1998 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1998 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by second-year head coach Jack Siedlecki, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished tied for second place in the Ivy League with a 5–2 record, 6–4 overall.[1]

1998 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIvy League
1998 record6–4 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadiumYale Bowl
1998 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Penn $  6 –1     8 –2  
Brown  5 –2     7 –3  
Yale  5 –2     6 –4  
Princeton  4 –3     5 –5  
Columbia  3 –4     4 –6  
Harvard  3 –4     4 –6  
Cornell  1 –6     4 –6  
Dartmouth  1 –6     2 –8  
  • $ – Conference champion

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19at Brown
W 30–288,375[2]
September 26Connecticut*
L 21–6317,827[3]
October 3Colgate*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 17–3513,519[4]
October 10Holy Cross*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 15–73,750[5]
October 17at Dartmouth
L 19–2212,017[6]
October 24Columbia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 37–1414,537[7]
October 31at Penn
L 21–3420,875[8]
November 7Cornell
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 28–2112,595[9]
November 14Princeton
W 31–2818,210[10]
November 21at Harvard
W 9–727,787[11]
  • *Non-conference game

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 20, 1998). "One Last Chance, and Yale Grabs It; Pass to Borden Overcomes Brown". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E9 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Greenidge, Jim (September 27, 1998). "UConn Floating on Air After Win Over Yale". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. E19 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Garber, Greg (October 4, 1998). "More Holes Show in Yale; Defense Struggles Against Colgate". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E5 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Berlet, Bruce (October 11, 1998). "Yale Defense Tightens Belt". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E9, E10 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Berlet, Bruce (October 18, 1998). "Refs, Clock Tick Off Yale". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E7, E9 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Berlet, Bruce (October 25, 1998). "Bartholomew Runs, and Yale Clicks". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E10, E12 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Juliano, Joe (November 1, 1998). "Penn's Defense Rebounds, Leads Way in Win Over Yale". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C10 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Berlet, Bruce (November 8, 1998). "Yale Moves Into Tie for Second". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E8, E9 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Berlet, Bruce (November 15, 1998). "Yale Sees Opening to Beat Princeton". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E10 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Concannon, Joe (November 22, 1998). "Yale Has Late Kick for Win". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
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