1975 Yale Bulldogs football team
| 1975 Yale Bulldogs football | |
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| Conference | Ivy League |
| 1975 record | 7–2 (5–2 Ivy) |
| Head coach | Carmen Cozza (11th season) |
| MVP | John Smoot |
| Captain | John Smoot |
| Home stadium | Yale Bowl |
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1975 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1975 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by eleventh year head coach Carmen Cozza, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished in third place in the Ivy League with a 5–2 record, 7–2 overall.[1][2]
On November 22, 1975, Harvard and Yale entered "The Game" tied for first place with identical 5–1 records. The game was played at the Yale Bowl in front of 66,846 spectators. Yale took a 7–0 lead on a five-yard option run by quarterback Stone Phillips (later known for his work as a television news reporter). Harvard rallied with 10 points in the second half to win the game and become the 1975 Ivy League champion.[3]
The team's statistical leaders included Stone Phillips with 969 passing yards, halfback Don Gesicki with 873 rushing yards and 42 points scored, and split end Gary Fencik (who later played 12 years in the NFL) with 729 receiving yards.[4][5]
Linebacker John Smoot was the team captain and also received the Ted Blair Award as the team's most valuable player.[6] Eight Yale players received first-team All-Ivy honors: Fencik, Gesicki, Smoot, defensive end Scott Keller, offensive tackle Charlie Palmer, offensive guard Victor Staffieri, punter Mike Southworth, and MB John Cahill.[7]
One Yale player was selected in the 1976 NFL Draft: Gary Fencik by the Miami Dolphins in the 10th round, 281st overall pick.[8]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | ||||||
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| September 27 | Connecticut* | Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT | W 35–14 | ||||||
| October 4 | Colgate* | Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT | W 24–10 | ||||||
| October 11 | at Brown | Brown Stadium • Providence, RI (Rivalry) | L 12–27 | ||||||
| October 18 | at Columbia | Baker Field • New York, NY | W 34–7 | ||||||
| October 25 | Cornell | Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT | W 20–14 | ||||||
| November 1 | Dartmouth | Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT | W 16–14 | ||||||
| November 8 | Penn | Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT (Rivalry) | W 24–14 | ||||||
| November 15 | at Princeton | Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ (Rivalry) | W 24–13 | ||||||
| November 22 | Harvard | Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT (The Game) | L 7–10 | ||||||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ "1975 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
- ↑ "Yale Football 2009" (PDF). Yale University. 2009. p. 111.
- ↑ Phil Hersh (November 23, 1975). "Harvard squeezes past Yale, 10-7, for Ivy title". The Baltimore Sun. pp. B1, B13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Yale Football 2009, pp. 100-101.
- ↑ "1975 Yale Bulldogs Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
- ↑ Yale Football 2009, pp. 84, 111.
- ↑ Yale Football 2009, p. 80
- ↑ Yale Football 2009, p. 86.