1991 Yale Bulldogs football team

American college football season

1991 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIvy League
Record6–4 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
  • Carmen Cozza (27th season)
Defensive coordinatorDon Brown (3rd season)
Home stadiumYale Bowl
Seasons
← 1990
1992 →
1991 Ivy League football standings
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Dartmouth $ 6 0 1 7 2 1
Princeton 5 2 0 8 2 0
Harvard 4 2 1 4 5 1
Yale 4 3 0 6 4 0
Cornell 4 3 0 5 5 0
Penn 2 5 0 2 8 0
Brown 1 6 0 1 9 0
Columbia 1 6 0 1 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1991 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1991 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by 27th-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 4–3 record, 6–4 overall.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21BrownW 36–2011,197[2]
September 28at Lafayette*W 24–1410,411[3]
October 5Connecticut*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 20–3420,191[4]
October 12at Colgate*
W 25–74,500[5]
October 19Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 24–2818,791[6]
October 26at ColumbiaW 36–99,130[7]
November 2Penn
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 31–1212,580[8]
November 9at CornellL 6–319,000[9]
November 16at PrincetonL 16–2230,820[10]
November 23Harvard
W 23–1340,091[11]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "Football By Year" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2018. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  2. ^ Concannon, Joe (September 22, 1991). "Yale Comes Up Big Against Brown". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 69 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Meixell, Ted (September 29, 1991). "A Frustrating and Maddening Day for the Leopards". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Smith, George (October 6, 1991). "UConn Wins Respect". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E1, E15 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Smith, George (October 13, 1991). "It's Back to Basics in Yale Win". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E15 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Lessels, Allen (October 20, 1991). "Fiedler Finishes Off Yale". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 64 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Berlet, Bruce (October 27, 1991). "Yale's 29 Third-Quarter Points Lead to Rout of Columbia". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E13, E11 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Berlet, Bruce (November 3, 1991). "Crawford's 204 Yards Let Yale Run Away, 31-12". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. C13 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Berlet, Bruce (November 10, 1991). "Yale Comes Apart Again at Cornell, 31-6". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. C8 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Berlet, Bruce (November 17, 1991). "Yale Has Its Chances, but Princeton Prevails, 22-16". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E6 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Concannon, Joe (November 24, 1991). "Yale Rises Up to Get The Win". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 49 – via Newspapers.com.
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