1980 Yale Bulldogs football team

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1980 Yale Bulldogs football
Ivy League champion
ConferenceIvy League
1980 record8–2 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadiumYale Bowl
Seasons
← 1979
1981 →
1980 Ivy League football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale $ 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Cornell 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Harvard 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Brown 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Princeton 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Dartmouth 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Penn 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Columbia 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1980 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulldogs were led by 16th-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, 8–2 overall.[1]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20at Brown
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 45–1715,500[2]
September 27Connecticut*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 20–1034,500[3]
October 4Air Force*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 17–1623,000[4]
October 11at Boston College*
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
L 9–2726,000[5]
October 18Columbia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 30–1014,000[6]
October 25at Penn
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 8–07,000[7]
November 1at Dartmouth
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 35–716,111[8]
November 8Cornell
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 6–2428,000[9]
November 15Princeton
W 25–1336,000[10]
November 22at Harvard
W 14–041,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game

Roster[]

1980 Yale Bulldogs football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 33 Rich Diana Jr
QB 17 Joe Dufek So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
CB 12 David Daugherty Jr
DE 99 John Kelly Sr
LB 37 Scott McKenzie Sr
LB 23 Jeff Rohrer 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. ^ "1980 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  2. ^ Visser, Lesley (September 21, 1980). "Yale Rolls over Brown". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 84 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Wilkins, Sam (September 28, 1980). "Yale Gets Big Plays, Holds Off Connecticut". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 80 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Yantz, Tom (October 5, 1980). "Cozza Gets 100th". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Concannon, Joe (October 12, 1980). "BC's Too Much for Yale". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 56 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Wilkins, Sam (October 19, 1980). "Yale Cools Columbia". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 54 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Wilkins, Sam (October 26, 1980). "Yale Sneaks by Penn". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 54 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Roberts, Ernie (November 2, 1980). "Diana, Yale Manhandle Dartmouth". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 48 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Roberts, Ernie (November 9, 1980). "Cornell Halts Yale". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 78 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Concannon, Joe (November 16, 1980). "Yale Earns Title Tie". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 86 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Concannon, Joe (November 23, 1980). "Yale Gets Its Revenge, 14-0; Defense Ends Harvard Hopes". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 71 – via Newspapers.com.
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