1979 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1979 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulldogs were led by 15th-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, 8–1 overall.^[1]

1979 Yale Bulldogs football
Ivy League champion
Conference	Ivy League
Record	8–1 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Carmen Cozza (15th season)
Home stadium	Yale Bowl
Seasons ← 1978 1980 →

1979 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale $	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Brown	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Princeton	5	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Cornell	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Dartmouth	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
Harvard	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Columbia	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
Penn	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	Brown	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 13–12	15,000	[2]
September 29	Connecticut*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 24–17	21,300	[3]
October 6	Colgate*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 27–0	18,500	[4]
October 13	Dartmouth	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 3–0	26,000	[5]
October 20	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	W 37–7	7,350	[6]
October 27	Penn	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 24–6	19,852	[7]
November 3	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 23–20	18,500	[8]
November 10	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 35–10	22,825	[9]
November 17	Harvard	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (The Game)	L 7–22	72,000	[10]
*Non-conference game

Roster

1979 Yale Bulldogs football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 7 Rich Diana So QB 6 Dennis Dunn Sr RB 42 Kenny Hill Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DE 99 John Kelly Jr LB 37 Scott McKenzie Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Carmen Cozza Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

NFL Draft

Main article: 1980 NFL draft

The following Bulldog was selected in the National Football League draft following the season.^[11]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Team
9	194	Kenny Hill	DB	Oakland Raiders