2002 Yale Bulldogs football team

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2002 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference Ivy League
Record6–4 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadium Yale Bowl
Seasons
  2001
2003  
2002 Ivy League football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 17 Penn $  7 0   9 1  
Harvard  6 1   7 3  
Princeton  4 3   6 4  
Yale  4 3   6 4  
Cornell  3 4   4 6  
Dartmouth  2 5   3 7  
Brown  2 5   2 8  
Columbia  0 7   1 9  
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2002 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by sixth-year head coach Jack Siedlecki, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished tied for third in the Ivy League with a 4–3 record, 6–4 overall. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21 San Diego *W 49–1415,199 [2]
September 28at Cornell W 50–2313,224 [3]
October 5 Holy Cross *
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 28–1915,026 [4]
October 12at Dartmouth L 17–207,112 [5]
October 19at Lehigh *L 7–148,670 [6]
October 26 Penn
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 20–412,500 [7]
November 2 Columbia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 35–77,262 [8]
November 9at Brown W 31–275,510 [9]
November 16 Princeton
W 7–37,638 [10]
November 23at Harvard L 13–2030,323 [11]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "Football By Year" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  2. Hine, Tommy (September 22, 2002). "Yale Quarterback Looks Like a Keeper". Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. p. E9 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Hine, Tommy (September 29, 2002). "Carr Steps Up for Yale". Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. p. E13 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Toland, Jennifer (October 6, 2002). "In the Long Run, Crusaders Defenseless". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. C17 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Hine, Tommy (October 13, 2002). "Dartmouth Doesn't Have Far to Drive". Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. pp. E11, E12 via Newspapers.com.
  6. Hine, Tommy (October 20, 2002). "For Yale, No Finishing Touch; Can't Take Advantage of Lehigh's Errors". Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. pp. E11, E12 via Newspapers.com.
  7. Juliano, Joe (October 27, 2002). "Quakers Bombard Bulldogs". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. D9 via Newspapers.com.
  8. Hine, Tommy (November 3, 2002). "Yale Turns it Around". Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. pp. E13, E12 via Newspapers.com.
  9. Hine, Tommy (November 10, 2002). "Yale Victory Plumb Exciting; Brown Stopped on Final Drive". Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. pp. E7, E14 via Newspapers.com.
  10. Hine, Tommy (November 17, 2002). "Yale Stings Princeton at Finish". Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. p. E9 via Newspapers.com.
  11. Hine, Tommy (November 24, 2002). "Harvard Scrambles for a Solution". Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. p. E1 via Newspapers.com.