1972 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1972 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. The Bulldogs were led by eighth year head coach Carmen Cozza, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished in second place in the Ivy League with a 5–2 record, 7–2 overall.[1]

1972 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIvy League
1972 record7–2 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coachCarmen Cozza (8th season)
Home stadiumYale Bowl
1972 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Dartmouth $ 5 –1 –1  7 –1 –1
Yale 5 –2 –0  7 –2 –0
Penn 4 –3 –0  6 –3 –0
Cornell 4 –3 –0  6 –3 –0
Harvard 3 –3 –1  4 –4 –1
Princeton 2 –4 –1  3 –5 –1
Columbia 2 –4 –1  3 –5 –1
Brown 1 –6 –0  1 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30Connecticut*
W 28–714,882[2]
October 7Colgate*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 27–76,074[3]
October 14Brown
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 53–1923,399[4]
October 21Columbia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 28–1421,178[5]
October 28at Cornell
L 13–2421,000[6]
November 4Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 45–1441,507[7]
November 11at PennNo. 20
L 30–4821,380[8]
November 18Princeton
W 31–731,032[9]
November 25at Harvard
W 28–1739,000[10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
gollark: Blowing up towers and stuff is very uncool, thus I consider them evil.
gollark: Exactly!
gollark: > the blame for 9/11 lies in the hands of America’s own leadershipThe blame for 9/11 lies in the hands of the people who decided to hijack a plane or whatever.
gollark: I'm currently physically away from the osmarks.tk servers for a week, so hopefully nothing bad will happen which requires intervention!
gollark: ++delete <@319753218592866315> (bad)

References
  1. "1972 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
  2. Wallace, William N. (October 1, 1972). "Yale Subdues Connecticut, 28-7; Elis' Jauron Nets 194 Yards Rushing". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S6.
  3. Harvin, Al (October 8, 1972). "Yale Downs Colgate, 27-7, Scoring All Points in 2d Half". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S4.
  4. Wallace, William N. (October 15, 1972). "Hennings's Three Touchdown Runs Lead Yale to a 53-to-19 Rout of Brown". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S6.
  5. Wallace, William N. (October 22, 1972). "Yale Downs Columbia; Elis Rally for a 28-14 Victory as Jauron Races 87 Yards". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. Strauss, Michael (October 29, 1972). "Cornell Beats Yale, 24-13; Elis Fumble Eight Times". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. Wallace, William N. (November 5, 1972). "Yale Routs Dartmouth, 45-14, and Takes Ivy Lead; Doyle Paces Elis". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. "Penn Gives Yale 48-30 Trouncing". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 12, 1972. p. S4.
  9. "Yale Tops Princeton; Jauron Scores 3 Times as Yale Triumphs, 31-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 19, 1972. p. S1.
  10. "Yale Rally Tops Harvard; Elis Triumph by 28 to 17". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 26, 1972. p. S1.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.