1980 Yale Bulldogs football team

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1980 Yale Bulldogs football
Ivy League champion
Conference Ivy League
Record8–2 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadium Yale Bowl
Seasons
  1979
1981  
1980 Ivy League football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale $ 6 1 08 2 0
Cornell 5 2 05 5 0
Harvard 4 3 07 3 0
Brown 4 3 06 4 0
Princeton 4 3 06 4 0
Dartmouth 4 3 04 6 0
Penn 1 6 01 9 0
Columbia 0 7 01 9 0
  • $ Conference champion

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]

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20at Brown W 45–1715,500 [2]
September 27 Connecticut *W 20–1034,500 [3]
October 4 Air Force *
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 17–1623,000 [4]
October 11at Boston College *L 9–2726,000 [5]
October 18 Columbia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 30–1014,000 [6]
October 25at Penn W 8–07,000 [7]
November 1at Dartmouth W 35–716,111 [8]
November 8 Cornell
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 6–2428,000 [9]
November 15 Princeton
W 25–1336,000 [10]
November 22at Harvard W 14–041,000 [11]
  • *Non-conference game

Roster

1980 Yale Bulldogs football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
G 51Bill BasaSo
FB 32Jeff BassetteSo
G 67Bill BellissimoJr
TE 95Dale BernhardSr
OT 71Jim BrittJr
WR 88Bob BurkittJr
QB 7Rick CrewsSo
RB 34Jim DalzellSo
G 62Peter DeebSr
RB 33 Rich Diana Jr
TE 80Matt DolanJr
G 65Bill DonahoeJr
QB 17 Joe Dufek So
RB 44Gerry HarringtonSr
WR 82Ron JadinSo
TE 84Tom KokoskaJr
C 55Jim LangSo
C 74Paul LataJr
QB 5Phil ManleySr
C 52Jeff ManningSr
RB 20Cornell McCullomSr
WR 85Tom MoyerJr
RB 41John NittiSr
QB 19 John Rogan Jr
WR 86Scott SheldonSo
OT 70Dan SkarzynskiSr
WR 87Dan StrattonSr
G 58Bill WhitehurstSr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 21Danny BarnettSr
DB 14Kerry BensingerJr
DB 46Greg BurkusSo
DB 9Tom BurnsSo
LB 45Doug CarrnsJr
DB 49Pat ConranJr
MG 40Kevin CzingerSr
CB 12David DaughertyJr
DT 97John FordSr
DE 77Doug HolowinkoSo
LB 42Jim JoinerSo
DE 99John KellySr
DT 89Bill KirkJr
MG 66Tony LeporeSr
DT 83Bill MattickSr
S 8Mike MuscatelloSr
LB 37Scott McKenzieSr
DB 24David NovoselSr
LB 23 Jeff Rohrer Jr
LB 33Jay SnyderJr
DE 36Len TaveraSr
DE 78Dennis TulsiakJr
DB 10George VitelliJr
DB 18Jon WoodJr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 1Jeff AronsSo
K 3Tony JonesJr
K 11Gary WhitmanJr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

References

  1. "1980 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  2. Visser, Lesley (September 21, 1980). "Yale Rolls over Brown". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 84 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Wilkins, Sam (September 28, 1980). "Yale Gets Big Plays, Holds Off Connecticut". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 80 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Yantz, Tom (October 5, 1980). "Cozza Gets 100th". Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. p. D1 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Concannon, Joe (October 12, 1980). "BC's Too Much for Yale". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 56 via Newspapers.com.
  6. Wilkins, Sam (October 19, 1980). "Yale Cools Columbia". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 54 via Newspapers.com.
  7. Wilkins, Sam (October 26, 1980). "Yale Sneaks by Penn". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 54 via Newspapers.com.
  8. Roberts, Ernie (November 2, 1980). "Diana, Yale Manhandle Dartmouth". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 48 via Newspapers.com.
  9. Roberts, Ernie (November 9, 1980). "Cornell Halts Yale". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 78 via Newspapers.com.
  10. Concannon, Joe (November 16, 1980). "Yale Earns Title Tie". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 86 via Newspapers.com.
  11. 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.