1968 Yale Bulldogs football team
American college football season
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1968 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. The Bulldogs were led by fourth-year head coach Carmen Cozza, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished tied for first in the Ivy League season with a 6–0–1 record, 8–0–1 overall.[1] The season is notable for the final game against rival Harvard, which ended in a tie and resulted in the famous newspaper headline "Harvard Beats Yale 29–29".
| 1968 Yale Bulldogs football | |
|---|---|
Ivy League champion | |
| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 8–0–1 (6–0–1 Ivy) |
| Head coach |
|
| Home stadium | Yale Bowl |
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 28 | Connecticut* | W 31–14 | 33,373 | [2] | |
| October 5 | Colgate* |
| W 49–14 | 29,107 | [3] |
| October 12 | Brown |
| W 35–13 | 29,511 | [4] |
| October 19 | Columbia |
| W 29–7 | 17,724 | [5] |
| October 26 | at Cornell | W 25–13 | 20,000 | [6] | |
| November 2 | Dartmouth |
| W 47–27 | 50,304 | [7] |
| November 9 | at Penn | W 30–13 | 28,839 | [8] | |
| November 16 | Princeton |
| W 42–17 | 52,510 | [9] |
| November 23 | at Harvard | T 29–29 | 40,280 | [10] | |
| |||||
Roster
| 1968 Yale Bulldogs football team roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | Coaches | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Offense
|
Defense
|
Special teams
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NFL draft
The following Bulldogs were selected in the National Football League draft following the season.[11]
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 | Calvin Hill | RB | Dallas Cowboys |
| 8 | 193 | Bruce Weinstein | TE | Miami Dolphins |
| 11 | 277 | Brian Dowling | QB | Minnesota Vikings |