1980 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1980 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulldogs were led by 16th-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, 8–2 overall.[1]

1980 Yale Bulldogs football
Ivy League champion
ConferenceIvy League
1980 record8–2 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadiumYale Bowl
1980 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Yale $ 6 1 0  8 2 0
Cornell 5 2 0  5 5 0
Harvard 4 3 0  7 3 0
Brown 4 3 0  6 4 0
Princeton 4 3 0  6 4 0
Dartmouth 4 3 0  4 6 0
Penn 1 6 0  1 9 0
Columbia 0 7 0  1 9 0
  • $ Conference champion

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20at BrownW 45–1715,500[2]
September 27Connecticut*W 20–1034,500[3]
October 4Air Force*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 17–1623,000[4]
October 11at Boston College*L 9–2726,000[5]
October 18Columbia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 30–1014,000[6]
October 25at PennW 8–07,000[7]
November 1at DartmouthW 35–716,111[8]
November 8Cornell
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 6–2428,000[9]
November 15Princeton
W 25–1336,000[10]
November 22at HarvardW 14–041,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game

Roster

1980 Yale Bulldogs football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 33 Rich Diana Jr
QB 17 Joe Dufek So
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 12 David Daugherty Jr
DE 99 John Kelly Sr
LB 37 Scott McKenzie Sr
LB 23 Jeff Rohrer Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

References

  1. "1980 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  2. Visser, Lesley (September 21, 1980). "Yale Rolls over Brown". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 84 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Wilkins, Sam (September 28, 1980). "Yale Gets Big Plays, Holds Off Connecticut". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 80 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Yantz, Tom (October 5, 1980). "Cozza Gets 100th". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. D1 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Concannon, Joe (October 12, 1980). "BC's Too Much for Yale". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 56 via Newspapers.com.
  6. Wilkins, Sam (October 19, 1980). "Yale Cools Columbia". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 54 via Newspapers.com.
  7. Wilkins, Sam (October 26, 1980). "Yale Sneaks by Penn". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 54 via Newspapers.com.
  8. Roberts, Ernie (November 2, 1980). "Diana, Yale Manhandle Dartmouth". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 48 via Newspapers.com.
  9. Roberts, Ernie (November 9, 1980). "Cornell Halts Yale". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 78 via Newspapers.com.
  10. Concannon, Joe (November 16, 1980). "Yale Earns Title Tie". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 86 via Newspapers.com.
  11. Concannon, Joe (November 23, 1980). "Yale Gets Its Revenge, 14-0; Defense Ends Harvard Hopes". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 71 via Newspapers.com.
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