1979 Yale Bulldogs football team
The 1979 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulldogs were led by 15th-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, 8–1 overall.[1]
| 1979 Yale Bulldogs football | |
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Ivy League champion | |
| Conference | Ivy League |
| 1979 record | 8–1 (6–1 Ivy) |
| Head coach | Carmen Cozza (15th season) |
| Home stadium | Yale Bowl |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 22 | Brown | W 13–12 | 15,000 | [2] | |
| September 29 | Connecticut* |
| W 24–17 | 2,217 | [3] |
| October 6 | Colgate* |
| W 27–0 | 18,500 | [4] |
| October 13 | Dartmouth |
| W 3–0 | 26,000 | [5] |
| October 20 | at Columbia | W 37–7 | 7,350 | [6] | |
| October 27 | Penn |
| W 24–6 | 19,852 | [7] |
| November 3 | at Cornell | W 23–20 | 18,500 | [8] | |
| November 10 | at Princeton | W 35–10 | 22,825 | [9] | |
| November 17 | Harvard |
| L 7–22 | 72,000 | [10] |
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Roster
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Defense
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Special teams
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gollark: How about 1000?
gollark: Everyone give me a million CB Golds now.
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References
- "1979 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
- Concannon, Joe (September 23, 1979). "Punt Rush Revives Yale". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 88 – via Newspapers.com.
- Anderson, Woody (September 30, 1979). "Yale Frustrates UConn Again, 24 to 17". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
- "Yale Conquers Colgate, 27 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 7, 1979. p. S8.
- Concannon, Joe (October 14, 1979). "Yale Bottles Up Dartmouth Attack". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 50 – via Newspapers.com.
- Concannon, Joe (October 21, 1979). "Yale Keeps Rolling Along, 37-7". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 58 – via Newspapers.com.
- Shister, Gail (October 28, 1979). "Quakers Try a 'Surprise,' but Yale Enjoys the Party". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 9-D – via Newspapers.com.
- Visser, Lesley (November 4, 1979). "Miracle Catch Keys Yale's 700th Win". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 52 – via Newspapers.com.
- Bruns, John (November 11, 1979). "Yale Shows Princeton Who's No. 1". The Home News Sunday. New Brunswick, N.J. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
- Concannon, Joe (November 18, 1979). "Harvard Gets Up, Yale Goes Down, 22-7". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 71 – via Newspapers.com.
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