2018 Yale Bulldogs football team

2018 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Ivy League
2018 record	5–5 (3–4 Ivy)
Head coach	Tony Reno (7th season)
Offensive coordinator	Kevin Cahill
Defensive coordinator	Sean McGowan
Home stadium	Yale Bowl (Capacity: 61,446)
Seasons

2018 Ivy League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 11 Princeton †		7	–	0					10	–	0
No. 18 Dartmouth		6	–	1					9	–	1
Harvard		4	–	3					6	–	4
Yale		3	–	4					5	–	5
Penn		3	–	4					6	–	4
Columbia		3	–	4					6	–	4
Cornell		2	–	5					3	–	7
Brown		0	–	7					1	–	9
† – Conference champion The Ivy League does not participate in the FCS Playoffs. Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The season marked the Bulldogs's 146th overall season. The team played its home games at Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut and were led by seventh-year head coach Tony Reno. They were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 5–5, 3–4 in Ivy League play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place.

Previous season

The Bulldogs finished the 2017 season 9–1, 6–1 in Ivy League play to become Ivy League champions for the first time since 2006 (when they shared the title) and to earn their first sole league title since 1980.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Award	Player	Position	Year
Walter Payton Award	Zane Dudek	RB	SO

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 15	1:00 p.m.	at Holy Cross*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA		L 28–31 OT	7,397
September 22	3:00 p.m.	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY		W 30–24	12,801
September 29	1:00 p.m.	No. 16 Maine*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	ESPN+	W 35–14	7,889
October 5	6:00 p.m.	Dartmouth	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	ESPNU	L 18–41	10,176
October 13	1:00 p.m.	Mercer*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	ESPN+	W 35–28	2,861
October 19	7:00 p.m.	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	ESPNU	W 23–10	10,126
October 27	1:00 p.m.	at Columbia	Wien Stadium New York, NY	ESPN+	L 10–17	2,555
November 3	1:00 p.m.	Brown	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	ESPN+	W 46–16	4,478
November 10	12:30 p.m.	No. 13 Princeton	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	ESPN+	L 43–59	12,882
November 17	12:00 p.m.	vs. Harvard	Fenway Park Boston, MA (rivalry)	ESPN2	L 27–45	34,675
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

at Holy Cross

	1	2	3	4	OT
Bulldogs	21	7	0	0	28
Crusaders	14	0	0	14	31

See also: 2018 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
28–4	October 14, 2017	W, 32–0

at Cornell

	1	2	3	4	OT
Bulldogs	14	3	6	7	30
Big Red	14	0	0	10	24

See also: 2018 Cornell Big Red football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
47–30–2	September 23, 2017	W, 49–24

Maine

	1	2	3	4	OT
No. 16 Black Bears	0	0	7	7	14
Bulldogs	7	7	14	7	35

See also: 2018 Maine Black Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–0–1	October 17, 2015	W, 49–24

Dartmouth

	1	2	3	4	OT
Big Green	13	14	7	7	41
Bulldogs	7	3	0	8	18

See also: 2018 Dartmouth Big Green football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
51–41–6	October 7, 2017	L, 27–28

Mercer

	1	2	3	4	OT
Bears	0	14	7	7	28
Bulldogs	14	14	0	7	35

See also: 2018 Mercer Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Penn

	1	2	3	4	OT
Bulldogs	15	6	2	0	23
Quakers	3	0	7	0	10

See also: 2018 Penn Quakers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
47–37–1	October 21, 2017	W, 24–19

at Columbia

	1	2	3	4	OT
Bulldogs	0	10	0	0	10
Lions	3	0	7	7	17

See also: 2018 Columbia Lions football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
73–30–2	October 28, 2017	W, 23–6

Brown

	1	2	3	4	OT
Bears	0	3	6	7	16
Bulldogs	14	6	13	13	46

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
82–34–5	November 3, 2017	W, 34–7

