2009 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIvy League
Record4–6 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrian Stark (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorKefense Hynson (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorIkaika Malloe (1st season)
Home stadiumYale Bowl
Seasons
← 2008
2010 →
2009 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 20 Penn $   7 – 0     8 – 2  
Harvard   6 – 1     7 – 3  
Brown   4 – 3     6 – 4  
Columbia   3 – 4     4 – 6  
Princeton   3 – 4     4 – 6  
Yale   2 – 5     4 – 6  
Dartmouth   2 – 5     2 – 8  
Cornell   1 – 6     2 – 8  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2009 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs were led by first-year head coach Tom Williams, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished tied for sixth place in the Ivy League with a 2–5 record, 4–6 overall. Yale averaged 21,245 fans in attendance per home game.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19at Georgetown*
W 31–102,941[2]
September 26Cornell
L 12–1417,654[3]
October 3Lafayette*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 14–313,879[4]
October 10Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 38–715,773[5]
October 17at Lehigh*
W 7–05,847[6]
October 24at Penn
L 0–97,290[7]
October 31at Columbia
W 23–222,461[8]
November 7Brown
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 21–3516,228[9]
November 14at Princeton
L 21–249,483[10]
November 21Harvard
L 10–1452,692[11]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "Football By Year" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2018. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
  2. ^ "Yale Unlocks Offense in Rout of Georgetown". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. September 20, 2009. p. C17 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "College Football Summaries". Record-Journal. Meriden, Conn. September 20, 2009. p. A10.
  3. ^ Anthony, Mike (September 27, 2009). "Bulldogs Just Can't Connect". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E4 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Spiegel, Jay (October 4, 2009). "Run-Down Feeling: Leopards Roll over Bulldogs in Second Half". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E7 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Hine, Tommy (October 11, 2009). "Hart Passes for 390 Yards". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E10, E11 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Groller, Keith (October 18, 2009). "Hawks Fall to Yale 7-0, First Shutout Since 1986". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. Sports 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Tatum, Kevin (October 25, 2009). "Quakers Scratch Out Win over Yale". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. E6 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Big 4th Quarter Saves Bulldogs". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. November 1, 2009. p. E4 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Hine, Tommy (November 8, 2009). "Usually Reliable Defense Baffled". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E5, E11 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Feldman, Ryan (November 15, 2009). "Tigers' D Steps It Up". The Trentonian. Trenton, N.J. p. 22 – via NewsBank.
  11. ^ Amore, Dom (November 22, 2009). "The Gamble: Fake Punt on 4th-and-22 Costs Yale". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E10 – via Newspapers.com.
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