| 1986 Yale Bulldogs football | |
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| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 3–7 (2–5 Ivy) |
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| Home stadium | Yale Bowl |
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| No. 7 Penn $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1986 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by 22nd-year head coach Carmen Cozza, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished in sixth place in the Ivy League with a 2–5 record, 3–7 overall.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 20 | at Brown | L 7–21 | 11,300 | ||
| September 27 | Connecticut* | L 12–17 | 25,175 | ||
| October 4 | Army* |
| L 24–41 | 25,075 | |
| October 11 | Colgate* |
| W 28–23 | 22,148 | |
| October 18 | Columbia |
| W 47–0 | 10,163 | |
| October 25 | at Penn | L 6–24 | 32,761 | ||
| November 1 | Dartmouth |
| L 13–39 | 17,170 | |
| November 8 | at Cornell | L 0–15 | 17,000 | ||
| November 15 | Princeton |
| W 14–13 | 22,202 | |
| November 22 | at Harvard | L 17–24 | 40,000 | ||
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References
- "Football By Year" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2018. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
- Hunt, Kevin (September 21, 1986). "Yale's Down to QB No. 4 After Falling to Brown, 21-7". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 76 – via Newspapers.com.
- Smith, George (September 28, 1986). "UConn Flips Yale 4th Time in a Row". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E1 – via Newspapers.com.
- Hunt, Kevin (October 5, 1986). "Army's Running Game Grounds Yale, 41-24". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 69 – via Newspapers.com.
- Sudyk, Bob (October 12, 1986). "Elis Rally to Defeat Colgate". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E9 – via Newspapers.com.
- Sudyk, Bob (October 19, 1986). "Yale Has Easy Time with Columbia". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E15 – via Newspapers.com.
- Sudyk, Bob (October 26, 1986). "Abusive Quakers Prove Too Much for Bulldogs". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E21 – via Newspapers.com.
- Sudyk, Bob (November 2, 1986). "Beleaguered Yukica, Dartmouth Savor Rout of Yale". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. D9 – via Newspapers.com.
- Sudyk, Bob (November 9, 1986). "Mistakes, Cornell Give Yale Fits, 15-0". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. D9 – via Newspapers.com.
- Sudyk, Bob (November 16, 1986). "Yale's Comeback Shocks Princeton". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E9 – via Newspapers.com.
- Concannon, Joe (November 23, 1986). "Happy Ending for BC, Harvard; Crimson D Slams Door on Yale". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 49 – via Newspapers.com.