Princeton

	1	2	3	4	OT
No. 13 Tigers	21	21	10	7	59
Bulldogs	0	14	14	15	43

See also: 2018 Princeton Tigers football team and Princeton–Yale football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
77–52–10	November 11, 2017	W, 35–31

vs. Harvard

	1	2	3	4	OT
Bulldogs	7	7	10	3	27
Crimson	7	14	7	17	45

See also: 2018 Harvard Crimson football team and Harvard–Yale football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
67–58–8	November 18, 2017	W, 24–3

Roster

2018 Yale Bulldogs football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 1 Charles, TrentonTrenton Charles 1.0 !Fr WR 4 Carrington, DarrionDarrion Carrington 3.0 !So RB 5 Lamar, AlanAlan Lamar 5.0 !Jr QB 6 Rawlings, KurtKurt Rawlings 5.0 !Jr WR 7 Rouse II, MelvinMelvin Rouse II 3.0 !So QB 8 Conte, PatrickPatrick Conte 3.0 !So RB 9 Purvey Jr., MichaelMichael Purvey Jr. 3.0 !So WR 11 Herring, CadenCaden Herring 5.0 !Jr WR 12 Locke, JamalJamal Locke 7.0 !Sr WR 13 McCord II, Keith CJKeith CJ McCord II 7.0 !Sr WR 14 Klubnik, ReedReed Klubnik 5.0 !Jr QB 15 Henkel, NickNick Henkel 1.0 !Fr QB 16 O'Connor, GriffinGriffin O'Connor 1.0 !Fr WR 17 Omonije, SeunSeun Omonije 1.0 !Fr QB 19 Check, JimmyJimmy Check 3.0 !So WR 20 Biestek, JackJack Biestek 1.0 !Fr RB 21 Nwangwu, KamsiKamsi Nwangwu 7.0 !Sr RB 22 McElwain, ElliottElliott McElwain 1.0 !Fr WR 23 Aaron, NoahNoah Aaron 1.0 !Fr RB 24 Alston, SpencerSpencer Alston 1.0 !Fr RB 29 Debner, DanielDaniel Debner 7.0 !Sr RB 33 Dudek, ZaneZane Dudek 3.0 !So RB 35 Ellerson, KyleKyle Ellerson 7.0 !Sr TE 44 Hoban, SashaSasha Hoban 3.0 !So OL 55 Hinish, JacobJacob Hinish 3.0 !So OL 57 Schuller, CubbyCubby Schuller 1.0 !Fr OL 65 De St. Jean, JoshJosh De St. Jean 1.0 !Fr OL 66 Gargiulo, NickNick Gargiulo 1.0 !Fr OL 67 Van de Grift, JacobJacob Van de Grift 7.0 !Sr OL 68 Neagli, GrantGrant Neagli 3.0 !So OL 70 LeMay, ReesRees LeMay 7.0 !Sr OL 71 Jost, TylerTyler Jost 3.0 !So OL 72 Eiselen, DieterDieter Eiselen 5.0 !Jr OL 73 Tribble, LucasLucas Tribble 5.0 !Jr OL 74 Strother, SterlingSterling Strother 5.0 !Jr OL 75 Warfield, CameronCameron Warfield 3.0 !So OL 76 Lee, JackJack Lee 7.0 !Sr OL 77 Sexton, JettJett Sexton 5.0 !Jr OL 78 Cepalia, StevenSteven Cepalia 5.0 !Jr OL 79 Smith, ConorConor Smith 1.0 !Fr TE 80 Howland, J. J.J. J. Howland 3.0 !So WR 81 Marcinick, KyleKyle Marcinick 7.0 !Sr WR 82 Sandifer, JaylanJaylan Sandifer 1.0 !Fr WR 83 White, GarrettGarrett White 5.0 !Jr TE 84 Raymond, GarryGarry Raymond 1.0 !Fr TE 85 Dawson, QuinnQuinn Dawson 5.0 !Jr TE 86 Lager, JohnJohn Lager 7.0 !Sr WR 88 Shohfi, JPJP Shohfi 