American college football season
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 [ ]
Roster [ ]
1985 Yale Bulldogs football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
QB
7
Mike Curtin
WR
82
Kevin Moriarty
Defense
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
References [ ]
^ "Football By Year" (PDF) . Yale Bulldogs. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2018. Retrieved April 15, 2018 .
^ a b "Yale-UConn Is Canceled" . Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. September 29, 1985. p. 52 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Concannon, Joe (September 22, 1985). "Yale Hangs On, 10-9; Brown Fades in Haze" . Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 68 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Visser, Lesley (October 6, 1985). "Army Leaves Yale Bone Dry, 59-16" . Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 68 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Strong, Tom (October 13, 1985). "Ryan Rescues Yale, Stuns HC" . Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 63 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Apple, Ginny (October 20, 1985). "Flat Yale Comes Around in Time, 28-12" . The Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. p. E13 – via Newspapers.com .
^ 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 .
^ Roberts, Ernie (November 3, 1985). "Yale Tied Up" . Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 71 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Apple, Ginny (November 10, 1985). "A Storybook Ending Is Fumbled" . The Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. p. E7 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Esterman, Sue (November 17, 1985). "Princeton Hands Yale 21-12 Loss" . The Home News . New Brunswick, N.J. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com .
^ 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 .
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