1985 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIvy League
Record4–4–1 (3–3–1 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadiumYale Bowl
Seasons
← 1984
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1985 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn $ 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
Harvard 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Princeton 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Brown 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Yale 3 – 3 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Dartmouth 2 – 4 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
Cornell 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Columbia 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1985 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by 21st-year head coach Carmen Cozza, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished in fifth place in the Ivy League with a 3–3–1 record, 4–4–1 overall.[1]

Yale did not play its annual in-state matchup against the University of Connecticut, scheduled for September 28. Officials from Yale and the city of New Haven postponed the game, and then canceled it, as Hurricane Gloria approached the Connecticut shore.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21Brown
W 10–924,171[3]
September 28Connecticut*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
 canceled[2]
October 5at Army*
L 16–5940,415[4]
October 12Holy Cross*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 19–1522,439[5]
October 19at Columbia
W 28–126,719[6]
October 26Penn
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 7–2323,449[7]
November 2at Dartmouth
T 17–1714,018[8]
November 9Cornell
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 14–2019,029[9]
November 16at Princeton
L 12–218,941[10]
November 23Harvard
W 17–657,647[11]
  • *Non-conference game

Personnel

1985 Yale Bulldogs football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
  Andrews
QB 7 Mike Curtin
  Red Macauley
WR 82 Kevin Moriarty
QB Kelly Ryan
  Troxell
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K Cucci
K John Duryea
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Season summary

At Army

Yale Bulldogs at Army Cadets (3–0)
Period 1 2 34Total
Yale 0 6 3716
Army 7 17 142159

at Michie Stadium, West Point, New York

  • Date: October 5, 1985
  • Game attendance: 40,415
  • [12]

[13][14]

Team Category Player Statistics
Yale Passing Mike Curtin 11/20, 120 Yds, INT
Rushing Red Macauley 15 Rush, 43 Yds
Receiving Kevin Moriarty 5 Rec, 68 Yds
Army Passing Rob Healy 3/3, 51 Yds, TD
Rushing Doug Black 15 Rush, 122 Yds, TD
Receiving Scott Spellmon 1 Rec, 42 Yds, TD

References

  1. ^ "Football By Year" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2018. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Yale-UConn Is Canceled". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. September 29, 1985. p. 52 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Concannon, Joe (September 22, 1985). "Yale Hangs On, 10-9; Brown Fades in Haze". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 68 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Visser, Lesley (October 6, 1985). "Army Leaves Yale Bone Dry, 59-16". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 68 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Strong, Tom (October 13, 1985). "Ryan Rescues Yale, Stuns HC". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 63 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Apple, Ginny (October 20, 1985). "Flat Yale Comes Around in Time, 28-12". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E13 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Morganti, Al (October 27, 1985). "Comizio Rambles for 202 Yards as Penn Belts Yale". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 9-E – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Roberts, Ernie (November 3, 1985). "Yale Tied Up". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 71 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Apple, Ginny (November 10, 1985). "A Storybook Ending Is Fumbled". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E7 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Esterman, Sue (November 17, 1985). "Princeton Hands Yale 21-12 Loss". The Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Concannon, Joe (November 24, 1985). "Yale Undermines Harvard Quest; Crimson's Final Rally Fails, 17-6". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 57 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "College Football Scoreboard." Gainesville Sun. pg.6F. 1985-Oct-06. Retrieved 2022-Dec-25.
  13. ^ "Army 59, Yale 16". UPI Archives. October 5, 1985. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
  14. ^ Wallace, William N. (October 6, 1985). "Army Crushes Yale By 59-16 To Go 4-0". New York Times. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
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