1979 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1979 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulldogs were led by 15th-year head coach Carmen Cozza, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished in first place in the Ivy League with a 6–1 record, 8–1 overall.[1]

1979 Yale Bulldogs football
Ivy League champion
ConferenceIvy League
1979 record8–1 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coachCarmen Cozza (15th season)
Home stadiumYale Bowl
1979 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Yale $ 6 1 0  8 1 0
Brown 5 2 0  6 3 0
Princeton 5 2 0  5 4 0
Cornell 4 3 0  5 4 0
Dartmouth 4 3 0  4 4 1
Harvard 3 4 0  3 6 0
Columbia 1 6 0  1 8 0
Penn 0 7 0  0 9 0
  • $ Conference champion

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 22BrownW 13–12
September 29Connecticut*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 24–17
October 6Colgate*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 27–0
October 13Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 3–0
October 20at ColumbiaW 37–7
October 27Penn
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 24–6
November 3at CornellW 23–20
November 10at PrincetonW 35–10
November 17Harvard
L 7–2272,000
  • *Non-conference game

Roster

1979 Yale Bulldogs football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 7 Rich Diana So
QB 6 Dennis Dunn Sr
RB 42 Kenny Hill Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 99 John Kelly Jr
LB 37 Scott McKenzie Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

References

  1. "1979 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
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