1983 Yale Bulldogs football team
The 1983 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by 19th-year head coach Carmen Cozza, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished last in the Ivy League with a 1–6 record, 1–9 overall.[1]
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Conference | Ivy League |
1983 record | 1–9 (1–6 Ivy) |
Head coach | Carmen Cozza (19th season) |
Home stadium | Yale Bowl |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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By finishing last in the Ivy League, this Yale team would be the last team for the next five years to place below Columbia in the standings, as the Lions embarked on a 44-game losing streak, at the time the longest in NCAA Division I history. Columbia's October 15 date at the Yale Bowl would also serve as the program's final win before the start of the streak, which would encompass all of the 1984-1987 seasons. Columbia would not win another game until October 8, 1988.[2]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 17 | Brown | L 24–26 | 14,037 | [3] | |
September 24 | Connecticut* |
| L 12–38 | 29,066 | [4] |
October 1 | vs. William & Mary* | L 14–26 | 20,000 | [5] | |
October 8 | Boston College* |
| L 7–42 | 31,108 | [6] |
October 15 | Columbia |
| L 18–21 | 13,523 | [7] |
October 22 | Penn |
| L 0–17 | 14,424 | [8] |
October 29 | Dartmouth |
| L 21–24 | 22,007 | [9] |
November 5 | at Cornell | L 7–41 | 12,100 | [10] | |
November 12 | at Princeton | W 28–21 | 27,140 | [11] | |
November 19 | at Harvard | L 7–16 | 70,097 | [12] | |
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Roster
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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References
- "Football By Year" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2018. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
- Goodman, Brett (October 9, 1988). "Columbia Ends 44-Game Loss Skid". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1-F – via Newspapers.com.
- Concannon, Joe (September 18, 1983). "Brown Hangs On". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 60 – via Newspapers.com.
- Anderson, Woody (September 25, 1983). "Big Return: UConn Zaps Yale, 38-12". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
- Denn, Charlie (October 2, 1983). "Murphy Sparks W&M over Yale". Daily Press. Newport News, Va. p. D-1 – via Newspapers.com.
- Thomsen, Ian (October 9, 1983). "BC Scores Early and Often". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 51 – via Newspapers.com.
- Apple, Ginny (October 16, 1983). "Even Columbia Tops Yale". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. D14, D15 – via Newspapers.com.
- Newman, Chuck (October 23, 1983). "Penn Rolls, 17-0, by Winless Yale Despite Mistakes". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. pp. 11-E, 12-E – via Newspapers.com.
- Concannon, Joe (October 30, 1983). "Polsinello Keeps Yale on Decline". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 56 – via Newspapers.com.
- Van Sickle, Kenny (November 7, 1983). "At Last, Victory". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Yale Upsets Princeton, 28-21, for 1st Victory". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. Associated Press. November 13, 1983. pp. 13-G, 16-G – via Newspapers.com.
- Apple, Ginny (November 20, 1983). "The Game: Harvard Wins, 16-7, Shares Ivy Title". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.