2019 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 2019 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The season marked the Bulldogs's 147th overall season. The team played its home games at the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut and were led by eighth-year head coach Tony Reno. They were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 9–1 overall and 6–1 in Ivy League play to share the Ivy League title with Dartmouth.

2019 Yale Bulldogs football
Ivy League co-champion
Conference	Ivy League
Ranking
STATS	No. 25
FCS Coaches	No. 24
2019 record	9–1 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Tony Reno (8th season)
Offensive coordinator	Kevin Cahill (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Sean McGowan (3rd season)
Home stadium	Yale Bowl (Capacity: 61,446)
Uniform

2019 Ivy League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 22 Dartmouth +		6	–	1					9	–	1
No. 25 Yale +		6	–	1					9	–	1
Princeton		5	–	2					8	–	2
Penn		3	–	4					5	–	5
Cornell		3	–	4					4	–	6
Harvard		2	–	5					4	–	6
Columbia		2	–	5					3	–	7
Brown		1	–	6					2	–	8
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from STATS Poll

The Bulldogs defeated Cornell, 27–16.

Previous season

Main article: 2018 Yale Bulldogs football team

The Bulldogs finished the 2018 season 5–5, 3–4 in Ivy League play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place.

Preseason

Preseason media poll

The Ivy League released their preseason media poll on August 8, 2019. The Bulldogs were picked to finish in first place.[1]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Yale	119 (9)
2	Dartmouth	111 (2)
3	Princeton	107 (4)
4	Harvard	93 (1)
5	Penn	67
6	Columbia	61 (1)
7	Cornell	29
8	Brown	24

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 21	1:00 p.m.	Holy Cross*		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	ESPN+	W 23–10	5,684
September 28	1:00 p.m.	Cornell		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	ESPN+	W 27–16	5,723
October 5	1:00 p.m.	Fordham*		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	ESPN+/NESN Plus	W 48–24	5,743
October 12	1:30 p.m.	at Dartmouth		Memorial Field Hanover, NH	ESPN+	L 10–42	6,796
October 19	6:00 p.m.	at Richmond*		E. Claiborne Robins Stadium Richmond, VA	FloSports	W 28–27	7,510
October 26	Noon	Penn		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	ESPN+/NESN	W 46–41	4,990
November 2	Noon	Columbia		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	ESPN+	W 45–10	5,667
November 9	12:30 p.m.	at Brown		Brown Stadium Providence, RI	ESPN+	W 59–35	2,876
November 16	1:00 p.m.	at No. 18 Princeton		Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 51–14	6,676
November 23	Noon	Harvard	No. 24	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	ESPNU	W 50–43 ^2OT	44,989
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

[2][3]

