1980 Yale Bulldogs football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 1980 Yale Bulldogs football Ivy League Ivy 8–2 6–1 Carmen Cozza 16th Yale Bowl Ivy League champion The 1980 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulldogs were led by 16th-year head coach Carmen Cozza, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished in first place in the Ivy League with a 6–1 record, 8–2 overall.https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/yale/1980-schedule.html 1980 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results Sports Reference November 26, 2017 Schedule September 20 w y Brown Brown Stadium Providence, RI 45–17 15,500 Yale Rolls over Brown Lesley Visser September 21, 1980 84 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54315496/1980-brown-yale September 27 w y Connecticut Yale Bowl New Haven, CT 20–10 34,500 Yale Gets Big Plays, Holds Off Connecticut Sam Wilkins September 28, 1980 80 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54315832/1980-uconn-yale October 4 w y Air Force Yale Bowl New Haven, CT 17–16 23,000 Cozza Gets 100th Tom Yantz October 5, 1980 D1 Hartford Courant Hartford, Conn. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56535201/1980-air-force-yale October 11 l y y Boston College Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA 9–27 26,000 BC's Too Much for Yale Joe Concannon Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. October 12, 1980 56 Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54316357/1980-yale-bc October 18 w Columbia Yale Bowl New Haven, CT 30–10 14,000 Yale Cools Columbia Sam Wilkins Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. October 19, 1980 54 Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54316806/1980-columbia-yale October 25 w y Penn Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA 8–0 7,000 Yale Sneaks by Penn Sam Wilkins Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. October 26, 1980 54 Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54320055/1980-yale-penn November 1 w y Dartmouth Memorial Field Hanover, NH 35–7 16,111 Diana, Yale Manhandle Dartmouth Ernie Roberts Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. November 2, 1980 48 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54320772/1980-dartmouth-yale/ Newspapers.com November 8 l Cornell Yale Bowl New Haven, CT 6–24 28,000 Cornell Halts Yale Ernie Roberts Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. November 9, 1980 78 Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54323174/1980-cornell-yale/ November 15 w Princeton Yale Bowl New Haven, CT rivalry 25–13 36,000 Yale Earns Title Tie Joe Concannon Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. November 16, 1980 86 Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54323518/1980-princeton-yale/ November 22 w y Harvard Harvard Stadium Boston, MA The Game 14–0 41,000 Yale Gets Its Revenge, 14-0; Defense Ends Harvard Hopes Joe Concannon Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. November 23, 1980 71 Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54323842/1980-harvard-yale/ Roster 1980 Yale Bulldogs f 51 So Bill Basa G 32 So Jeff Bassette FB 67 Jr Bill Bellissimo G 95 Sr Dale Bernhard TE 71 Jr Jim Britt T 88 Jr Bob Burkitt WR 7 So Rick Crews QB 34 So Jim Dalzell RB 62 Sr Peter Deeb G 33 Jr Rich Diana RB y 80 Jr Matt Dolan TE 65 Jr Bill Donahoe G 17 So Joe Dufek QB y 44 Sr Gerry Harrington RB 82 So Ron Jadin WR 84 Jr Tom Kokoska TE 55 So Jim Lang C 74 Jr Paul Lata C 5 Sr Phil Manley QB 52 Sr Jeff Manning C 20 Sr Cornell McCullom RB 85 Jr Tom Moyer WR 41 Sr John Nitti RB 19 Jr John Rogan John Rogan (Canadian football) QB y 86 So Scott Sheldon WR 70 Sr Dan Skarzynski T 87 Sr Dan Stratton WR 58 Sr Bill Whitehurst G 21 Sr Danny Barnett LB 14 Jr Kerry Bensinger DB 46 So Greg Burkus DB 9 So Tom Burns DB 45 Jr Doug Carrns LB 49 Jr Pat Conran DB 40 Sr Kevin Czinger MG 12 Jr David Daugherty CB 97 Sr John Ford DT 77 So Doug Holowinko DE 42 So Jim Joiner LB 99 Sr John Kelly DE 89 Jr Bill Kirk DT 66 Sr Tony Lepore MG 83 Sr Bill Mattick DT 8 Sr Mike Muscatello S 37 Sr Scott McKenzie LB 24 Sr David Novosel DB 23 Jr Jeff Rohrer LB y 33 Jr Jay Snyder LB 36 Sr Len Tavera DE 78 Jr Dennis Tulsiak DE 10 Jr George Vitelli DB 18 Jr Jon Wood DB 1 So Jeff Arons K 3 Jr Tony Jones K 11 Jr Gary Whitman K *Carmen Cozza References Yale Category:Yale Bulldogs football seasons Category:Ivy League football champion seasons Yale Bulldogs football