1987 Yale Bulldogs football team

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1987 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIvy League
1987 record7–3 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorDon Brown (1st season)
Home stadiumYale Bowl
Seasons
← 1986
1988 →
1987 Ivy League football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard $ 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Brown 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Yale 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Princeton 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Cornell 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Penn 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Dartmouth 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Columbia 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1987 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by 23rd-year head coach Carmen Cozza, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished in third place in the Ivy League with a 5–2 record, 7–3 overall.[1]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19Brown
L 7–1711,658[2]
September 26Connecticut*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 30–2734,068[3]
October 3at Hawaii*
L 10–6241,447[4]
October 10William & Mary*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 40–3420,217[5]
October 17at Columbia
W 27–137,750[6]
October 24Penn
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 28–2223,151[7]
October 31at Dartmouth
W 17–711,131[8]
November 7Cornell
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 28–920,188[9]
November 14at Princeton
W 34–1926,029[10]
November 21Harvard
L 10–1466,548[11]
  • *Non-conference game

References[]

  1. ^ "Football By Year" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2018. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  2. ^ Concannon, Joe (September 20, 1987). "Brown Takes It Away; Turnovers Prove Costly as Yale Stumbles, 17-7". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 60 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Hasty, Roy (September 27, 1987). "Yale Comes Back to Defeat UConn". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Lewis, Ferd (October 4, 1987). "'Bows Flex Muscle to Rout Yale, 62-10". Sunday Star-Bulletin & Advertiser. Honolulu, Hawaii. p. D-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Denn, Charlie (October 11, 1987). "Yale Tops W&M in Offensive Shootout, 40-34". Daily Press. Newport News, Va. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Smith, George (October 18, 1987). "Yale Defeats Columbia, 27-13". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E11 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Smith, George (October 25, 1987). "Yale Stuns Penn on Last-Minute TD". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Craig, Jack (November 1, 1987). "Yale Comes Up Big over Dartmouth, 17-7". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 70 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Borges, Ron (November 8, 1987). "Ryan Hoists Yale Into Tie for Ivy League Lead". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 70 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Grumhaus, David, Jr. (November 15, 1987). "Yale Romps over Princeton, 34-19". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 11-D – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Smith, George (November 22, 1987). "Harvard Wins The Title, 14-10". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E1 – via Newspapers.com.
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