Roster

2019 Yale Bulldogs football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 1 Trenton Charles So RB 2 Alan Lamar Sr WR 3 Garrett White Sr WR 4 Darrion Carrington Jr WR 5 Jaylan Sandifer So QB 6 Kurt Rawlings Sr QB 8 Patrick Conte Jr WR 11 Caden Herring Sr QB 12 Nolan Grooms Fr WR 13 Keith C. J. McCord II Sr WR 14 Reed Klubnik Sr QB 16 Griffin O'Connor So WR 17 Seun Omonije So RB 18 Josh Eboboko Fr QB 19 Jimmy Check Jr WR 20 Jack Biestek So RB 22 Elliott McElwain So WR 23 Noah Aaron So RB 24 Spencer Alston So RB 32 Joshua McKenzie Fr RB 33 Zane Dudek Jr TE 44 Sasha Hoban Jr OL 53 Ryan McCann Fr OL 55 Jacob Hinish Jr OL 57 Cubby Schuller So OL 63 Jonathon Durand Fr OL 65 Josh de St. Jean So OL 66 Nick Gargiulo So OL 68 Grant Neagli Jr OL 69 Jack Twyman Fr OL 70 Brandon Babcock Fr OL 71 Tyler Jost Jr OL 72 Dieter Eiselen Sr OL 73 Lucas Tribble Sr OL 74 Sterling Strother Sr OL 75 Cameron Warfield Jr OL 76 Jonathan Mendoza Fr OL 77 Jarrett Sexton Sr OL 78 Steven Cepalia Sr OL 79 Conor Smith So TE 80 J. J. Howland Jr WR 81 Aidan Maloney Fr WR 82 Mason Tipton Fr WR 83 Brayden Carey Fr TE 84 Garry Raymond So TE 85 Quinn Dawson Sr WR 86 Joey Felton Fr TE 87 Jackson Hawes Fr WR 88 J. P. Shohfi Sr TE 89 D. Major Roman Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 1 Malcolm Dixon Sr DE 2 Reid Nickerson So DB 4 Jaylan Granberry So DB 5 Miles Oldacre Sr DB 6 Jaelin Alburg Sr DB,WR 7 Melvin Rouse II Jr LB 8 Brendan MacPhee Sr DL 9 Osorachukwu Ifesinachukwu So DB 10 Darnell Robinson So DB 12 Gerron Duhon Fr LB 13 Jack Westafer Sr LB 15 Jordan Carey Jr DB 16 Jaylan Granberry So DB 17 Kennedy Kosmalski So LB 18 Ryan Burke Sr LB 19 Brian Abraham So DB 20 Tosan Agbeyegbe Sr DB 21 Deonte Henson Jr DL 24 Josh Keeler Sr LB 25 Micah Awodiran Jr LB 26 Rodney Thomas II Jr LB 27 Shane Frommer So DL 28 Christian Sampleton Jr DB 29 Kyle Ellis So LB 30 Noah Pope So DB 31 Archie Russ III Fr DB 32 Henry Segel Sr DB 33 Trenton Johnson Fr DL 34 Brett Gerber So LB 35 Alexander Abelite Sr DB 36 Wande Owens Fr DB 37 Dathan Hickey So DB 38 Du'Shaunte Holloway Fr DB 39 Tyler Di Ienno Fr LB 40 Hamilton Moore Fr DL 41 A. J. Ryan Jr LB 42 Blake Hill Jr LB 43 John Dean Jr DB 46 Jermaine Baker Fr DB 48 Brandon Benn Fr DL 50 Spencer Matthaei Sr DL 52 Michael Chime Jr DL 54 Patrick Nauert Fr LB 55 Joseph Vaughn Fr LB 56 Michael Connor Fr DL,TE 87 Devin Moore Sr DL 90 Adam Raine So DL 91 Jailon Henry Fr DL 92 Charles Callender Sr DL 93 Marcus Mauney Fr DL 94 Sean Kissel Sr DL 95 Isaac Mitchell Fr DL 96 Sebastian Bruno So DL 97 Clay Patterson Fr DL 99 Tate Goodyear So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K,P 45 Jack Bosman Fr K 49 Sam Tuckerman Sr LS 51 Nick Tibbetts So K,P 98 Ajay Culhane So	Head coach Tony Reno Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Game summaries

Holy Cross

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crusaders	0	3	0	7	10
Bulldogs	6	0	7	10	23

See also: 2019 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
27–5	2018	L, 28–31

Cornell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Big Red	0	3	7	6	16
Bulldogs	3	0	7	17	27

See also: 2019 Cornell Big Red football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
48–30–2	2018	W, 30–24

Fordham

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	7	3	0	14	24
Bulldogs	17	28	0	3	48

See also: 2019 Fordham Rams football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–3	2017	W, 41–10

at Dartmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	3	0	7	10
Big Green	21	7	14	0	42

See also: 2019 Dartmouth Big Green football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
54–42–6	2018	L, 18–41

at Richmond

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	7	7	14	28
Spiders	3	17	7	0	27

See also: 2019 Richmond Spiders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Penn

	1	2	3	4	Total
Quakers	0	13	14	14	41
Bulldogs	7	6	13	20	46

See also: 2019 Penn Quakers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
48–37–1	2018	W, 23-10

Columbia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	0	3	0	7	10
Bulldogs	7	14	3	21	45

See also: 2019 Columbia Lions football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
73–21–2	2018	L, 10–17

at Brown

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	17	7	18	17	59
Bears	0	21	7	7	35

See also: 2019 Brown Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
83–34–5	2018	W, 46–16

at Princeton

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	3	27	7	14	51
No. 18 Tigers	0	7	7	0	14

See also: 2019 Princeton Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
77–53–10	2018	L, 43–59

Harvard

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
Crimson	3	12	14	7	7	0	43
No. 24 Bulldogs	3	0	16	17	7	7	50

See also: 2019 Harvard Crimson football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
67–60–8	2018	L, 27–45

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	25
Coaches	RV										RV	RV	25	24

References

1. "Yale Named League Favorite in 2019 Football Preseason Poll". ivyleague.com. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
2. Wilmer, Brian (3 April 2019). "Yale releases 2019 football schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
3. "2019 Yale Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 9, 2019.