2018 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 2018 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The season marked the Bulldogs's 146th overall season. The team played its home games at Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut and were led by seventh-year head coach Tony Reno. They were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 5–5 overall and 3–4 in Ivy League play to place in three-way tie for fourth.

2018 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Ivy League
2018 record	5–5 (3–4 Ivy)
Head coach	Tony Reno (7th season)
Offensive coordinator	Kevin Cahill (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Sean McGowan (2nd season)
Home stadium	Yale Bowl (Capacity: 61,446)

2018 Ivy League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 11 Princeton $		7	–	0					10	–	0
No. 18 Dartmouth		6	–	1					9	–	1
Harvard		4	–	3					6	–	4
Yale		3	–	4					5	–	5
Penn		3	–	4					6	–	4
Columbia		3	–	4					6	–	4
Cornell		2	–	5					3	–	7
Brown		0	–	7					1	–	9
$ – Conference champion Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

The Bulldogs finished the 2017 season 9–1, 6–1 in Ivy League play to become Ivy League champions for the first time since 2006 (when they shared the title) and to earn their first sole league title since 1980.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Award	Player	Position	Year
Walter Payton Award[1]	Zane Dudek	RB	SO

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 15	1:00 p.m.	at Holy Cross*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA		L 28–31 ^OT	7,397
September 22	3:00 p.m.	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY		W 30–24	12,801
September 29	1:00 p.m.	No. 16 Maine*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	ESPN+	W 35–14	7,889
October 5	6:00 p.m.	Dartmouth	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	ESPNU	L 18–41	10,176
October 13	1:00 p.m.	Mercer*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	ESPN+	W 35–28	2,861
October 19	7:00 p.m.	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	ESPNU	W 23–10	10,126
October 27	1:00 p.m.	at Columbia	Wien Stadium New York, NY	ESPN+	L 10–17	2,555
November 3	1:00 p.m.	Brown	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	ESPN+	W 46–16	4,478
November 10	12:30 p.m.	No. 13 Princeton	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	ESPN+	L 43–59	12,882
November 17	Noon	vs. Harvard	Fenway Park Boston, MA (rivalry)	ESPN2	L 27–45	34,675
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

at Holy Cross

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Bulldogs	21	7	0	0	0	28
Crusaders	14	0	0	14	3	31

See also: 2018 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
28–4	October 14, 2017	W, 32–0

at Cornell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	14	3	6	7	30
Big Red	14	0	0	10	24

See also: 2018 Cornell Big Red football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
47–30–2	September 23, 2017	W, 49–24

Maine

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 16 Black Bears	0	0	7	7	14
Bulldogs	7	7	14	7	35

See also: 2018 Maine Black Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–0–1	October 17, 2015	W, 49–24

Dartmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
Big Green	13	14	7	7	41
Bulldogs	7	3	0	8	18

See also: 2018 Dartmouth Big Green football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
51–41–6	October 7, 2017	L, 27–28

Mercer

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	14	7	7	28
Bulldogs	14	14	0	7	35

See also: 2018 Mercer Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Penn

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	15	6	2	0	23
Quakers	3	0	7	0	10

See also: 2018 Penn Quakers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
47–37–1	October 21, 2017	W, 24–19

at Columbia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	10	0	0	10
Lions	3	0	7	7	17

See also: 2018 Columbia Lions football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
73–30–2	October 28, 2017	W, 23–6

Brown

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	3	6	7	16
Bulldogs	14	6	13	13	46

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
82–34–5	November 3, 2017	W, 34–7

Princeton

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 13 Tigers	21	21	10	7	59
Bulldogs	0	14	14	15	43

See also: 2018 Princeton Tigers football team and Princeton–Yale football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
77–52–10	November 11, 2017	W, 35–31

vs. Harvard

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	7	7	10	3	27
Crimson	7	14	7	17	45

See also: 2018 Harvard Crimson football team and Harvard–Yale football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
67–58–8	November 18, 2017	W, 24–3

Roster

2018 Yale Bulldogs football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 1 Trenton Charles Fr WR 4 Darrion Carrington So RB 5 Alan Lamar Jr QB 6 Kurt Rawlings Jr WR 7 Melvin Rouse II So QB 8 Patrick Conte So RB 9 Michael Purvey Jr. So WR 11 Caden Herring Jr WR 12 Jamal Locke Sr WR 13 Keith CJ McCord II Sr WR 14 Reed Klubnik Jr QB 15 Nick Henkel Fr QB 16 Griffin O'Connor Fr WR 17 Seun Omonije Fr QB 19 Jimmy Check So WR 20 Jack Biestek Fr RB 21 Kamsi Nwangwu Sr RB 22 Elliott McElwain Fr WR 23 Noah Aaron Fr RB 24 Spencer Alston Fr RB 29 Daniel Debner Sr RB 33 Zane Dudek So RB 35 Kyle Ellerson Sr TE 44 Sasha Hoban So OL 55 Jacob Hinish So OL 57 Cubby Schuller Fr OL 65 Josh De St. Jean Fr OL 66 Nick Gargiulo Fr OL 67 Jacob Van de Grift Sr OL 68 Grant Neagli So OL 70 Rees LeMay Sr OL 71 Tyler Jost So OL 72 Dieter Eiselen Jr OL 73 Lucas Tribble Jr OL 74 Sterling Strother Jr OL 75 Cameron Warfield So OL 76 Jack Lee Sr OL 77 Jett Sexton Jr OL 78 Steven Cepalia Jr OL 79 Conor Smith Fr TE 80 J. J. Howland So WR 81 Kyle Marcinick Sr WR 82 Jaylan Sandifer Fr WR 83 Garrett White Jr TE 84 Garry Raymond Fr TE 85 Quinn Dawson Jr TE 86 John Lager Sr WR 88 JP Shohfi Jr TE 89 D. Major Roman So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 1 Malcolm Dixon Jr DB 2 Marquise Peggs Sr DB 3 Brian Abraham Fr DB 4 Jaylan Granberry Fr DB 5 Miles Oldacre Fr DB 6 Jaelin Alburg Jr LB 8 Brendan MacPhee Jr DE 9 Osorachukwu Ifesinachukwu Fr LB 10 Tré Moore Sr LB 13 Jack Westafer Jr LB 15 Jordan Carey So DE 16 Reid Nickerson Fr DB 17 Kennedy Kosmalski Fr LB 18 Ryan Burke Jr DB 20 Tosan Agbeyegbe Jr DB 21 Deonte Henson So DB 23 Isaiah Dunham Fr DL 24 Joshua Keeler Jr LB 25 Micah Awodiran So DB 26 Rodney Thomas II So LB 27 Jarett Balter Sr DE 28 Christian Sampleton So LB 30 Noah Pope Fr DB 31 Kyle Ellis Fr DB 32 Henry Segel Jr DE 34 Brett Gerber Fr LB 35 Alexander Abelite Jr DE 36 J. Hunter Roman Sr DB 37 Dathan Hickey Fr LB 40 Blake Hill So LB 41 A. J. Ryan So LB 42 Quintin Herbert Sr LB 43 John Dean So DB 44 Scott Patton Sr LB 47 Shane Frommer Fr DT 50 Spencer Matthaei Jr DL 52 Michael Chime So LB 53 Christopher Maxwell Sr DL 54 Julian Fraser Jr DL 56 Daniel James Sr DE 87 Devin Moore Jr DL 90 Adam Raine Fr DL 91 Nicholas Crowle Sr DE 92 Charles Callender Jr DE 94 Sean Kissel Jr DL 96 Sebastian Bruno Fr LB 97 Henry Large Fr DL 99 Tate Goodyear Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K, P 12 Ajay Culhane Fr LS 42 Nick Tibbetts Fr K, P 49 Sam Tuckerman Jr LS 51 Ryan Oak Sr LS 59 Hunter Simino Sr K, P 81 Alex Galland Sr PK 97 Blake Horn Sr	Head coach Tony Reno Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

References

1. "FCS football: 2018 Walter Payton Award watch list". August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
2. http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-footbl/2018-19/schedule