1986 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1986 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by 22nd-year head coach Carmen Cozza, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished in sixth place in the Ivy League with a 2–5 record, 3–7 overall.^[1]

1986 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	3–7 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach	Carmen Cozza (22nd season)
Home stadium	Yale Bowl
Seasons ← 1985 1987 →

1986 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 7 Penn $	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	0
Cornell	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Brown	4	–	2	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Dartmouth	3	–	3	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
Harvard	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Yale	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Princeton	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Columbia	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 7–21	11,300	[2]
September 27	Connecticut*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 12–17	25,175	[3]
October 4	Army*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 24–41	25,075	[4]
October 11	Colgate*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 28–23	22,148	[5]
October 18	Columbia	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 47–0	10,163	[6]
October 25	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 6–24	32,761	[7]
November 1	Dartmouth	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 13–39	17,170	[8]
November 8	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 0–15	17,000	[9]
November 15	Princeton	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	W 14–13	22,202	[10]
November 22	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (The Game)	L 17–24	40,000	[11]
*Non-conference game

References

1. "Football By Year" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2018. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
2. Hunt, Kevin (September 21, 1986). "Yale's Down to QB No. 4 After Falling to Brown, 21-7". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 76 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Smith, George (September 28, 1986). "UConn Flips Yale 4th Time in a Row". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E1 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Hunt, Kevin (October 5, 1986). "Army's Running Game Grounds Yale, 41-24". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 69 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Sudyk, Bob (October 12, 1986). "Elis Rally to Defeat Colgate". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E9 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Sudyk, Bob (October 19, 1986). "Yale Has Easy Time with Columbia". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E15 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Sudyk, Bob (October 26, 1986). "Abusive Quakers Prove Too Much for Bulldogs". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E21 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Sudyk, Bob (November 2, 1986). "Beleaguered Yukica, Dartmouth Savor Rout of Yale". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. D9 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Sudyk, Bob (November 9, 1986). "Mistakes, Cornell Give Yale Fits, 15-0". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. D9 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Sudyk, Bob (November 16, 1986). "Yale's Comeback Shocks Princeton". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E9 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Concannon, Joe (November 23, 1986). "Happy Ending for BC, Harvard; Crimson D Slams Door on Yale". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 49 – via Newspapers.com.