1986 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1986 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by 22nd-year head coach Carmen Cozza, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished in sixth place in the Ivy League with a 2–5 record, 3–7 overall.[1]

1986 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIvy League
1986 record3–7 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coachCarmen Cozza (22nd season)
Home stadiumYale Bowl
1986 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 7 Penn $ 7 –0 –0  10 –0 –0
Cornell 6 –1 –0  8 –2 –0
Brown 4 –2 –1  5 –4 –1
Dartmouth 3 –3 –1  3 –6 –1
Harvard 3 –4 –0  3 –7 –0
Yale 2 –5 –0  3 –7 –0
Princeton 2 –5 –0  2 –8 –0
Columbia 0 –7 –0  0 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20at Brown
L 7–2111,300[2]
September 27Connecticut*
L 12–1725,175[3]
October 4Army*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 24–4125,075[4]
October 11Colgate*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 28–2322,148[5]
October 18Columbia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 47–010,163[6]
October 25at Penn
L 6–2432,761[7]
November 1Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 13–3917,170[8]
November 8at Cornell
L 0–1517,000[9]
November 15Princeton
W 14–1322,202[10]
November 22at Harvard
L 17–2440,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game

References
  1. "Football By Year" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2018. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  2. Hunt, Kevin (September 21, 1986). "Yale's Down to QB No. 4 After Falling to Brown, 21-7". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 76 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Smith, George (September 28, 1986). "UConn Flips Yale 4th Time in a Row". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Hunt, Kevin (October 5, 1986). "Army's Running Game Grounds Yale, 41-24". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 69 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Sudyk, Bob (October 12, 1986). "Elis Rally to Defeat Colgate". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E9 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Sudyk, Bob (October 19, 1986). "Yale Has Easy Time with Columbia". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E15 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Sudyk, Bob (October 26, 1986). "Abusive Quakers Prove Too Much for Bulldogs". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E21 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Sudyk, Bob (November 2, 1986). "Beleaguered Yukica, Dartmouth Savor Rout of Yale". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. D9 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Sudyk, Bob (November 9, 1986). "Mistakes, Cornell Give Yale Fits, 15-0". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. D9 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Sudyk, Bob (November 16, 1986). "Yale's Comeback Shocks Princeton". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E9 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Concannon, Joe (November 23, 1986). "Happy Ending for BC, Harvard; Crimson D Slams Door on Yale". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 49 – via Newspapers.com.
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