American college football season
The 1980 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulldogs were led by 16th-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, 8–2 overall.[1]
Schedule[edit]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 20 | at Brown | | W 45–17 | 15,500 | [2] |
September 27 | Connecticut* | | W 20–10 | 34,500 | [3] |
October 4 | Air Force* | | W 17–16 | 23,000 | [4] |
October 11 | at Boston College* | | L 9–27 | 26,000 | [5] |
October 18 | Columbia | | W 30–10 | 14,000 | [6] |
October 25 | at Penn | | W 8–0 | 7,000 | [7] |
November 1 | at Dartmouth | | W 35–7 | 16,111 | [8] |
November 8 | Cornell | | L 6–24 | 28,000 | [9] |
November 15 | Princeton | | W 25–13 | 36,000 | [10] |
November 22 | at Harvard | | W 14–0 | 41,000 | [11] |
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1980 Yale Bulldogs football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense Pos. | # | Name | Class | G | 51 | Bill Basa | So | FB | 32 | Jeff Bassette | So | G | 67 | Bill Bellissimo | Jr | TE | 95 | Dale Bernhard | Sr | OT | 71 | Jim Britt | Jr | WR | 88 | Bob Burkitt | Jr | QB | 7 | Rick Crews | So | RB | 34 | Jim Dalzell | So | G | 62 | Peter Deeb | Sr | RB | 33 | Rich Diana | Jr | TE | 80 | Matt Dolan | Jr | G | 65 | Bill Donahoe | Jr | QB | 17 | Joe Dufek | So | RB | 44 | Gerry Harrington | Sr | WR | 82 | Ron Jadin | So | TE | 84 | Tom Kokoska | Jr | C | 55 | Jim Lang | So | C | 74 | Paul Lata | Jr | QB | 5 | Phil Manley | Sr | C | 52 | Jeff Manning | Sr | RB | 20 | Cornell McCullom | Sr | WR | 85 | Tom Moyer | Jr | RB | 41 | John Nitti | Sr | QB | 19 | John Rogan | Jr | WR | 86 | Scott Sheldon | So | OT | 70 | Dan Skarzynski | Sr | WR | 87 | Dan Stratton | Sr | G | 58 | Bill Whitehurst | Sr | | Defense Pos. | # | Name | Class | LB | 21 | Danny Barnett | Sr | DB | 14 | Kerry Bensinger | Jr | DB | 46 | Greg Burkus | So | DB | 9 | Tom Burns | So | LB | 45 | Doug Carrns | Jr | DB | 49 | Pat Conran | Jr | MG | 40 | Kevin Czinger | Sr | CB | 12 | David Daugherty | Jr | DT | 97 | John Ford | Sr | DE | 77 | Doug Holowinko | So | LB | 42 | Jim Joiner | So | DE | 99 | John Kelly | Sr | DT | 89 | Bill Kirk | Jr | MG | 66 | Tony Lepore | Sr | S | 8 | Mike Muscatello | Sr | LB | 37 | Scott McKenzie | Sr | DB | 24 | David Novosel | Sr | LB | 23 | Jeff Rohrer | Jr | LB | 33 | Jay Snyder | Jr | DE | 36 | Len Tavera | Sr | DE | 78 | Dennis Tulsiak | Jr | DB | 10 | George Vitelli | Jr | DB | 18 | Jon Wood | Jr | | Special teams Pos. | # | Name | Class | K | 1 | Jeff Arons | So | K | 3 | Tony Jones | Jr | K | 11 | Gary Whitman | Jr | | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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References[edit]
- ^ "1980 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
- ^ Visser, Lesley (September 21, 1980). "Yale Rolls over Brown". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 84 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Wilkins, Sam (September 28, 1980). "Yale Gets Big Plays, Holds Off Connecticut". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 80 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Yantz, Tom (October 5, 1980). "Cozza Gets 100th". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Concannon, Joe (October 12, 1980). "BC's Too Much for Yale". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 56 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Wilkins, Sam (October 19, 1980). "Yale Cools Columbia". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 54 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Wilkins, Sam (October 26, 1980). "Yale Sneaks by Penn". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 54 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Roberts, Ernie (November 2, 1980). "Diana, Yale Manhandle Dartmouth". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 48 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Roberts, Ernie (November 9, 1980). "Cornell Halts Yale". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 78 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Concannon, Joe (November 16, 1980). "Yale Earns Title Tie". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 86 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Concannon, Joe (November 23, 1980). "Yale Gets Its Revenge, 14-0; Defense Ends Harvard Hopes". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 71 – via Newspapers.com.
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