1989 Yale Bulldogs football team

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
Ivy League co-champion
Conference	Ivy League
Record	8–2 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Carmen Cozza (25th season)
Defensive coordinator	Don Brown (1st season)
Home stadium	Yale Bowl
Seasons ← 1988 1990 →

1989 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
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
+ – Conference co-champions

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 16	Brown	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 12–3	11,252	[2]
September 23	Lehigh*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 33–17	9,907	[3]
September 30	Connecticut*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 20–31	21,319	[4]
October 7	Colgate*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 36–15	20,540	[5]
October 14	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 24–19	15,431	[6]
October 21	at Columbia	Wien Stadium New York, NY	W 23–0	8,125	[7]
October 28	Penn	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 23–22	18,745	[8]
November 4	Cornell	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 34–19	15,638	[9]
November 11	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 14–7	37,762	[10]
November 18	Harvard	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (The Game)	L 20–37	59,263	[11]
*Non-conference game