American college football season
The Bulldogs defeated Cornell, 27–16. The 2019 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season . The season marked the Bulldogs's 147th overall season. The team played its home games at the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut and were led by eighth-year head coach Tony Reno . They were members of the Ivy League . They finished the season 9–1 overall and 6–1 in Ivy League play to share the Ivy League title with Dartmouth . Yale averaged 12,132 fans per game.
The Ivy League released their preseason media poll on August 8, 2019. The Bulldogs were picked to finish in first place.[ 1]
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Yale 119 (9) 2 Dartmouth 111 (2) 3 Princeton 107 (4) 4 Harvard 93 (1) 5 Penn 67 6 Columbia 61 (1) 7 Cornell 29 8 Brown 24
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 21 1:00 p.m. Holy Cross * ESPN+ W 23–105,684 September 28 1:00 p.m. Cornell ESPN+ W 27–165,723 October 5 1:00 p.m. Fordham * ESPN+/NESN Plus W 48–245,743 October 12 1:30 p.m. at Dartmouth ESPN+ L 10–426,796 October 19 6:00 p.m. at Richmond * FloSports W 28–277,510 October 26 Noon Penn ESPN+/NESN W 46–414,990 November 2 Noon Columbia ESPN+ W 45–105,667 November 9 12:30 p.m. at Brown ESPN+ W 59–352,876 November 16 1:00 p.m. at No. 18 Princeton ESPN+ W 51–146,676 November 23 Noon Harvard No. 24 ESPNU W 50–43 2OT 44,989
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2019 Yale Bulldogs football team roster Players Coaches Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 1 Trenton Charles So RB 2 Alan Lamar Sr WR 3 Garrett White Sr WR 4 Darrion Carrington Jr WR 5 Jaylan Sandifer So QB 6 Kurt Rawlings Sr QB 8 Patrick Conte Jr WR 11 Caden Herring Sr QB 12 Nolan Grooms Fr WR 13 Keith C. J. McCord II Sr WR 14 Reed Klubnik Sr QB 16 Griffin O'Connor So WR 17 Seun Omonije So RB 18 Josh Eboboko Fr QB 19 Jimmy Check Jr WR 20 Jack Biestek So RB 22 Elliott McElwain So WR 23 Noah Aaron So RB 24 Spencer Alston So RB 32 Joshua McKenzie Fr RB 33 Zane Dudek Jr TE 44 Sasha Hoban Jr OL 53 Ryan McCann Fr OL 55 Jacob Hinish Jr OL 57 Cubby Schuller So OL 63 Jonathon Durand Fr OL 65 Josh de St. Jean So OL 66 Nick Gargiulo So OL 68 Grant Neagli Jr OL 69 Jack Twyford Fr OL 70 Brandon Babcock Fr OL 71 Tyler Jost Jr OL 72 Dieter Eiselen Sr OL 73 Lucas Tribble Sr OL 74 Sterling Strother Sr OL 75 Cameron Warfield Jr OL 76 Jonathan Mendoza Fr OL 77 Jarrett Sexton Sr OL 78 Steven Cepalia Sr OL 79 Conor Smith So TE 80 J. J. Howland Jr WR 81 Aidan Maloney Fr WR 82 Mason Tipton Fr WR 83 Brayden Carey Fr TE 84 Garry Raymond So TE 85 Quinn Dawson Sr WR 86 Joey Felton Fr TE 87 Jackson Hawes Fr WR 88 J. P. Shohfi Sr TE 89 D. Major Roman Jr
Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 1 Malcolm Dixon Sr DE 2 Reid Nickerson So DB 4 Jaylan Granberry So DB 5 Miles Oldacre Sr DB 6 Jaelin Alburg Sr DB,WR 7 Melvin Rouse II Jr LB 8 Brendan MacPhee Sr DL 9 Osorachukwu Ifesinachukwu So DB 10 Darnell Robinson So DB 12 Gerron Duhon Fr LB 13 Jack Westafer Sr LB 15 Jordan Carey Jr DB 16 Jaylan Granberry So DB 17 Kennedy Kosmalski So LB 18 Ryan Burke Sr LB 19 Brian Abraham So DB 20 Tosan Agbeyegbe Sr DB 21 Deonte Henson Jr DL 24 Josh Keeler Sr LB 25 Micah Awodiran Jr LB 26 Rodney Thomas II Jr LB 27 Shane Frommer So DL 28 Christian Sampleton Jr DB 29 Kyle Ellis So LB 30 Noah Pope So DB 31 Archie Russ III Fr DB 32 Henry Segel Sr DB 33 Trenton Johnson Fr DL 34 Brett Gerber So LB 35 Alexander Abelite Sr DB 36 Wande Owens Fr DB 37 Dathan Hickey So DB 38 Du'Shaunte Holloway Fr DB 39 Tyler Di Ienno Fr LB 40 Hamilton Moore Fr DL 41 A. J. Ryan Jr LB 42 Blake Hill Jr LB 43 John Dean Jr DB 46 Jermaine Baker Fr DB 48 Brandon Benn Fr DL 50 Spencer Matthaei Sr DL 52 Michael Chime Jr DL 54 Patrick Nauert Fr LB 55 Joseph Vaughn Fr LB 56 Michael Connor Fr DL,TE 87 Devin Moore Sr DL 90 Adam Raine So DL 91 Jailon Henry Fr DL 92 Charles Callender Sr DL 93 Marcus Mauney Fr DL 94 Sean Kissel Sr DL 95 Isaac Mitchell Fr DL 96 Sebastian Bruno So DL 97 Clay Patterson Fr DL 99 Tate Goodyear So
Special teams Pos. # Name Class K,P 45 Jack Bosman Fr K 49 Sam Tuckerman Sr LS 51 Nick Tibbetts So K,P 98 Ajay Culhane So
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster
1 2 3 4 Total Crusaders 0 3 0 7 10 Bulldogs 6 0 7 10 23
1 2 3 4 Total Big Red 0 3 7 6 16 Bulldogs 3 0 7 17 27
1 2 3 4 Total Rams 7 3 0 14 24 Bulldogs 17 28 0 3 48
1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 0 3 0 7 10 Big Green 21 7 14 0 42
1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 0 7 7 14 28 Spiders 3 17 7 0 27
1 2 3 4 Total Quakers 0 13 14 14 41 Bulldogs 7 6 13 20 46
1 2 3 4 Total Lions 0 3 0 7 10 Bulldogs 7 14 3 21 45
1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 17 7 18 17 59 Bears 0 21 7 7 35
1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 3 27 7 14 51 No. 18 Tigers 0 7 7 0 14
1 2 3 4 OT 2OT Total Crimson 3 12 14 7 7 0 43 No. 24 Bulldogs 3 0 16 17 7 7 50
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS FCS RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 24 25 Coaches RV RV RV 25 24
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