1979 Yale Bulldogs football team

1979 Yale Bulldogs football
Ivy League champion
Conference	Ivy League
Record	8–1 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Carmen Cozza (15th season)
Home stadium	Yale Bowl

1979 Ivy League football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale $	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Brown	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Princeton	5	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Cornell	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Dartmouth	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
Harvard	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Columbia	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
Penn	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1979 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulldogs were led by 15th-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, 8–1 overall.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 22	Brown	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 13–12
September 29	Connecticut*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 24–17
October 6	Colgate*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 27–0
October 13	Dartmouth	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 3–0
October 20	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	W 37–7
October 27	Penn	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 24–6
November 3	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 23–20
November 10	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 35–10
November 17	Harvard	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	L 7–22	72,000
*Non-conference game

Roster

1979 Yale Bulldogs football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 7 Rich Diana So QB 6 Dennis Dunn Sr RB 42 Kenny Hill Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DE 99 John Kelly Jr LB 37 Scott McKenzie Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Carmen Cozza Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt