2021 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 2021 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. The team was led by ninth-year head coach Tony Reno and played its home games at the Yale Bowl. Yale's 63-point win against Brown on November 6 was the Bulldogs' most single-game points under coach Reno. Yale averaged 13,263 fans per game.^[1]

2021 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	5–5 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach	Tony Reno (9th season)
Offensive coordinator	Kevin Cahill (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Sean McGowan (4th season)
Home stadium	Yale Bowl
Seasons ← 2019 2022 →

2021 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 20 Dartmouth +		6	–	1					9	–	1
No. 24 Princeton +		6	–	1					9	–	1
Harvard		5	–	2					8	–	2
Yale		4	–	3					5	–	5
Columbia		4	–	3					7	–	3
Penn		1	–	6					3	–	7
Brown		1	–	6					2	–	8
Cornell		1	–	6					2	–	8
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from STATS Poll

The Bulldogs defeated the Brown Bears, 63-38

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 18	12:00 p.m.	Holy Cross*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT		L 17–20	3,987
September 25	12:00 p.m.	Cornell	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT		W 23–17	4,916
October 2	12:00 p.m.	at Lehigh*	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA		W 34–0	3,528
October 9	1:30 p.m.	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	ESPN+	L 17–24 OT	10,079
October 16	12:00 p.m.	at UConn*	Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT	CBSSN	L 15–21	18,596
October 23	12:00 p.m.	Penn	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	ESPN+	W 42–28	4,475
October 30	12:00 p.m.	Columbia	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	ESPN+	W 37–30	3,437
November 6	12:30 p.m.	at Brown	Richard Gouse Field at Brown Stadium Providence, RI	ESPN+	W 63-38	4,084
November 13	1:00 p.m.	at Princeton	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	ESPN+	L 20-35	7,686
November 20	12:00 p.m.	Harvard	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	ESPNU	L 31-34	49,500
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time

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