Kelley was unanimously elected by his 25 fellow lettermen as captain of the 1936 Yale Bulldogs football team. He and Clint Frank led the 1936 Yale team to a 7–1 record and a No. 12 ranking in the final Associated Press poll. Kelley played all 60 minutes in six of the team's eight games. He missed only 15 minutes out of 480 for the season.Heisman Video, at 15:20–15:55. (Over his three years playing for Yale, he was on the field for 1,298 out 1,500 minute played.)
