2021 Yale Bulldogs football team

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2021 Yale Bulldogs football
Yale Bulldogs script.svg
Conference Ivy League
Record5–5 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Kevin Cahill (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorSean McGowan (4th season)
Home stadium Yale Bowl
Seasons
  2019
2022  
2021 Ivy League football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 20 Dartmouth +  6 1   9 1  
No. 24 Princeton +  6 1   9 1  
Harvard  5 2   8 2  
Yale  4 3   5 5  
Columbia  4 3   7 3  
Penn  1 6   3 7  
Brown  1 6   2 8  
Cornell  1 6   2 8  
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from STATS Poll
The Bulldogs defeated the Brown Bears, 63-38 Brown Bears vs Yale Bulldogs football 11-6-21.jpg
The Bulldogs defeated the Brown Bears, 63-38

The 2021 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. The team was led by ninth-year head coach Tony Reno and played its home games at the Yale Bowl. Yale's 63-point win against Brown on November 6 was the Bulldogs' most single-game points under coach Reno. Yale averaged 13,263 fans per game. [1]

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 1812:00 p.m. Holy Cross *L 17–203,987
September 2512:00 p.m. Cornell
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 23–174,916
October 212:00 p.m.at Lehigh *W 34–03,528
October 91:30 p.m.at Dartmouth ESPN+L 17–24 OT10,079
October 1612:00 p.m.at UConn * CBSSN L 15–2118,596
October 2312:00 p.m. Penn
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
ESPN+W 42–284,475
October 3012:00 p.m. Columbia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
ESPN+W 37–303,437
November 612:30 p.m.at Brown ESPN+W 63-38 4,084
November 131:00 p.m.at Princeton ESPN+L 20-357,686
November 2012:00 p.m. Harvard
ESPNU L 31-3449,500

[2]

NFL Draft

The following Bulldog was selected in the National Football League draft following the season. [3]

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL Team
7239 Rodney Thomas II LB Indianapolis Colts

References

  1. "Yale scores its most points under head coach Tony Reno, defeats Brown 63-38". Hartford Courant. November 6, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  2. "2021 Yale Bulldogs Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
  3. "2022 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 11, 2025.