2009 Yale Bulldogs football team

2009 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Ivy League
2009 record	4–6 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach	Tom Williams (1st season)
Home stadium	Yale Bowl
Seasons

2009 Ivy League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#20 Penn †		7	–	0					8	–	2
Harvard		6	–	1					7	–	3
Brown		4	–	3					6	–	4
Columbia		3	–	4					4	–	6
Princeton		3	–	4					4	–	6
Yale		2	–	5					4	–	6
Dartmouth		2	–	5					2	–	8
Cornell		1	–	6					2	–	8
† – Conference champion The Ivy League does not participate in the FCS Playoffs Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

The 2009 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs were led by first year head coach Tom Williams, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished tied for sixth place in the Ivy League with a 2–5 record, 4–6 overall.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 19	at Georgetown*	Multi-Sport Field Washington, D.C.	W 31–10
September 26	Cornell	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 12–14
October 3	Lafayette*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 14–31
October 10	Dartmouth	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 38–7
October 17	at Lehigh*	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 7–0
October 24	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–9
October 31	at Columbia	Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY	W 23–22
November 7	Brown	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 21–35
November 14	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (Rivalry)	L 21–24
November 21	Harvard	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (The Game)	L 10–14
*Non-conference game