1981 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1981 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulldogs were led by 17th-year head coach Carmen Cozza and played their home games at the Yale Bowl. They played as a member of the Ivy League. The Bulldogs finished the season with an overall record of 9–1, including a record of 6–1 in Ivy League play, giving them a share of the Ivy League championship with Dartmouth.[1]

1981 Yale Bulldogs football
Ivy League co-champion
ConferenceIvy League
1981 record9–1 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coachCarmen Cozza (17th season)
Home stadiumYale Bowl
(Capacity: 70,896)
1981 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Yale + 6 1 0  9 1 0
Dartmouth + 6 1 0  6 4 0
Princeton 5 1 1  5 4 1
Harvard 4 2 1  5 4 1
Brown 2 5 0  3 7 0
Cornell 2 5 0  3 7 0
Columbia 1 6 0  1 9 0
Penn 1 6 0  1 9 0
  • + Conference co-champions

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 19BrownW 28–717,000[2]
September 26Connecticut*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 27–1836,000[3]
October 3Navy*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
ABCW 23–1938,000[4]
October 10at Holy Cross*W 29–2821,601[5]
October 17at ColumbiaW 48–1710,025[6]
October 24Penn
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 24–324,500[7]
October 31Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
ABCW 24–332,500[8]
November 7at CornellW 23–1713,000[9]
November 14at PrincetonL 31–3520,303[10]
November 21Harvard
W 28–075,300[11]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. Wallace, William N.; Times, Special To the New York (November 22, 1981). "Yale Wins, Ties for Ivy Title". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
  2. Concannon, Joe (September 20, 1981). "Diana Provides Spark as Yale Burns Brown". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 56 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Visser, Lesley (September 27, 1981). "Yale Tops UConn". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 78 via Newspapers.com.
  4. McIntyre, Mark D. (October 4, 1981). "Yale Rally Surprises Navy". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 84 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Strauss, Michael (October 11, 1981). "Yale Beats Holy Cross, 29-28". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S8.
  6. Yantz, Tom (October 18, 1981). "Yale Turns Columbia's Roars to Whimpers, 48-17". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. C12 via Newspapers.com.
  7. McIntyre, Mark D. (October 25, 1981). "Yale, Rogan Top Penn". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 86 via Newspapers.com.
  8. Concannon, Joe (November 1, 1981). "Rogan, Yale Dispose of Dartmouth". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 86 via Newspapers.com.
  9. Taussig, Pete (November 8, 1981). "Yale Gets Last Chance ... and Last Laugh". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 80 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Yale Upset, 35-31". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 15, 1981. p. 71 via Newspapers.com.
  11. Concannon, Joe (November 22, 1981). "The Game, The Win Belong to Yale, 28-0". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 71 via Newspapers.com.
  12. Schedule
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