2015 Yale Bulldogs football | |
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Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 6–4 (3–4 Ivy) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Joe Conlin (2nd season) |
Defensive coordinator | Rick Flanders (4th season) |
Home stadium | Yale Bowl |
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No. 20 Harvard + | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 23 Dartmouth + | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn + | 6 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 2 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 1 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 1 | – | 6 | 1 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2015 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. This season marked the Bulldogs's 143rd overall season and the team played its home games at Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut. They were led by fourth year head coach Tony Reno. They were a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 6–4 overall and 3–4 in Ivy League play to tie for fourth place. Yale averaged 20,614 fans per game.
Main article: 2014 Yale Bulldogs football team |
The 2014 Yale Bulldogs finished the regular season 8–2, 5–2 Ivy, with their two losses to Dartmouth and Harvard. The Bulldogs came one win shy of winning a share of the Ivy League Championship. The team had the #1 Total Offense in the FCS (571.5 YPG) and the #1 3rd Down Conversion Percentage (0.517 Pct) at the end of the 2014 season.[1]
Notable departures from the 2014 squad included seniors, Tyler Varga, who declared his eligibility for the 2015 NFL Draft, and Deon Randall.
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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Deon Randall | 2 | Wide receiver | 5'8" | 195 | Senior | San Diego, CA | Graduated |
Charles Cook | 22 | Outside linebacker | 6'3" | 220 | Senior | Dallas, TX | Graduated |
L.J. Hunt | 22 | Tail back | 5'11" | 210 | Senior | Stratford, CT | Graduated |
Kahill Keyes | 24 | Tail back | 5'11" | 213 | Senior | Petaluma, CA | Graduated |
Grant Wallace | 29 | Wide receiver | 5'11" | 195 | Senior | St. Louis, MO | Graduated |
Tyler Varga | 30 | Tail back | 5'11" | 224 | Senior | Kitchener, ON | Declared for the 2015 NFL Draft |
Nick LaTesta | 33 | Wide receiver | 5'8" | 174 | Senior | Wood Ridge, NJ | Graduated |
Everett Johnson | 36 | Tail back | 5'9" | 199 | Senior | Union, NJ | Graduated |
Kyle Cazzetta | 37 | Kicker | 5'11" | 210 | Senior | Slate Hill, NY | Graduated |
William Vaughan | 42 | Linebacker | 6'0" | 235 | Senior | South Orange, NJ | Graduated |
Parker Toms | 48 | Punter | 5'11" | 201 | Senior | San Carlos, CA | Graduated |
Jeff Schmittgens | 53 | Defensive end | 6'3" | 241 | Senior | Naperville, IL | Graduated |
Tyler Manu | 55 | Defensive end | 6'1" | 235 | Senior | Meridian, ID | Graduated |
Ryan Stanney | 59 | Linebacker | 6'0" | 212 | Senior | Oviedo, FL | Graduated |
William Chism | 67 | Offensive lineman | 6'3" | 302 | Senior | Ridgeland, MS | Graduated |
Stephen Shoemaker | 69 | Offensive lineman | 6'0" | 264 | Senior | Bronxville, NY | Graduated |
Ben Carbery | 70 | Offensive lineman | 6'5" | 300 | Senior | Oak Park, IL | Graduated |
John Duion | 76 | Offensive lineman | 6'3" | 276 | Senior | Santa Barbara, CA | Graduated |
Adam Conklin | 86 | Defensive end | 6'3" | 248 | Senior | Dover, MA | Graduated |
Davis Frank | 98 | Defensive tackle | 6'3" | 265 | Senior | Clinton, TN | Graduated |
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Yale held their annual Blue-White Spring Game on April 18, 2015.
Awards
Name | Position | Consecutive season at Yale in current position | |
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Tony Reno | Head coach | 4th | |
Joe Conlin | Offensive coordinator, Offensive line | 4th | |
Steve Vashel | Defensive coordinator, Secondary | 4th | |
Sean McGowan | co-Defensive coordinator, Linebackers | 1st | |
Kevin Cahill | Quarterbacks | 4th | |
Art Asselta | Wide receivers | 2nd | |
Paul Rice '10 | Special Teams, Outside Linebackers | 3rd | |
Jordan Stevens | Defensive line | 1st | |
Chandler Henley '06 | Assistant head coach, Tight Ends | 1st | |
Derrick Lett | Assistant head coach, Running Backs | 1st | |
Reference:2015 Quick Facts |
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 19 | 1:00 p.m. | at Colgate* | TWCS | W 29–28 | 7,343 | |
September 26 | 1:00 p.m. | Cornell | ILDN | W 33–26 | 15,926 | |
October 3 | 12:30 p.m. | at Lehigh* | SECTV2 | W 27–12 | 5,472 | |
October 10 | 1:30 p.m. | at Dartmouth | FCS | L 3–35 | 11,086 | |
October 17 | 3:30 p.m. | at Maine* | WVII/WPME/FCS | W 21–10 | 7,351 | |
October 23 | 7:00 p.m. | at Penn | NBCSN | L 20–34 | 5,849 | |
October 31 | 12:30 p.m. | Columbia |
| FCS | L 7–17 | 7,259 |
November 7 | 12:30 p.m. | Brown |
| FCS | W 41–14 | 6,878 |
November 14 | 1:00 p.m. | at Princeton | W 35–28 | 11,623 | ||
November 21 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 19 Harvard |
| NBCSN | L 19–38 | 52,126 |
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See also: 2015 Colgate Raiders football team |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Yale | 7 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 29 |
Colgate | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
at Andy Kerr Stadium • Hamilton, NY
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See also: 2015 Cornell Big Red football team |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Cornell | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
Yale | 0 | 13 | 3 | 17 | 33 |
at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT
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See also: 2015 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Yale | 10 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 27 |
Lehigh | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
at Goodman Stadium • Bethlehem, PA
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See also: 2015 Dartmouth Big Green football team |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Yale | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Dartmouth | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
at Memorial Field • Hanover, NH
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See also: 2015 Maine Black Bears football team |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Yale | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 |
Maine | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
at Alfond Stadium • Orono, ME
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See also: 2015 Penn Quakers football team |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Yale | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
Penn | 0 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
at Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA
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See also: 2015 Columbia Lions football team |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Columbia | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
Yale | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT
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See also: 2015 Brown Bears football team |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Brown | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Yale | 14 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 41 |
at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT
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See also: 2015 Princeton Tigers football team |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Yale | 7 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 35 |
Princeton | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium • Princeton, NJ
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See also: 2015 Harvard Crimson football team |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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#19 Harvard | 7 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 38 |
Yale | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 19 |
at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT
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