1987 Yale Bulldogs football team

1987 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Ivy League
1987 record	7–3 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach	Carmen Cozza (23rd year)
Home stadium	Yale Bowl
Seasons « 1986 1988 »

Template:1987 Ivy League football standings The 1987 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by twenty-third 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.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 19	Brown	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 7–17
September 26	Connecticut*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 30–27
October 3	at Hawaii*	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	L 10–62
October 10	William & Mary*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 40–34
October 17	at Columbia	Wien Stadium Manhattan, NY	W 27–13
October 24	Penn	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (Rivalry)	W 28–22
October 31	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 17–7
November 7	Cornell	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 28–9
November 14	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (Rivalry)	W 34–19
November 21	Harvard	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (The Game)	L 10–14
*Non-conference game