1981 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1981 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulldogs were led by 17th-year head coach Carmen Cozza and played their home games at the Yale Bowl. They played as a member of the Ivy League. The Bulldogs finished the season with an overall record of 9–1, including a record of 6–1 in Ivy League play, giving them a share of the Ivy League championship with Dartmouth.^[1]

1981 Yale Bulldogs football
Ivy League co-champion
Conference	Ivy League
Record	9–1 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Carmen Cozza (17th season)
Home stadium	Yale Bowl
Seasons ← 1980 1982 →

1981 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale +	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Dartmouth +	6	–	1	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Princeton	5	–	1	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Harvard	4	–	2	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Brown	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Cornell	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Columbia	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
Penn	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	Brown	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT		W 28–7	17,000	[2]
September 26	No. 6 Connecticut*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT		W 27–18	36,000	[3]
October 3	Navy*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	ABC	W 23–19	38,000	[4]
October 10	at Holy Cross*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA		W 29–28	21,601	[5]
October 17	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY		W 48–17	10,025	[6]
October 24	Penn	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT		W 24–3	24,500	[7]
October 31	Dartmouth	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	ABC	W 24–3	32,500	[8]
November 7	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY		W 23–17	13,000	[9]
November 14	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)		L 31–35	20,303	[10]
November 21	Harvard	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (The Game)		W 28–0	75,300	[11]
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

^[12]

Roster

1981 Yale Bulldogs football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 33 Rich Diana Sr QB 17 Joe Dufek Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 23 Jeff Rohrer Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Carmen Cozza Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. Wallace, William N.; Times, Special To the New York (November 22, 1981). "Yale Wins, Ties for Ivy Title". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
2. Concannon, Joe (September 20, 1981). "Diana Provides Spark as Yale Burns Brown". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 56 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Visser, Lesley (September 27, 1981). "Yale Tops UConn". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 78 – via Newspapers.com.
4. McIntyre, Mark D. (October 4, 1981). "Yale Rally Surprises Navy". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 84 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Strauss, Michael (October 11, 1981). "Yale Beats Holy Cross, 29-28". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S8.
6. Yantz, Tom (October 18, 1981). "Yale Turns Columbia's Roars to Whimpers, 48-17". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. C12 – via Newspapers.com.
7. McIntyre, Mark D. (October 25, 1981). "Yale, Rogan Top Penn". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 86 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Concannon, Joe (November 1, 1981). "Rogan, Yale Dispose of Dartmouth". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 86 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Taussig, Pete (November 8, 1981). "Yale Gets Last Chance ... and Last Laugh". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 80 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Yale Upset, 35-31". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 15, 1981. p. 71 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Concannon, Joe (November 22, 1981). "The Game, The Win Belong to Yale, 28-0". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 71 – via Newspapers.com.
12. Schedule