2019 Yale Bulldogs football team
The 2019 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The season marked the Bulldogs's 147th overall season. The team played its home games at the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut and were led by eighth-year head coach Tony Reno. They were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 9–1 overall and 6–1 in Ivy League play to share the Ivy League title with Dartmouth.
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Ivy League co-champion | |
| Conference | Ivy League |
| Ranking | |
| STATS | No. 25 |
| FCS Coaches | No. 24 |
| 2019 record | 9–1 (6–1 Ivy) |
| Head coach | Tony Reno (8th season) |
| Offensive coordinator | Kevin Cahill (2nd season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Sean McGowan (3rd season) |
| Home stadium | Yale Bowl (Capacity: 61,446) |
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| No. 22 Dartmouth + | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 25 Yale + | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 2 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 2 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 1 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Bulldogs defeated Cornell, 27–16.
Previous season
The Bulldogs finished the 2018 season 5–5, 3–4 in Ivy League play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place.
Preseason
Preseason media poll
The Ivy League released their preseason media poll on August 8, 2019. The Bulldogs were picked to finish in first place.[1]
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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| 1 | Yale | 119 (9) |
| 2 | Dartmouth | 111 (2) |
| 3 | Princeton | 107 (4) |
| 4 | Harvard | 93 (1) |
| 5 | Penn | 67 |
| 6 | Columbia | 61 (1) |
| 7 | Cornell | 29 |
| 8 | Brown | 24 |
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 21 | 1:00 p.m. | Holy Cross* | ESPN+ | W 23–10 | 5,684 | ||
| September 28 | 1:00 p.m. | Cornell |
| ESPN+ | W 27–16 | 5,723 | |
| October 5 | 1:00 p.m. | Fordham* |
| ESPN+/NESN Plus | W 48–24 | 5,743 | |
| October 12 | 1:30 p.m. | at Dartmouth | ESPN+ | L 10–42 | 6,796 | ||
| October 19 | 6:00 p.m. | at Richmond* | FloSports | W 28–27 | 7,510 | ||
| October 26 | Noon | Penn |
| ESPN+/NESN | W 46–41 | 4,990 | |
| November 2 | Noon | Columbia |
| ESPN+ | W 45–10 | 5,667 | |
| November 9 | 12:30 p.m. | at Brown | ESPN+ | W 59–35 | 2,876 | ||
| November 16 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 18 Princeton | ESPN+ | W 51–14 | 6,676 | ||
| November 23 | Noon | Harvard | No. 24 |
| ESPNU | W 50–43 2OT | 44,989 |
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Roster
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Game summaries
Holy Cross
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Crusaders | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Bulldogs | 6 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 23 |
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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| 27–5 | 2018 | L, 28–31 |
Cornell
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Big Red | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| Bulldogs | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 27 |
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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| 48–30–2 | 2018 | W, 30–24 |
Fordham
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Rams | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
| Bulldogs | 17 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 48 |
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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| 6–3 | 2017 | W, 41–10 |
at Dartmouth
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Bulldogs | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Big Green | 21 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 42 |
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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| 54–42–6 | 2018 | L, 18–41 |
at Richmond
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Bulldogs | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| Spiders | 3 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 27 |
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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Penn
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Quakers | 0 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 41 |
| Bulldogs | 7 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 46 |
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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| 48–37–1 | 2018 | W, 23-10 |
Columbia
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Lions | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Bulldogs | 7 | 14 | 3 | 21 | 45 |
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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| 73–21–2 | 2018 | L, 10–17 |
at Brown
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Bulldogs | 17 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 59 |
| Bears | 0 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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| 83–34–5 | 2018 | W, 46–16 |
at Princeton
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Bulldogs | 3 | 27 | 7 | 14 | 51 |
| No. 18 Tigers | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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| 77–53–10 | 2018 | L, 43–59 |
Harvard
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | Total | |
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| Crimson | 3 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 43 |
| No. 24 Bulldogs | 3 | 0 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 50 |
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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| 67–60–8 | 2018 | L, 27–45 |
Ranking movements
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final | |||||||
| STATS FCS | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 25 | |||||||
| Coaches | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 24 | ||||||||||||||||
References
- "Yale Named League Favorite in 2019 Football Preseason Poll". ivyleague.com. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
- Wilmer, Brian (3 April 2019). "Yale releases 2019 football schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
- "2019 Yale Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
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