1996 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1996 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by head coach Carmen Cozza in his 32nd and final season. They played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished tied for fourth place in the Ivy League with a 3–4 record, 5–5 overall.[1]

1996 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIvy League
1996 record2–8 (1–6 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadiumYale Bowl
1996 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 17 Dartmouth $  7 –0     10 –0  
Columbia  5 –2     8 –2  
Brown  4 –3     5 –5  
Cornell  4 –3     4 –6  
Penn  3 –4     5 –5  
Harvard  2 –5     4 –6  
Princeton  2 –5     3 –7  
Yale  1 –6     2 –8  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at Brown
W 30–07,304[2]
September 28 No. 16 Connecticut*
L 6–4227,624[3]
October 5at Army*
L 13–3940,776[4]
October 12Bucknell*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 23–2114,502[5]
October 19at Dartmouth
L 6–4010,119[6]
October 26Columbia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 10–1324,715[7]
November 2at Penn
L 3–2019,203[8]
November 9Cornell
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 20–287,655[9]
November 16Princeton
L 13–1729,469[10]
November 23at Harvard
L 21–2624,470[11]

Roster
1996 Yale Bulldogs football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 6 Blake Kendall
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

References
  1. "Football By Year" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2018. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  2. Berlet, Bruce (September 22, 1996). "Yale Dominates Brown in Opener". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E10, E12 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Conner, Desmond (September 29, 1996). "Turnovers Just Play Into Huskies' Hands". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Berlet, Bruce (October 6, 1996). "An Inspired Effort Falls Short for Yale". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E10 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Yale Overcomes 14-Point Deficit, Edges Bucknell". The Daily Item. Sunbury, Pa. October 13, 1996. pp. C1, C10 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Greenberg, Alan (October 20, 1996). "Dartmouth Scores Its Biggest Victory Over Yale". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E11, E12 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Berlet, Bruce (October 27, 1996). "Columbia Defeats Yale on Late FG". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. D12, D14 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Berlet, Bruce (November 3, 1996). "Elis Offense Ruins 300th for Cozza". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. D4, D5 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Berlet, Bruce (November 10, 1996). "Turnovers Ruin Yale's Turnaround". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E11 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Berlet, Bruce (November 17, 1996). "Turns Out to Be a Long Day for Yale, Cozza". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E10 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Concannon, Joe (November 24, 1996). "Crimson Haunt Yale's Cozza to the End; Elis' Comeback Falls Short". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
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