1980 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1980 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulldogs were led by 16th-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.^[1]

1980 Yale Bulldogs football
Ivy League champion
Conference	Ivy League
Record	8–2 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Carmen Cozza (16th season)
Home stadium	Yale Bowl
Seasons ← 1979 1981 →

1980 Ivy League football standings

v t e	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
Penn	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
Columbia	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 45–17	15,500	^[2]
September 27	Connecticut*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 20–10	34,500	^[3]
October 4	Air Force*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 17–16	23,000	^[4]
October 11	at Boston College*	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	L 9–27	26,000	^[5]
October 18	Columbia	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 30–10	14,000	^[6]
October 25	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 8–0	7,000	^[7]
November 1	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 35–7	16,111	^[8]
November 8	Cornell	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 6–24	28,000	^[9]
November 15	Princeton	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	W 25–13	36,000	^[10]
November 22	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (The Game)	W 14–0	41,000	^[11]
*Non-conference game

Roster

1980 Yale Bulldogs football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 33 Rich Diana Jr QB 17 Joe Dufek So	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 12 David Daugherty Jr DE 99 John Kelly Sr LB 37 Scott McKenzie Sr LB 23 Jeff Rohrer Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Carmen Cozza Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible   Injured   Redshirt

References

1. "1980 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
2. Visser, Lesley (September 21, 1980). "Yale Rolls over Brown". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 84 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Wilkins, Sam (September 28, 1980). "Yale Gets Big Plays, Holds Off Connecticut". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 80 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Yantz, Tom (October 5, 1980). "Cozza Gets 100th". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Concannon, Joe (October 12, 1980). "BC's Too Much for Yale". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 56 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Wilkins, Sam (October 19, 1980). "Yale Cools Columbia". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 54 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Wilkins, Sam (October 26, 1980). "Yale Sneaks by Penn". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 54 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Roberts, Ernie (November 2, 1980). "Diana, Yale Manhandle Dartmouth". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 48 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Roberts, Ernie (November 9, 1980). "Cornell Halts Yale". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 78 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Concannon, Joe (November 16, 1980). "Yale Earns Title Tie". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 86 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Concannon, Joe (November 23, 1980). "Yale Gets Its Revenge, 14-0; Defense Ends Harvard Hopes". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 71 – via Newspapers.com.