1979 Yale Bulldogs football
Ivy League champion
ConferenceIvy League
Record8–1 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadiumYale Bowl
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale $ 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Brown 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Princeton 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Cornell 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Dartmouth 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Harvard 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Columbia 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Penn 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1979 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulldogs were led by 15th-year head coach Carmen Cozza, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished in first place in the Ivy League with a 6–1 record, 8–1 overall.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22Brown
W 13–1215,000[2]
September 29Connecticut*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 24–1721,300[3]
October 6Colgate*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 27–018,500[4]
October 13Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 3–026,000[5]
October 20at Columbia
W 37–77,350[6]
October 27Penn
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 24–619,852[7]
November 3at Cornell
W 23–2018,500[8]
November 10at Princeton
W 35–1022,825[9]
November 17Harvard
L 7–2272,000[10]
  • *Non-conference game

Roster

1979 Yale Bulldogs football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 7 Rich Diana So
QB 6 Dennis Dunn Sr
RB 42 Kenny Hill Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DE 99 John Kelly Jr
LB 37 Scott McKenzie Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

  1. ^ "1979 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  2. ^ Concannon, Joe (September 23, 1979). "Punt Rush Revives Yale". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 88 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Anderson, Woody (September 30, 1979). "Yale Frustrates UConn Again, 24 to 17". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Yale Conquers Colgate, 27 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 7, 1979. p. S8.
  5. ^ Concannon, Joe (October 14, 1979). "Yale Bottles Up Dartmouth Attack". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 50 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Concannon, Joe (October 21, 1979). "Yale Keeps Rolling Along, 37-7". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 58 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Shister, Gail (October 28, 1979). "Quakers Try a 'Surprise,' but Yale Enjoys the Party". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 9-D – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Visser, Lesley (November 4, 1979). "Miracle Catch Keys Yale's 700th Win". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 52 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Bruns, John (November 11, 1979). "Yale Shows Princeton Who's No. 1". The Home News Sunday. New Brunswick, N.J. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Concannon, Joe (November 18, 1979). "Harvard Gets Up, Yale Goes Down, 22-7". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 71 – via Newspapers.com.
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