1981 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1981 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulldogs were led by 17th-year head coach Carmen Cozza and played their home games at the Yale Bowl. They played as a member of the Ivy League. The Bulldogs finished the season with an overall record of 9–1, including a record of 6–1 in Ivy League play, giving them a share of the Ivy League championship with Dartmouth.[1]

1981 Yale Bulldogs football
Ivy League co-champion
ConferenceIvy League
1981 record9–1 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadiumYale Bowl
(Capacity: 70,896)
1981 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Yale + 6 –1 –0  9 –1 –0
Dartmouth + 6 –1 –0  6 –4 –0
Princeton 5 –1 –1  5 –4 –1
Harvard 4 –2 –1  5 –4 –1
Brown 2 –5 –0  3 –7 –0
Cornell 2 –5 –0  3 –7 –0
Columbia 1 –6 –0  1 –9 –0
Penn 1 –6 –0  1 –9 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 19BrownW 28–717,000[2]
September 26Connecticut*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 27–1836,000[3]
October 3Navy*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
ABCW 23–1938,000[4]
October 10at Holy Cross*W 29–2821,601[5]
October 17at ColumbiaW 48–1710,025[6]
October 24Penn
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 24–324,500[7]
October 31Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
ABCW 24–332,500[8]
November 7at CornellW 23–1713,000[9]
November 14at PrincetonL 31–3520,303[10]
November 21Harvard
W 28–075,300[11]
  • *Non-conference game

[12]

References

  1. Wallace, William N.; Times, Special To the New York (November 22, 1981). "Yale Wins, Ties for Ivy Title". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
  2. Concannon, Joe (September 20, 1981). "Diana Provides Spark as Yale Burns Brown". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 56 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Visser, Lesley (September 27, 1981). "Yale Tops UConn". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 78 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. McIntyre, Mark D. (October 4, 1981). "Yale Rally Surprises Navy". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 84 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Strauss, Michael (October 11, 1981). "Yale Beats Holy Cross, 29-28". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S8.
  6. Yantz, Tom (October 18, 1981). "Yale Turns Columbia's Roars to Whimpers, 48-17". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. C12 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. McIntyre, Mark D. (October 25, 1981). "Yale, Rogan Top Penn". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 86 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Concannon, Joe (November 1, 1981). "Rogan, Yale Dispose of Dartmouth". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 86 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Taussig, Pete (November 8, 1981). "Yale Gets Last Chance ... and Last Laugh". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 80 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Yale Upset, 35-31". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 15, 1981. p. 71 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Concannon, Joe (November 22, 1981). "The Game, The Win Belong to Yale, 28-0". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 71 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. Schedule
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