American college football season
1981 Yale Bulldogs football |
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Ivy League co-champion |
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Conference | Ivy League |
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Record | 9–1 (6–1 Ivy) |
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Head coach | - Carmen Cozza (17th season)
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Home stadium | Yale Bowl |
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Seasons |
1981 Ivy League football standings | Conf | | | Overall |
Team | W | | L | | T | | | W | | L | | T |
Yale + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | | | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 |
Dartmouth + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | | | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 |
Princeton | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | | | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 |
Harvard | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | | | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 |
Brown | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | | | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 |
Cornell | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | | | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 |
Columbia | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | | | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 |
Penn | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | | | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 |
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- + – Conference co-champions
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The 1981 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulldogs were led by 17th-year head coach Carmen Cozza and played their home games at the Yale Bowl. They played as a member of the Ivy League. The Bulldogs finished the season with an overall record of 9–1, including a record of 6–1 in Ivy League play, giving them a share of the Ivy League championship with Dartmouth.[1]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 19 | Brown | | | W 28–7 | 17,000 | [2] |
September 26 | No. 6 Connecticut* | | | W 27–18 | 36,000 | [3] |
October 3 | Navy* | | ABC | W 23–19 | 38,000 | [4] |
October 10 | at Holy Cross* | | | W 29–28 | 21,601 | [5] |
October 17 | at Columbia | | | W 48–17 | 10,025 | [6] |
October 24 | Penn | | | W 24–3 | 24,500 | [7] |
October 31 | Dartmouth | | ABC | W 24–3 | 32,500 | [8] |
November 7 | at Cornell | | | W 23–17 | 13,000 | [9] |
November 14 | at Princeton | | | L 31–35 | 20,303 | [10] |
November 21 | Harvard | | | W 28–0 | 75,300 | [11] |
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Roster
1981 Yale Bulldogs football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense | Defense | Special teams | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
Injured Redshirt |
References
- ^ Wallace, William N.; Times, Special To the New York (November 22, 1981). "Yale Wins, Ties for Ivy Title". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
- ^ Concannon, Joe (September 20, 1981). "Diana Provides Spark as Yale Burns Brown". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 56 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Visser, Lesley (September 27, 1981). "Yale Tops UConn". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 78 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ McIntyre, Mark D. (October 4, 1981). "Yale Rally Surprises Navy". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 84 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Strauss, Michael (October 11, 1981). "Yale Beats Holy Cross, 29-28". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S8.
- ^ Yantz, Tom (October 18, 1981). "Yale Turns Columbia's Roars to Whimpers, 48-17". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. C12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ McIntyre, Mark D. (October 25, 1981). "Yale, Rogan Top Penn". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 86 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Concannon, Joe (November 1, 1981). "Rogan, Yale Dispose of Dartmouth". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 86 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Taussig, Pete (November 8, 1981). "Yale Gets Last Chance ... and Last Laugh". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 80 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Yale Upset, 35-31". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 15, 1981. p. 71 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Concannon, Joe (November 22, 1981). "The Game, The Win Belong to Yale, 28-0". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 71 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Schedule
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Venues | - Hamilton Park (1872–1883)
- Yale Field (1884–1914, 1916)
- Yale Bowl (1914–present)
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