2009 Yale Bulldogs football team

2009 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	4–6 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach	Tom Williams (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Brian Stark (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Kefense Hynson (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Ikaika Malloe (1st season)
Home stadium	Yale Bowl

2009 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 20 Penn $		7	–	0					8	–	2
Harvard		6	–	1					7	–	3
Brown		4	–	3					6	–	4
Columbia		3	–	4					4	–	6
Princeton		3	–	4					4	–	6
Yale		2	–	5					4	–	6
Dartmouth		2	–	5					2	–	8
Cornell		1	–	6					2	–	8
$ – Conference champion Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2009 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs were led by first-year head coach Tom Williams, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished tied for sixth place in the Ivy League with a 2–5 record, 4–6 overall. Yale averaged 21,245 fans in attendance per home game.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	at Georgetown*	Multi-Sport Field Washington, DC	W 31–10	2,941	[2]
September 26	Cornell	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 12–14	17,654	[3]
October 3	Lafayette*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 14–31	3,879	[4]
October 10	Dartmouth	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 38–7	15,773	[5]
October 17	at Lehigh*	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 7–0	5,847	[6]
October 24	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–9	7,290	[7]
October 31	at Columbia	Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY	W 23–22	2,461	[8]
November 7	Brown	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 21–35	16,228	[9]
November 14	at Princeton	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	L 21–24	9,483	[10]
November 21	Harvard	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (The Game)	L 10–14	52,692	[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. "Yale Unlocks Offense in Rout of Georgetown". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. September 20, 2009. p. C17 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "College Football Summaries". Record-Journal. Meriden, Conn. September 20, 2009. p. A10.
3. Anthony, Mike (September 27, 2009). "Bulldogs Just Can't Connect". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E4 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Spiegel, Jay (October 4, 2009). "Run-Down Feeling: Leopards Roll over Bulldogs in Second Half". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E7 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Hine, Tommy (October 11, 2009). "Hart Passes for 390 Yards". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E10, E11 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Groller, Keith (October 18, 2009). "Hawks Fall to Yale 7-0, First Shutout Since 1986". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. Sports 10 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Tatum, Kevin (October 25, 2009). "Quakers Scratch Out Win over Yale". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. E6 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Big 4th Quarter Saves Bulldogs". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. November 1, 2009. p. E4 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Hine, Tommy (November 8, 2009). "Usually Reliable Defense Baffled". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E5, E11 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Feldman, Ryan (November 15, 2009). "Tigers' D Steps It Up". The Trentonian. Trenton, N.J. p. 22 – via NewsBank.
11. Amore, Dom (November 22, 2009). "The Gamble: Fake Punt on 4th-and-22 Costs Yale". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E10 – via Newspapers.com.