2008 Yale Bulldogs football team

2008 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	6–4 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach	Jack Siedlecki (12th season)
Home stadium	Yale Bowl

2008 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 15 Harvard +		6	–	1					9	–	1
Brown +		6	–	1					7	–	3
Penn		5	–	2					6	–	4
Yale		4	–	3					6	–	4
Princeton		3	–	4					4	–	6
Cornell		2	–	5					4	–	6
Columbia		2	–	5					2	–	8
Dartmouth		0	–	7					0	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2008 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Tale averaged 11,070 fans per game. The Bulldogs were led by 12th-year head coach Jack Siedlecki, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished tied for first place in the Ivy League with a 4–3 record, 6–4 overall.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	Georgetown*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 47–7	12,771	[2]
September 27	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 14–17	13,142	[3]
October 4	Holy Cross*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 31–28	14,512	[4]
October 11	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 34–7	7,411	[5]
October 18	at Fordham*	Coffey Field Bronx, NY	L 10–12	6,873	[6]
October 25	Penn	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 7–9	10,490	[7]
November 1	Columbia	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 27–12	11,870	[8]
November 8	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 13–3	9,010	[9]
November 15	Princeton	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	W 14–0	5,711	[10]
November 22	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (The Game)	L 0–10	31,398	[11]
*Non-conference game

References

1. "Football By Year" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2018. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
2. "Pitch and Catch: Hart, Fodor Combine to Throw for Four TDs". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. Associated Press. September 21, 2008. pp. E6, E11 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Thomas, Brandon (September 28, 2008). "Big Red Washes Out Yale". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
4. Toland, Jennifer (October 5, 2008). "Another Heartbreaker for HC; Yale Wins on FG in Second Overtime". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C17 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Yale Delivers by Ground and by Air". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. October 12, 2008. pp. E7, E9 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Fordham Finally Breaks Yale with Late FG". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. October 19, 2008. p. E5 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Tannenwald, Jonathan (October 26, 2008). "Samson Hits 3 Field Goals in 2d Half to Lift Penn to Win". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. E3 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Spiegel, Jay (November 2, 2008). "Bulldogs Capitalize on Columbia's Slips". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E7 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Fuller, Jim (November 9, 2008). "Bulldogs Show Hart, Keep Title Hopes Alive". New Haven Register. New Haven, Conn. p. D1 – via NewsBank.
10. Spiegel, Jay (November 16, 2008). "A Twin Killing: Abare Brothers Set Up Yale TDs". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E7 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Powers, John (November 23, 2008). "Chilled Bubbly: Harvard Can Toast a Victory Well Earned". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.