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1978 Yale Bulldogs football team

1978 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIvy League
Record5–2–2 (4–1–2 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadiumYale Bowl
Seasons
← 1977
1979 →
1978 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Dartmouth $ 6 1 0 6 3 0
Brown 5 2 0 6 3 0
Yale 4 1 2 5 2 2
Cornell 3 3 1 5 3 1
Harvard 2 4 1 4 4 1
Columbia 2 4 1 3 5 1
Princeton 1 4 2 2 5 2
Penn 1 5 1 2 6 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1978 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulldogs were led by 14th-year head coach Carmen Cozza, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished in third place in the Ivy League with a 4–1–2 record, 5–2–2 overall.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23at BrownW 21–015,812[2]
September 30Connecticut*W 21–723,431[3]
October 7Rutgers*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 27–2821,000[4]
October 14at DartmouthL 3–1017,500[5]
October 21Columbia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
T 3–319,000[6]
October 28at PennT 17–1715,980[7]
November 4Cornell
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 42–1423,000[8]
November 6Princeton
W 23–732,000[9]
November 13at HarvardW 35–2841,500[10]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "1978 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  2. ^ Roberts, Ernie (September 24, 1978). "Poised Yale Defeats Brown, 21-0". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 66 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Visser, Lesley (October 1, 1978). "Yale Holds Off Tough UConn". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 51 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Eisenberg, Harry (October 8, 1978). "Yale Misses, Rutgers Wins, 28-27". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 82 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Roberts, Ernie (October 15, 1978). "Dartmouth Rebounds, Stuns Yale, 10-3". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 58 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Strong, Roger (October 22, 1978). "Columbia Misses Kick, Ties Yale". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 64 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Strong, Roger (October 29, 1978). "Late Yale Rally Ties Penn, 17-17". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 52 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Ahern, John (November 5, 1978). "QBs Ramble, Yale Crushes Cornell, 42-14". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 63 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Strong, Roger (November 12, 1978). "Yale Passes Princeton". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 48 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Concannon, Joe (November 19, 1978). "Yale Has Final Say over Harvard, 35-28". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 41 – via Newspapers.com.