2001 Yale Bulldogs football team

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2001 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIvy League
Record3–6 (1–6 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadiumYale Bowl
Seasons
← 2000
2002 →
2001 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 19 Harvard $   7 – 0     9 – 0  
No. 24 Penn   6 – 1     8 – 1  
Brown   5 – 2     6 – 3  
Princeton   3 – 4     3 – 6  
Columbia   3 – 4     3 – 7  
Cornell   2 – 5     2 – 7  
Dartmouth   1 – 6     1 – 8  
Yale   1 – 6     3 – 6  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2001 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by fifth-year head coach Jack Siedlecki, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished last in the Ivy League with a 1–6 record, 3–6 overall.[1]

Like most of the Ivy League, Yale played nine games instead of the usual 10, after its September 15 season opener against Towson was canceled following the September 11 attacks.[2] Yale averaged 25,533 fans per game.

Half-time festivities during The Yale and Harvard Game at Yale Bowl, November 2001

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 15at Towson*
 Canceled[2]
September 22Cornell
W 40–1320,269[3]
September 29at Holy Cross*
W 23–228,547[4]
October 7Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 27–3219,996[5]
October 13Fordham
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 36–2718,580[6]
October 20at Penn
L 3–219,419[7]
October 27at Columbia
L 14–283,079[8]
November 3Brown
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 34–3717,184[9]
November 10at Princeton
L 14–2820,129[10]
November 17Harvard
L 23–3551,634[11]
  • *Non-conference game

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Football By Year" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2018. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Blaudschun, Mark (September 14, 2001). "After Prodding, Correct Choice Finally Made". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. E6 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Hine, Tommy (September 23, 2001). "Yale Has Every Advantage". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E9 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Hine, Tommy (September 30, 2001). "Positively Stunning: Yale Rallies; Davis Kicks Winner". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E11 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Hine, Tommy (October 8, 2001). "Yale Falls Short". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. C11 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Hine, Tommy (October 14, 2001). "Big Day for the New-Name Offense". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E10 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Juliano, Joe (October 21, 2001). "Penn's Defense Smothers Yale". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C9 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Hine, Tommy (October 10, 2001). "Lots of Driving, but Yale Stalls". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E8, E10 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Hine, Tommy (November 4, 2001). "Brown's Big Plays Hurt Yale". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E7 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Hine, Tommy (November 11, 2001). "Picks Are Quick to Bury Yale". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E9 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Duffy, Bob (November 18, 2001). "Ending Is Just Perfect: Harvard (9-0) Beats Yale for First Unblemished Season Since 1913". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
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