1982 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1982 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by 18th-year head coach Carmen Cozza, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished tied for fourth place in the Ivy League with a 3–4 record, 4–6 overall.[1]

1982 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Ivy League
1982 record	4–6 (3–4 Ivy)
Head coach	Carmen Cozza (18th season)
Home stadium	Yale Bowl

1982 Ivy League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Harvard +	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Penn +	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Dartmouth +	5	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Princeton	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Yale	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Brown	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Cornell	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Columbia	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions

This was Yale's first year in Division I-AA, after having competed in the top-level Division I-A and its predecessors since helping to found the sport in 1872.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 21–28	13,300	[2]
September 25	Connecticut*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 7–17	33,000	[3]
October 2	Holy Cross*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 6–10	19,200	[4]
October 9	Boston University*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 27–24	15,500	[5]
October 16	Columbia	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 36–10	15,700	[6]
October 23	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 14–27	32,175	[7]
October 30	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 22–21	15,300	[8]
November 6	Cornell	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 20–26	18,000	[9]
November 13	Princeton	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	W 37–19	28,250	[10]
November 20	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (The Game)	L 7–45	40,000	[11]
*Non-conference game

References

1. "Football By Year" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2018. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
2. Concannon, Joe (September 19, 1982). "Brown Survives Late Yale Flurry". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 52 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Connecticut Surprises Yale". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. Associated Press. September 26, 1982. p. 70 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Concannon, Joe (October 3, 1982). "HC Holds On to Dump Yale". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 80 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Apple, Ginny (October 10, 1982). "Yale's Faith Bounces BU". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Apple, Ginny (October 17, 1982). "Dufek's a Gem as Yale Rocks Columbia". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. D12, D2 – via Newspapers.com.
7. O'Connell, Mike (October 24, 1982). "Rubin, Penn Trip Yale". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 83 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Duffy, Bob (October 31, 1982). "Yale Rebuffs Dartmouth by Cashing In Second Life". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 54 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Concannon, Joe (November 7, 1982). "Cornell Puts Lid on Yale". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 82 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Apple, Ginny (November 14, 1982). "Yale Pummels Princeton, 37-19". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. D8 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Apple, Ginny (November 21, 1982). "Harvard Gives Yale a Pasting". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. D1, D2 – via Newspapers.com.