The 1989 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by 25th-year head coach Carmen Cozza, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished tied for first place in the Ivy League with a 6–1 record, 8–2 overall.[1]
| 1989 Yale Bulldogs football | |
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Ivy League co-champion | |
| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 8–2 (6–1 Ivy) |
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| Defensive coordinator | Don Brown (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Yale Bowl |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 16 | Brown | W 12–3 | 11,252 | [2] | |
| September 23 | Lehigh* |
| W 33–17 | 9,907 | [3] |
| September 30 | Connecticut* |
| L 20–31 | 21,319 | [4] |
| October 7 | Colgate* |
| W 36–15 | 20,540 | [5] |
| October 14 | at Dartmouth | W 24–19 | 15,431 | [6] | |
| October 21 | at Columbia | W 23–0 | 8,125 | [7] | |
| October 28 | Penn |
| W 23–22 | 18,745 | [8] |
| November 4 | Cornell |
| W 34–19 | 15,638 | [9] |
| November 11 | at Princeton | W 14–7 | 37,762 | [10] | |
| November 18 | Harvard |
| L 20–37 | 59,263 | [11] |
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References
edit- ^ "Football By Year" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2018. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
- ^ Smith, George (October 10, 1989). "Yale Takes Charge; Dominates Brown, 12-3". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E16, E17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Smith, George (September 24, 1989). "Kehler (3 TDs) Shines in the Mud as Yale Tips Lehigh". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. D15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Reinert, Bob (October 1, 1989). "UConn Is Too Tough for Yale". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 63 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Rieber, Anthony (October 8, 1989). "Yale Throws a Block at Colgate, 36-15". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 64 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Lessels, Allen (October 15, 1989). "Yale Holds Off Dartmouth". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 62 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Smith, George (October 22, 1989). "Yale Fumbles Its Way Past Winless Columbia, 23-0". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E9, E14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Smith, George (October 29, 1989). "Yale Wins with 10 Seconds Left; Perks' 28-Yard Kick Tops Penn". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. C17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Smith, George (November 5, 1989). "Reese, Kehler Lead Yale Past Cornell". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E13, E15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Goodman, Brett (November 12, 1989). "Yale Edges Princeton, 14-7, to Clinch Tie for Title". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 13-E – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Concannon, Joe (November 19, 1989). "Harvard Beats Yale in The Upset; Elis Forced to Share Ivy Title". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 49 – via Newspapers.com.