1988 Yale Bulldogs football team

1988 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	3–6–1 (3–3–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Carmen Cozza (24th season)
Home stadium	Yale Bowl

1988 Ivy League football standings

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

The 1988 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by 24th-year head coach Carmen Cozza, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished in fifth place in the Ivy League with a 3–3–1 record, 3–6–1 overall.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 17	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	T 24–24	15,017	[2]
September 24	Connecticut*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 0–41	24,522	[3]
October 1	at Navy*	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 7–41	31,067	[4]
October 8	Army*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 18–33	17,898	[5]
October 15	Columbia	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 24–10	16,346	[6]
October 22	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 3–10	28,279	[7]
October 29	Dartmouth	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 22–13	17,351	[8]
November 5	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 0–26	15,000	[9]
November 12	Princeton	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	L 7–24	23,688	[10]
November 19	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (The Game)	W 26–17	36,000	[11]
*Non-conference game

References

1. "Football By Year" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2018. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
2. Craig, John (September 18, 1988). "Yale, Brown Get All Tied Up". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 54 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Rieber, Anthony (September 25, 1988). "UConn Enjoys Field Day, 41-0; Overmatched Yale Absorbs Worst Loss at Home Since 1954". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 81 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Free, Bill (October 2, 1988). "McIntosh Runs Option to Perfection as Navy Blitzes Yale, 41-7". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Md. p. 16D – via Newspapers.com.
5. Smith, George (October 10, 1988). "Army Reinforcements Stop Yale". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E2, E7 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Rieber, Anthony (October 16, 1988). "Yale Stumbles Past Columbia". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 74 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Juliano, Joe (October 23, 1988). "Defense Carries Quakers; Penn Sends Yale to a 10-3 Defeat". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1-C – via Newspapers.com.
8. Smith, George (October 30, 1988). "Zachery (174 Yards) Leads Yale Past Dartmouth". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. C16, C17 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Smith, George (November 6, 1988). "Cornell Blows Away Yale's Ivy League Hopes, 26-0". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E11, E12 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Knobelman, Bob (November 13, 1988). "Tigers End Jinx of Yale". The Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. p. E1 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Concannon, Joe (November 20, 1988). "BC and Yale Carry The Day; Harvard Falls to Eli, 26-17". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 57 – via Newspapers.com.