1976 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1976 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. The Bulldogs were led by 12th-year head coach Carmen Cozza, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished tied for first place in the Ivy League with a 6–1 record, 8–1 overall.^[1]

1976 Yale Bulldogs football
Ivy League co-champion
Conference	Ivy League
Record	8–1 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Carmen Cozza (12th season)
Home stadium	Yale Bowl
Seasons ← 1975 1977 →

1976 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale +	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Brown +	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Harvard	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Dartmouth	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Columbia	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Penn	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Princeton	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Cornell	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 6–14	13,500	[2]
September 25	Connecticut*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 21–10	21,860	[3]
October 2	Lehigh*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 21–6	13,000–13,034	[4][5]
October 9	Dartmouth	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 18–14	10,000	[6]
October 16	Columbia	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 37–6	14,035	[7]
October 23	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 21–7	15,101	[8]
October 30	Cornell	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 14–6	22,519	[9]
November 6	Princeton	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	W 39–7	33,218	[10]
November 13	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (The Game)	W 21–7	42,000	[11]
*Non-conference game

Roster

1976 Yale Bulldogs football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OT 79 Pete McNamara So RB 40 John Pagliaro Jr QB 16 Stone Phillips Sr WR 85 John Spagnola So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DE 92 Pete White So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 5 Randy Carter Sr	Head coach Carmen Cozza Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt