1982 Yale Bulldogs football team

1982 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIvy League
Record4–6 (3–4 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadiumYale Bowl
Seasons
← 1981
1983 →
1982 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard + 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Penn + 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Dartmouth + 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Princeton 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Yale 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Brown 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Cornell 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Columbia 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1982 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by 18th-year head coach Carmen Cozza, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished tied for fourth place in the Ivy League with a 3–4 record, 4–6 overall.[1]

This was Yale's first year in Division I-AA, after having competed in the top-level Division I-A and its predecessors since helping to found the sport in 1872.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18at Brown
L 21–2813,300[2]
September 25Connecticut*
L 7–1733,000[3]
October 2Holy Cross*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 6–1019,200[4]
October 9Boston University*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 27–2415,500[5]
October 16Columbia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 36–1015,700[6]
October 23at Penn
L 14–2732,175[7]
October 30at Dartmouth
W 22–2115,300[8]
November 6Cornell
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 20–2618,000[9]
November 13Princeton
W 37–1928,250[10]
November 20at Harvard
L 7–4540,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "Football By Year" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2018. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
  2. ^ Concannon, Joe (September 19, 1982). "Brown Survives Late Yale Flurry". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 52 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Connecticut Surprises Yale". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. Associated Press. September 26, 1982. p. 70 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Concannon, Joe (October 3, 1982). "HC Holds On to Dump Yale". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 80 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Apple, Ginny (October 10, 1982). "Yale's Faith Bounces BU". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Apple, Ginny (October 17, 1982). "Dufek's a Gem as Yale Rocks Columbia". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. D12, D2 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ O'Connell, Mike (October 24, 1982). "Rubin, Penn Trip Yale". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 83 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Duffy, Bob (October 31, 1982). "Yale Rebuffs Dartmouth by Cashing In Second Life". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 54 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Concannon, Joe (November 7, 1982). "Cornell Puts Lid on Yale". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 82 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Apple, Ginny (November 14, 1982). "Yale Pummels Princeton, 37-19". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. D8 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Apple, Ginny (November 21, 1982). "Harvard Gives Yale a Pasting". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. D1, D2 – via Newspapers.com.