2008 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 2008 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Tale averaged 11,070 fans per game. The Bulldogs were led by 12th-year head coach Jack Siedlecki, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished tied for first place in the Ivy League with a 4–3 record, 6–4 overall.^[1]

2008 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	6–4 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach	Jack Siedlecki (12th season)
Home stadium	Yale Bowl
Seasons ← 2007 2009 →

2008 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 15 Harvard +		6	–	1					9	–	1
Brown +		6	–	1					7	–	3
Penn		5	–	2					6	–	4
Yale		4	–	3					6	–	4
Princeton		3	–	4					4	–	6
Cornell		2	–	5					4	–	6
Columbia		2	–	5					2	–	8
Dartmouth		0	–	7					0	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	Georgetown*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 47–7	12,771	[2]
September 27	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 14–17	13,142	[3]
October 4	Holy Cross*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 31–28	14,512	[4]
October 11	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 34–7	7,411	[5]
October 18	at Fordham*	Coffey Field Bronx, NY	L 10–12	6,873	[6]
October 25	Penn	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 7–9	10,490	[7]
November 1	Columbia	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 27–12	11,870	[8]
November 8	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 13–3	9,010	[9]
November 15	Princeton	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	W 14–0	5,711	[10]
November 22	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (The Game)	L 0–10	31,398	[11]
*Non-conference game

References

1. "Football By Year" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2018. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
2. "Pitch and Catch: Hart, Fodor Combine to Throw for Four TDs". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. Associated Press. September 21, 2008. pp. E6, E11 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Thomas, Brandon (September 28, 2008). "Big Red Washes Out Yale". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
4. Toland, Jennifer (October 5, 2008). "Another Heartbreaker for HC; Yale Wins on FG in Second Overtime". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C17 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Yale Delivers by Ground and by Air". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. October 12, 2008. pp. E7, E9 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Fordham Finally Breaks Yale with Late FG". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. October 19, 2008. p. E5 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Tannenwald, Jonathan (October 26, 2008). "Samson Hits 3 Field Goals in 2d Half to Lift Penn to Win". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. E3 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Spiegel, Jay (November 2, 2008). "Bulldogs Capitalize on Columbia's Slips". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E7 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Fuller, Jim (November 9, 2008). "Bulldogs Show Hart, Keep Title Hopes Alive". New Haven Register. New Haven, Conn. p. D1 – via NewsBank.
10. Spiegel, Jay (November 16, 2008). "A Twin Killing: Abare Brothers Set Up Yale TDs". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E7 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Powers, John (November 23, 2008). "Chilled Bubbly: Harvard Can Toast a Victory Well Earned". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.