1979 Yale Bulldogs football team

1979 Yale Bulldogs football
Ivy League champion
Conference	Ivy League
1979 record	8–1 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Carmen Cozza (15th season)
Home stadium	Yale Bowl
Seasons

Template:1979 Ivy League football standings The 1979 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulldogs were led by fifteenth 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, 8–1 overall.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 22	Brown	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 13–12
September 29	Connecticut*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 24–17
October 6	Colgate*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 27–0
October 13	Dartmouth	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 3–0
October 20	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	W 37–7
October 27	Penn	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (Rivalry)	W 24–6
November 3	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 23–20
November 10	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (Rivalry)	W 35–10
November 17	Harvard	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (The Game)	L 7–22
*Non-conference game

Roster

1979 Yale Bulldogs football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 7 Diana, RichRich Diana QB 6 Dunn, DennisDennis Dunn RB 42 Hill, KennyKenny Hill	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Carmen Cozza Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

Template:Ivy League football champions