 1933, the Intramural program changed significantly. The teams changed from graduation classes to residential colleges in order to benefit from the closeness of the college communities. Also introduced during this year was the Tyng Cup, a gift from alumni George Adee, Sheldon Rose, and Malcolm Aldrich. The Tyng has been awarded annually since 1933 to the residential college that has won the greatest number of Tyng points at the end of the academic year.

The tradition of the Harkness Cup Games, or the Yale College-Harvard House Games, started in the fall of 1935. These games pit the champions of the two intramural programs against one another, usually the day before The Game. The winner of the most games is awarded the Harkness Cup Trophy, which incidentally was lost in the mid-1970s.

The Intramurals program is managed withing the Department of Campus Recreation, who governs the program, hires supervisors and referees, processes weekly payroll, develops sports and eligibility rules with the Yale College Intramural Secretaries (IM Secretaries) and Rules Committee, monitors safety, purchases equipment, is the liaison between the students and upper administration and oversees the execution of the program including facility acquisitions and weather decisions.

Crucial to the program is the Head Intramural Secretary, who is the student advisor to the Department of Campus Recreation. They are the scores statistician, game and facility scheduler along with chairing the IM Secretaries meetings and electing the Rules Committee, which decides upon all questions, protests and rules updates arising from and for Intramural contests.

On the field, Undergraduate Intramural are represented by a group called the Intramural Supervisors. This staff ensure that all games are run smoothly and answer to on-field problems such as rule queries, equipment problems, and injuries. Working underneath the Intramaul Supervisors are the Intramural Referees. Referees hold the on-field officiating power and work to make sure that the individual games run smoothly. They also record all necessary information pertaining to the game and report scores to the Head IM Secretary/Webmaster.

The main functional unit of the Undergraduate Intramural program is the residential college. Each of the 14 colleges fields a team for all current sports. The IM Secretaries run each college’s IM teams. The main goal of the IM Secretaries is to ensure that students within their college are participating in the intramural program. To achieve this goal, the secretaries name captains, organize IM study breaks, run sign-ups at the beginning of each season, and act as the liaison between the IM office and the residential college. Secretaries also attend a bi-weekly program meeting to discuss IM issues, which is chaired by the Head IM Secretary.

Past Season Tyng Cup Champions

Academic Year College
2023-2024 Pauli Murray
2022-2023 Pauli Murray
2021-2022 Pauli Murray
2020-2021 Timothy Dwight
2019-2020* Grace Hopper & Saybrook
*Co-champions, season shortened due to university closing
2018-2019 Saybrook
2017-2018 Saybrook
2016-2017 Trumbull
2015-2016 Berkeley
2014-2015 Timothy Dwight
2013-2014 Davenport
2012-2013 Trumbull
2011-2012 Jonathan Edwards
2010-2011 Jonathan Edwards
2009-2010 Jonathan Edwards
2008-2009 Timothy Dwight
2007-2008 Silliman
2006-2007 Silliman
2005-2006 Silliman
2004-2005 Ezra Stiles
2003-2004 Ezra Stiles
2002-2003 Ezra Stiles
2001-2002 Saybrook
2000-2001 Saybook
1999-2000 Morse
1998-1999 Saybrook
1997-1998 Saybrook
1996-1997 Timothy Dwight
1995-1996 Jonathan Edwards
1994-1995 Ezra Stiles
1993-1994 Ezra Stiles
1992-1993 Timothy Dwight
1991-1992 Ezra Stiles
1990-1991 Ezra Stiles
1989-1990 Ezra Stiles
1988-1989 Timothy Dwight
1987-1988 Ezra Stiles
1986-1987 Morse
1985-1986 Morse & Timothy Dwight
*Co-champions
1984-1985 Timothy Dwight
1983-1984 Timothy Dwight
1982-1983 Timothy Dwight
1981-1982 Timothy Dwight
1980-1981 Pierson
1979-1980 Pierson
1978-1979 Pierson
1977-1978 Timothy Dwight
1976-1977 Branford
1975-1976 Calhoun
1974-1975 Pierson
1973-1974 Calhoun
1972-1973 Calhoun
1971-1972 Silliman
1970-1971 Branford
1969-1970 Davenport & Pierson
*Co-champions
1968-1969 Silliman
1967-1968 Silliman
1966-1967 Davenport
1965-1966 Davenport
1964-1995 Davenport
1963-1964 Ezra Stiles
1962-1963 Saybrook
1961-1962 Trumbull
1960-1961 Calhoun
1959-1960 Calhoun
1958-1959 Jonathan Edwards
1957-1958 Pierson
1956-1957 Pierson
1955-1956 Pierson
1954-1955 Pierson
1953-1954 Berkeley
1952-1953 Berkeley
1951-1952 Berkeley
1950-1951 Berkeley
1949-1950 Berkeley
1948-1949 Calhoun
1947-1948 Calhoun
1946-1947 Pierson
1943-1946 Cup Retired for WWII
1942-1943 Silliman
1941-1943 Davenport
1940-1941 Silliman
1939-1940 Timothy Dwight
1938-1939 Berkeley
1937-1938 Berkeley
1936-1937 Timothy Dwight
1935-1936 Saybrook
1934-1935 Pierson
1933-1934 The Wright Group

College Total Tyng Cups Championship Years
Timothy Dwight 14

    
2020-2021

2014-2015

2008-2009

1996-1997

1992-1993

1988-1989

1985-1986

1984-1985

1983-1984

1982-1983

1981-1982

1977-1978

1939-1940

1936-1937

Pierson 11

1980-1981

1979-1980

1978-1979

1974-1975

1969-1970

1957-1958

1956-1957

1955-1956

1954-1955

1946-1947

1934-1935

Ezra Stiles 10

2004-2005

2003-2004

2002-2003

1994-1995

1993-1994

1991-1992

1990-1991

1989-1990

1987-1988

1963-1964

Silliman 8

2007-2008

2006-2007

2005-2006

1971-1972

1968-1969

1967-1968

1942-1943

1940-1941

Berkeley 8

2015-2016

1953-1954

1952-1953

1951-1952

1950-1951

1949-1950

1938-1939

1937-1938

Saybrook 9

2019-2020*

2018-2019

2017-2018

2001-2002

2000-2001

1998-1999

1997-1998

1962-1963

1935-1936

Grace Hopper 8

2019-2020*

1975-1976

1973-1974

1972-1973

1960-1961

1959-1960

1948-1949

1947-1948

Davenport 6

2013-2014

1969-1970

1966-1967

1965-1966

1964-1965

1941-1942

Jonathan Edwards 5

2011-2012

2010-2011

2009-2010

1995-1996

1958-1959

Morse 3

1999-2000

1986-1987

1985-1986

Trumbull 3

2016-2017

2012-2013

1961-1962

Pauli Murray 3

2023-2024

2022-2023

2021-2022

Branford 2

1976-1977

1970-1971

Bejamin Franklin 0