1986 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIvy League
Record3–7 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadiumYale Bowl
1986 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 Penn $ 7 –0 –010 –0 –0
Cornell 6 –1 –08 –2 –0
Brown 4 –2 –15 –4 –1
Dartmouth 3 –3 –13 –6 –1
Harvard 3 –4 –03 –7 –0
Yale 2 –5 –03 –7 –0
Princeton 2 –5 –02 –8 –0
Columbia 0 –7 –00 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

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]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20at Brown
L 7–2111,300[2]
September 27Connecticut*
L 12–1725,175[3]
October 4Army*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 24–4125,075[4]
October 11Colgate*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 28–2322,148[5]
October 18Columbia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 47–010,163[6]
October 25at Penn
L 6–2432,761[7]
November 1Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 13–3917,170[8]
November 8at Cornell
L 0–1517,000[9]
November 15Princeton
W 14–1322,202[10]
November 22at Harvard
L 17–2440,000[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.
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