2016 Yale Bulldogs football team
American college football season
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The 2016 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. This season marked the Bulldogs's 144th overall season and the team played its home games at Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut. They were led by fifth-year head coach Tony Reno. They were a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 3–7 overall and 3–4 in Ivy League play to tie for fourth place. Yale averaged 8,795 fans per game.
ConferenceIvy League
Record3–7 (3–4 Ivy)
Headcoach
- Tony Reno (5th season)
OffensivecoordinatorJoe Conlin (3rd season)
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| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 3–7 (3–4 Ivy) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Joe Conlin (3rd season) |
| Offensive scheme | Spread |
| Defensive coordinator | Steve Vashel (1st season) |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
| Home stadium | Yale Bowl |
Yale ended a nine-year losing streak in their rivalry game against Harvard with a 21–14 win.[1]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 17 | 1:30 p.m. | No. 23 Colgate* | OWSPN | L 13–55 | 8,493 | |
| September 24 | 3:00 p.m. | at Cornell | ILDN | L 13–27 | 15,493 | |
| October 1 | 1:30 p.m. | Lehigh* |
| OWSPN | L 35–63 | 2,196 |
| October 8 | 1:30 p.m. | Dartmouth |
| ILDN | W 21–13 | 9,293 |
| October 15 | 1:00 p.m. | at Fordham* | CI | L 37–44 | 4,671 | |
| October 21 | 7:00 p.m. | Penn |
| NBCSN | L 7–42 | 8,674 |
| October 28 | 7:00 p.m. | at Columbia | NBCSN | W 31–23 | 3,268 | |
| November 5 | 12:30 p.m. | at Brown | ILDN | L 22–27 | 4,229 | |
| November 12 | 12:30 p.m. | Princeton |
| ILDN | L 3–31 | 15,321 |
| November 19 | 12:30 p.m. | at Harvard | CNBC | W 21–14 | 31,662 | |
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