American college football season
The 2018 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season . The season marked the Bulldogs's 146th overall season. The team played its home games at Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut and were led by seventh-year head coach Tony Reno . They were members of the Ivy League . They finished the season 5–5 overall and 3–4 in Ivy League play to place in three-way tie for fourth. Yale averaged 7,657 fans per game.
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 15 1:00 p.m. at Holy Cross * L 28–31 OT 7,397 September 22 3:00 p.m. at Cornell W 30–2412,801 September 29 1:00 p.m. No. 16 Maine * ESPN+ W 35–147,889 6:00 p.m. Dartmouth ESPNU L 18–4110,176 October 13 1:00 p.m. Mercer * ESPN+ W 35–282,861 7:00 p.m. at Penn ESPNU W 23–1010,126 October 27 1:00 p.m. at Columbia ESPN+ L 10–172,555 November 3 1:00 p.m. Brown ESPN+ W 46–164,478 November 10 12:30 p.m. No. 13 Princeton ESPN+ L 43–5912,882 November 17 Noon vs. Harvard ESPN2 L 27–4534,675
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1 2 3 4 OT Total Bulldogs 21 7 0 0 0 28 Crusaders 14 0 0 14 3 31
1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 14 3 6 7 30 Big Red 14 0 0 10 24
1 2 3 4 Total No. 16 Black Bears 0 0 7 7 14 Bulldogs 7 7 14 7 35
1 2 3 4 Total Big Green 13 14 7 7 41 Bulldogs 7 3 0 8 18
1 2 3 4 Total Bears 0 14 7 7 28 Bulldogs 14 14 0 7 35
1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 15 6 2 0 23 Quakers 3 0 7 0 10
1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 0 10 0 0 10 Lions 3 0 7 7 17
1 2 3 4 Total Bears 0 3 6 7 16 Bulldogs 14 6 13 13 46
1 2 3 4 Total No. 13 Tigers 21 21 10 7 59 Bulldogs 0 14 14 15 43
1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 7 7 10 3 27 Crimson 7 14 7 17 45
2018 Yale Bulldogs football team roster Players Coaches Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 1 Trenton Charles Fr WR 4 Darrion Carrington So RB 5 Alan Lamar Jr QB 6 Kurt Rawlings Jr WR 7 Melvin Rouse II So QB 8 Patrick Conte So RB 9 Michael Purvey Jr. So WR 11 Caden Herring Jr WR 12 Jamal Locke Sr WR 13 Keith CJ McCord II Sr WR 14 Reed Klubnik Jr QB 15 Nick Henkel Fr QB 16 Griffin O'Connor Fr WR 17 Seun Omonije Fr QB 19 Jimmy Check So WR 20 Jack Biestek Fr RB 21 Kamsi Nwangwu Sr RB 22 Elliott McElwain Fr WR 23 Noah Aaron Fr RB 24 Spencer Alston Fr RB 29 Daniel Debner Sr RB 33 Zane Dudek So RB 35 Kyle Ellerson Sr TE 44 Sasha Hoban So OL 55 Jacob Hinish So OL 57 Cubby Schuller Fr OL 65 Josh De St. Jean Fr OL 66 Nick Gargiulo Fr OL 67 Jacob Van de Grift Sr OL 68 Grant Neagli So OL 70 Rees LeMay Sr OL 71 Tyler Jost So OL 72 Dieter Eiselen Jr OL 73 Lucas Tribble Jr OL 74 Sterling Strother Jr OL 75 Cameron Warfield So OL 76 Jack Lee Sr OL 77 Jett Sexton Jr OL 78 Steven Cepalia Jr OL 79 Conor Smith Fr TE 80 J. J. Howland So WR 81 Kyle Marcinick Sr WR 82 Jaylan Sandifer Fr WR 83 Garrett White Jr TE 84 Garry Raymond Fr TE 85 Quinn Dawson Jr TE 86 John Lager Sr WR 88 JP Shohfi Jr TE 89 D. Major Roman So
Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 1 Malcolm Dixon Jr DB 2 Marquise Peggs Sr DB 3 Brian Abraham Fr DB 4 Jaylan Granberry Fr DB 5 Miles Oldacre Fr DB 6 Jaelin Alburg Jr LB 8 Brendan MacPhee Jr DE 9 Osorachukwu Ifesinachukwu Fr LB 10 Tré Moore Sr LB 13 Jack Westafer Jr LB 15 Jordan Carey So DE 16 Reid Nickerson Fr DB 17 Kennedy Kosmalski Fr LB 18 Ryan Burke Jr DB 20 Tosan Agbeyegbe Jr DB 21 Deonte Henson So DB 23 Isaiah Dunham Fr DL 24 Joshua Keeler Jr LB 25 Micah Awodiran So DB 26 Rodney Thomas II So LB 27 Jarett Balter Sr DE 28 Christian Sampleton So LB 30 Noah Pope Fr DB 31 Kyle Ellis Fr DB 32 Henry Segel Jr DE 34 Brett Gerber Fr LB 35 Alexander Abelite Jr DE 36 J. Hunter Roman Sr DB 37 Dathan Hickey Fr LB 40 Blake Hill So LB 41 A. J. Ryan So LB 42 Quintin Herbert Sr LB 43 John Dean So DB 44 Scott Patton Sr LB 47 Shane Frommer Fr DT 50 Spencer Matthaei Jr DL 52 Michael Chime So LB 53 Christopher Maxwell Sr DL 54 Julian Fraser Jr DL 56 Daniel James Sr DE 87 Devin Moore Jr DL 90 Adam Raine Fr DL 91 Nicholas Crowle Sr DE 92 Charles Callender Jr DE 94 Sean Kissel Jr DL 96 Sebastian Bruno Fr LB 97 Henry Large Fr DL 99 Tate Goodyear Fr
Special teams Pos. # Name Class K , P 12 Ajay Culhane Fr LS 42 Nick Tibbetts Fr K , P 49 Sam Tuckerman Jr LS 51 Ryan Oak Sr LS 59 Hunter Simino Sr K , P 81 Alex Galland Sr PK 97 Blake Horn Sr
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster
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