5.0 !Jr TE 89 Roman, D. MajorD. Major Roman 3.0 !So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 1 Dixon, MalcolmMalcolm Dixon 5.0 !Jr DB 2 Peggs, MarquiseMarquise Peggs 7.0 !Sr DB 3 Abraham, BrianBrian Abraham 1.0 !Fr DB 4 Granberry, JaylanJaylan Granberry 1.0 !Fr DB 5 Oldacre, MilesMiles Oldacre 1.0 !Fr DB 6 Alburg, JaelinJaelin Alburg 5.0 !Jr LB 8 MacPhee, BrendanBrendan MacPhee 5.0 !Jr DE 9 Ifesinachukwu, OsorachukwuOsorachukwu Ifesinachukwu 1.0 !Fr LB 10 Moore, TréTré Moore 7.0 !Sr LB 13 Westafer, JackJack Westafer 5.0 !Jr LB 15 Carey, JordanJordan Carey 3.0 !So DE 16 Nickerson, ReidReid Nickerson 1.0 !Fr DB 17 Kosmalski, KennedyKennedy Kosmalski 1.0 !Fr LB 18 Burke, RyanRyan Burke 5.0 !Jr DB 20 Agbeyegbe, TosanTosan Agbeyegbe 5.0 !Jr DB 21 Henson, DeonteDeonte Henson 3.0 !So DB 23 Dunham, IsaiahIsaiah Dunham 1.0 !Fr DL 24 Keeler, JoshuaJoshua Keeler 5.0 !Jr LB 25 Awodiran, MicahMicah Awodiran 3.0 !So DB 26 Thomas II, RodneyRodney Thomas II 3.0 !So LB 27 Balter, JarettJarett Balter 7.0 !Sr DE 28 Sampleton, ChristianChristian Sampleton 3.0 !So LB 30 Pope, NoahNoah Pope 1.0 !Fr DB 31 Ellis, KyleKyle Ellis 1.0 !Fr DB 32 Segel, HenryHenry Segel 5.0 !Jr DE 34 Gerber, BrettBrett Gerber 1.0 !Fr LB 35 Abelite, AlexanderAlexander Abelite 5.0 !Jr DE 36 Roman, J. HunterJ. Hunter Roman 7.0 !Sr DB 37 Hickey, DathanDathan Hickey 1.0 !Fr LB 40 Hill, BlakeBlake Hill 3.0 !So LB 41 Ryan, A. J.A. J. Ryan 3.0 !So LB 42 Herbert, QuintinQuintin Herbert 7.0 !Sr LB 43 Dean, JohnJohn Dean 3.0 !So DB 44 Patton, ScottScott Patton 7.0 !Sr LB 47 Frommer, ShaneShane Frommer 1.0 !Fr DT 50 Matthaei, SpencerSpencer Matthaei 5.0 !Jr DL 52 Chime, MichaelMichael Chime 3.0 !So LB 53 Maxwell, ChristopherChristopher Maxwell 7.0 !Sr DL 54 Fraser, JulianJulian Fraser 5.0 !Jr DL 56 James, DanielDaniel James 7.0 !Sr DE 87 Moore, DevinDevin Moore 5.0 !Jr DL 90 Raine, AdamAdam Raine 1.0 !Fr DL 91 Crowle, NicholasNicholas Crowle 7.0 !Sr DE 92 Callender, CharlesCharles Callender 5.0 !Jr DE 94 Kissel, SeanSean Kissel 5.0 !Jr DL 96 Bruno, SebastianSebastian Bruno 1.0 !Fr LB 97 Large, HenryHenry Large 1.0 !Fr DL 99 Goodyear, TateTate Goodyear 1.0 !Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K, P 12 Culhane, AjayAjay Culhane 1.0 !Fr LS 42 Tibbetts, NickNick Tibbetts 1.0 !Fr K, P 49 Tuckerman, SamSam Tuckerman 5.0 !Jr LS 51 Oak, RyanRyan Oak 7.0 !Sr LS 59 Simino, HunterHunter Simino 7.0 !Sr K, P 81 Galland, AlexAlex Galland 7.0 !Sr PK 97 Horn, BlakeBlake Horn 7.0 !Sr	Head coach Tony Reno Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster