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 coach
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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22BrownW 13–1215,000[2]
September 29Connecticut*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 24–1721,300[3]
October 6Colgate*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 27–018,500[4]
October 13Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 3–026,000[5]
October 20at ColumbiaW 37–77,350[6]
October 27Penn
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 24–619,852[7]
November 3at CornellW 23–2018,500[8]
November 10at PrincetonW 35–1022,825[9]
November 17Harvard
L 7–2272,000[10]
  • *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.
  2. Concannon, Joe (September 23, 1979). "Punt Rush Revives Yale". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 88 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Anderson, Woody (September 30, 1979). "Yale Frustrates UConn Again, 24 to 17". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Yale Conquers Colgate, 27 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 7, 1979. p. S8.
  5. Concannon, Joe (October 14, 1979). "Yale Bottles Up Dartmouth Attack". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 50 via Newspapers.com.
  6. Concannon, Joe (October 21, 1979). "Yale Keeps Rolling Along, 37-7". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 58 via Newspapers.com.
  7. Shister, Gail (October 28, 1979). "Quakers Try a 'Surprise,' but Yale Enjoys the Party". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 9-D via Newspapers.com.
  8. Visser, Lesley (November 4, 1979). "Miracle Catch Keys Yale's 700th Win". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 52 via Newspapers.com.
  9. Bruns, John (November 11, 1979). "Yale Shows Princeton Who's No. 1". The Home News Sunday. New Brunswick, N.J. p. B1 via Newspapers.com.
  10. Concannon, Joe (November 18, 1979). "Harvard Gets Up, Yale Goes Down, 22-7". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 71 via Newspapers.com.
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