1978 Yale Bulldogs football team
Appearance
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Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 5–2–2 (4–1–2 Ivy) |
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Home stadium | Yale Bowl |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale | 4 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 1 | – | 4 | – | 2 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1978 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulldogs were led by 14th-year head coach Carmen Cozza, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished in third place in the Ivy League with a 4–1–2 record, 5–2–2 overall.[1]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 23 | at Brown | W 21–0 | 15,812 | [2] | |
September 30 | Connecticut* | W 21–7 | 23,431 | [3] | |
October 7 | Rutgers* |
| L 27–28 | 21,000 | [4] |
October 14 | at Dartmouth | L 3–10 | 17,500 | [5] | |
October 21 | Columbia |
| T 3–3 | 19,000 | [6] |
October 28 | at Penn | T 17–17 | 15,980 | [7] | |
November 4 | Cornell |
| W 42–14 | 23,000 | [8] |
November 6 | Princeton |
| W 23–7 | 32,000 | [9] |
November 13 | at Harvard | W 35–28 | 41,500 | [10] | |
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References
- ^ "1978 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
- ^ Roberts, Ernie (September 24, 1978). "Poised Yale Defeats Brown, 21-0". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 66 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Visser, Lesley (October 1, 1978). "Yale Holds Off Tough UConn". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 51 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Eisenberg, Harry (October 8, 1978). "Yale Misses, Rutgers Wins, 28-27". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 82 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Roberts, Ernie (October 15, 1978). "Dartmouth Rebounds, Stuns Yale, 10-3". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 58 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Strong, Roger (October 22, 1978). "Columbia Misses Kick, Ties Yale". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 64 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Strong, Roger (October 29, 1978). "Late Yale Rally Ties Penn, 17-17". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 52 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Ahern, John (November 5, 1978). "QBs Ramble, Yale Crushes Cornell, 42-14". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 63 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Strong, Roger (November 12, 1978). "Yale Passes Princeton". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 48 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Concannon, Joe (November 19, 1978). "Yale Has Final Say over Harvard, 35-28". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 41 – via Newspapers.com.