1985 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1985 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by 21st-year head coach Carmen Cozza, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished in fifth place in the Ivy League with a 3–3–1 record, 4–4–1 overall.[1]

1985 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Ivy League
1985 record	4–4–1 (3–3–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Carmen Cozza
Home stadium	Yale Bowl

1985 Ivy League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Penn $	6	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
Harvard	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Princeton	5	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Brown	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	1
Yale	3	–	3	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
Dartmouth	2	–	4	–	1			2	–	7	–	1
Cornell	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Columbia	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion

Yale did not play its annual in-state matchup against the University of Connecticut, scheduled for September 28. Officials from Yale and the city of New Haven postponed the game, and then canceled it, as Hurricane Gloria approached the Connecticut shore.[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	Brown	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 10–9	24,171	[3]
September 28	Connecticut*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	canceled		[2]
October 5	at Army*	Mitchie Stadium West Point, NY	L 16–59	40,415	[4]
October 12	Holy Cross*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 19–15	22,439	[5]
October 19	at Columbia	Wien Stadium New York, NY	W 28–12	6,719	[6]
October 26	Penn	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 7–23	23,449	[7]
November 2	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	T 17–17	14,018	[8]
November 9	Cornell	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 14–20	19,029	[9]
November 16	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	L 12–21	8,941	[10]
November 16	Harvard	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (The Game)	W 17–6	57,647	[11]
*Non-conference game

Roster

1985 Yale Bulldogs football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 7 Mike Curtin WR 82 Kevin Moriarty	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Carmen Cozza Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. "Football By Year" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2018. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
2. "Yale-UConn Is Canceled". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. September 29, 1985. p. 52 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Concannon, Joe (September 22, 1985). "Yale Hangs On, 10-9; Brown Fades in Haze". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 68 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Visser, Lesley (October 6, 1985). "Army Leaves Yale Bone Dry, 59-16". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 68 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Strong, Tom (October 13, 1985). "Ryan Rescues Yale, Stuns HC". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 63 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Apple, Ginny (October 20, 1985). "Flat Yale Comes Around in Time, 28-12". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E13 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Morganti, Al (October 27, 1985). "Comizio Rambles for 202 Yards as Penn Belts Yale". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 9-E – via Newspapers.com.
8. Roberts, Ernie (November 3, 1985). "Yale Tied Up". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 71 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Apple, Ginny (November 10, 1985). "A Storybook Ending Is Fumbled". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E7 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Esterman, Sue (November 17, 1985). "Princeton Hands Yale 21-12 Loss". The Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Concannon, Joe (November 24, 1985). "Yale Undermines Harvard Quest; Crimson's Final Rally Fails, 17-6". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 57 – via Newspapers.com.