1980 Yale Bulldogs football team

1980 Yale Bulldogs football
Ivy League champion
Conference	Ivy League
1980 record	8–2 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Carmen Cozza (16th season)
Home stadium	Yale Bowl
Seasons

1980 Ivy League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale †	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Cornell	5	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Harvard	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Brown	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Princeton	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Dartmouth	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Pennsylvania	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
Columbia	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1980 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulldogs were led by sixteenth 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, 8–2 overall.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 20	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 45–17
September 27	Connecticut*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 20–10
October 4	Air Force*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 17–16
October 11	at Boston College	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	L 9–27
October 18	Columbia	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 30–10
October 25	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (Rivalry)	W 8–0
November 1	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 35–7
November 8	Cornell	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 6–24
November 15	Princeton	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (Rivalry)	W 25–13
November 22	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (The Game)	W 14–0
*Non-conference game

Roster

1980 Yale Bulldogs football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 33 Diana, RichRich Diana QB 17 Dufek, MikeMike Dufek	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 12 Daugherty, DavidDavid Daugherty DE 99 Kelly, JohnJohn Kelly LB 37 McKenzie, ScottScott McKenzie LB 23 Rohrer, JeffJeff Rohrer	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Carmen Cozza Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

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