Wikipedia

1976 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1976 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. The Bulldogs were led by 12th-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, 8–1 overall.[1]

1976 Yale Bulldogs football
Ivy League co-champion
ConferenceIvy League
Record8–1 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadiumYale Bowl
Seasons
← 1975
1977 →
1976 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale + 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Brown + 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Harvard 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Dartmouth 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Columbia 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Penn 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Princeton 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Cornell 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

Schedule

edit
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18at Brown
L 6–1413,500[2]
September 25Connecticut*
W 21–1021,860[3]
October 2Lehigh*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 21–613,000–13,034[4][5]
October 9Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 18–1410,000[6]
October 16Columbia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 37–614,035[7]
October 23at Penn
W 21–715,101[8]
October 30Cornell
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 14–622,519[9]
November 6Princeton
W 39–733,218[10]
November 13at Harvard
W 21–742,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game

Roster

edit
1976 Yale Bulldogs football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
OT 79 Pete McNamara So
RB 40 John Pagliaro Jr
QB 16 Stone Phillips Sr
WR 85 John Spagnola So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DE 92 Pete White So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 5 Randy Carter Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

References

edit
  1. ^ "1976 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  2. ^ Wallace, William N. (September 19, 1976). "Brown Defeats Yale; Bruins 14-6 Victors, Aided by Fumbles". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  3. ^ Cadigan, Barry (September 26, 1976). "Yale QB Takes Five Minutes to Defeat UConn, 21-10". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 98 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Apple, Ginny (October 3, 1976). "Yale's Pagliaro Powers 21-6 Win". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Final 1976 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Lehigh)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
  6. ^ Wallace, William N. (October 10, 1976). "Yale Ends Dartmouth Streak, 18-14". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S7.
  7. ^ "Yale Overruns Columbia, 37-6". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 17, 1976. p. 78 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ McGowen, Deane (October 24, 1976). "Yale Wins, 21-7, as Ground Game Proves Too Powerful for Penn". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S10.
  9. ^ "Brown and Yale Triumph, Tie for Ivy Lead; Cornell Bids Halted by Eli in 14-6 Game". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 31, 1976. p. S1.
  10. ^ Wallace, William N. (November 7, 1976). "Brown and Yale Post Victories, Stay Deadlocked for Ivy Lead; Elis Rout Princeton". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  11. ^ Wallace, William N. (November 14, 1976). "Yale Beats Harvard, 21-7, and Shares Ivy Crown with Brown, 28-17 Winner; Pagliaro Gains 125 Yards to Pace Elis". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1976_Yale_Bulldogs_football_team&oldid=1240713624"