1978 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1978 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulldogs were led by 14th-year head coach Carmen Cozza, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished in third place in the Ivy League with a 4–1–2 record, 5–2–2 overall.[1]

1978 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIvy League
1978 record5–2–2 (4–1–2 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadiumYale Bowl
1978 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Dartmouth $ 6 1 0  6 3 0
Brown 5 2 0  6 3 0
Yale 4 1 2  5 2 2
Cornell 3 3 1  5 3 1
Harvard 2 4 1  4 4 1
Columbia 2 4 1  3 5 1
Princeton 1 4 2  2 5 2
Penn 1 5 1  2 6 1
  • $ Conference champion

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23at BrownW 21–015,812[2]
September 30Connecticut*W 21–723,431[3]
October 7Rutgers*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 27–2821,000[4]
October 14at DartmouthL 3–1017,500[5]
October 21Columbia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
T 3–319,000[6]
October 28at PennT 17–1715,980[7]
November 4Cornell
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 42–1423,000[8]
November 6Princeton
W 23–732,000[9]
November 13at HarvardW 35–2841,500[10]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "1978 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  2. Roberts, Ernie (September 24, 1978). "Poised Yale Defeats Brown, 21-0". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 66 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Visser, Lesley (October 1, 1978). "Yale Holds Off Tough UConn". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 51 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Eisenberg, Harry (October 8, 1978). "Yale Misses, Rutgers Wins, 28-27". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 82 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Roberts, Ernie (October 15, 1978). "Dartmouth Rebounds, Stuns Yale, 10-3". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 58 via Newspapers.com.
  6. Strong, Roger (October 22, 1978). "Columbia Misses Kick, Ties Yale". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 64 via Newspapers.com.
  7. Strong, Roger (October 29, 1978). "Late Yale Rally Ties Penn, 17-17". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 52 via Newspapers.com.
  8. Ahern, John (November 5, 1978). "QBs Ramble, Yale Crushes Cornell, 42-14". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 63 via Newspapers.com.
  9. Strong, Roger (November 12, 1978). "Yale Passes Princeton". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 48 via Newspapers.com.
  10. Concannon, Joe (November 19, 1978). "Yale Has Final Say over Harvard, 35-28". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 41 via Newspapers.com.
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