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1976 Yale Bulldogs football team
American college football season
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]
Quick Facts Yale Bulldogs football, Ivy League co-champion ...
| 1976 Yale Bulldogs football | |
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Ivy League co-champion | |
| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 8–1 (6–1 Ivy) |
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| Home stadium | Yale Bowl |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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More information Date, Opponent ...
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 18 | at Brown | L 6–14 | 13,500 | [2] | |
| September 25 | Connecticut* | W 21–10 | 21,860 | [3] | |
| October 2 | Lehigh* |
| W 21–6 | 13,034 | [4] |
| October 9 | Dartmouth |
| W 18–14 | 10,000 | [5] |
| October 16 | Columbia |
| W 37–6 | 14,035 | [6] |
| October 23 | at Penn | W 21–7 | 15,101 | [7] | |
| October 30 | Cornell |
| W 14–6 | 22,519 | [8] |
| November 6 | Princeton |
| W 39–7 | 33,218 | [9] |
| November 13 | at Harvard | W 21–7 | 42,000 | [10] | |
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More information Players, Coaches ...
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- "1976 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
- 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.
- 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.
- Apple, Ginny (October 3, 1976). "Yale's Pagliaro Powers 21-6 Win". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
- Wallace, William N. (October 10, 1976). "Yale Ends Dartmouth Streak, 18-14". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S7.
- "Yale Overruns Columbia, 37-6". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 17, 1976. p. 78 – via Newspapers.com.
- 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.
- "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.
- 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.
- 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.