1985 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1985 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by 21st-year head coach Carmen Cozza, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished in fifth place in the Ivy League with a 3–3–1 record, 4–4–1 overall.[1]

1985 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIvy League
1985 record4–4–1 (3–3–1 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadiumYale Bowl
1985 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Penn $ 6 1 0  7 2 1
Harvard 5 2 0  7 3 0
Princeton 5 2 0  5 5 0
Brown 4 3 0  5 4 1
Yale 3 3 1  4 4 1
Dartmouth 2 4 1  2 7 1
Cornell 2 5 0  3 7 0
Columbia 0 7 0  0 10 0
  • $ Conference champion

Yale did not play its annual in-state matchup against the University of Connecticut, scheduled for September 28. Officials from Yale and the city of New Haven postponed the game, and then canceled it, as Hurricane Gloria approached the Connecticut shore.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21BrownW 10–924,171[3]
September 28Connecticut*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
canceled[2]
October 5at Army*L 16–5940,415[4]
October 12Holy Cross*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 19–1522,439[5]
October 19at ColumbiaW 28–126,719[6]
October 26Penn
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 7–2323,449[7]
November 2at DartmouthT 17–1714,018[8]
November 9Cornell
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 14–2019,029[9]
November 16at PrincetonL 12–218,941[10]
November 16Harvard
W 17–657,647[11]
  • *Non-conference game

Roster

1985 Yale Bulldogs football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 7 Mike Curtin
WR 82 Kevin Moriarty
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

References

  1. "Football By Year" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2018. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
  2. "Yale-UConn Is Canceled". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. September 29, 1985. p. 52 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Concannon, Joe (September 22, 1985). "Yale Hangs On, 10-9; Brown Fades in Haze". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 68 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Visser, Lesley (October 6, 1985). "Army Leaves Yale Bone Dry, 59-16". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 68 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Strong, Tom (October 13, 1985). "Ryan Rescues Yale, Stuns HC". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 63 via Newspapers.com.
  6. Apple, Ginny (October 20, 1985). "Flat Yale Comes Around in Time, 28-12". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E13 via Newspapers.com.
  7. Morganti, Al (October 27, 1985). "Comizio Rambles for 202 Yards as Penn Belts Yale". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 9-E via Newspapers.com.
  8. Roberts, Ernie (November 3, 1985). "Yale Tied Up". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 71 via Newspapers.com.
  9. Apple, Ginny (November 10, 1985). "A Storybook Ending Is Fumbled". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E7 via Newspapers.com.
  10. Esterman, Sue (November 17, 1985). "Princeton Hands Yale 21-12 Loss". The Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. p. D1 via Newspapers.com.
  11. Concannon, Joe (November 24, 1985). "Yale Undermines Harvard Quest; Crimson's Final Rally Fails, 17-6". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 57 via Newspapers.com.
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