1971 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1971 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. The Bulldogs were led by seventh-year head coach Carmen Cozza, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished tied for fifth place in the Ivy League with a 3–4 record, 4–5 overall.[1]

1971 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIvy League
1971 record4–5 (3–4 Ivy)
Head coachCarmen Cozza (7th season)
Home stadiumYale Bowl
1971 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Dartmouth + 6 1 0  8 1 0
Cornell + 6 1 0  8 1 0
Columbia 5 2 0  6 3 0
Harvard 4 3 0  5 4 0
Yale 3 4 0  4 5 0
Princeton 3 4 0  4 5 0
Penn 1 6 0  2 7 0
Brown 0 7 0  0 9 0
  • + Conference co-champions

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 25Connecticut*W 23–0
October 2Colgate*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 21–28
October 9at BrownW 17–10
October 16at ColumbiaL 14–15
October 23Cornell
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 10–31
October 30at DartmouthL 15–17
November 6Penn
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 24–14
November 13at PrincetonW 10–6
November 20Harvard
L 16–35
  • *Non-conference game

Roster

1971 Yale Bulldogs football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 25 Dick Jauron Jr
C 51 Doug Johnson So
T 75 Matt Jordan Sr
FB 22 Greg Mierzwinski Jr
QB 10 Roy Purrington Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 80 Paul Jones Sr
DB 16 Carl Lewis So
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

References

  1. "1971 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
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