1981 Yale Bulldogs football team

American college football season

1981 Yale Bulldogs football
Ivy League co-champion
Conference	Ivy League
Record	9–1 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Carmen Cozza (17th season)
Home stadium	Yale Bowl
Seasons← 1980 1982 →

1981 Ivy League football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Yale +	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
Dartmouth +	6	–	1	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Princeton	5	–	1	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
Harvard	4	–	2	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
Brown	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Cornell	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Columbia	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0
Penn	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions

The 1981 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulldogs were led by 17th-year head coach Carmen Cozza and played their home games at the Yale Bowl. They played as a member of the Ivy League. The Bulldogs finished the season with an overall record of 9–1, including a record of 6–1 in Ivy League play, giving them a share of the Ivy League championship with Dartmouth.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 19	Brown	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT		W 28–7	17,000
September 26	No. 6 Connecticut*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT		W 27–18	36,000
October 3	Navy*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	ABC	W 23–19	38,000
October 10	at Holy Cross*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA		W 29–28	21,601
October 17	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY		W 48–17	10,025
October 24	Penn	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT		W 24–3	24,500
October 31	Dartmouth	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	ABC	W 24–3	32,500
November 7	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY		W 23–17	13,000
November 14	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)		L 31–35	20,303
November 21	Harvard	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (The Game)		W 28–0	75,300
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1981 Yale Bulldogs football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`33`	Rich Diana	Sr
QB	`17`	Joe Dufek	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`23`	Jeff Rohrer	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Carmen Cozza

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

References

Wallace, William N.; Times, Special To the New York (November 22, 1981). "Yale Wins, Ties for Ivy Title". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
Concannon, Joe (September 20, 1981). "Diana Provides Spark as Yale Burns Brown". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 56 – via Newspapers.com.
Visser, Lesley (September 27, 1981). "Yale Tops UConn". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 78 – via Newspapers.com.
McIntyre, Mark D. (October 4, 1981). "Yale Rally Surprises Navy". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 84 – via Newspapers.com.
Strauss, Michael (October 11, 1981). "Yale Beats Holy Cross, 29-28". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S8.
Yantz, Tom (October 18, 1981). "Yale Turns Columbia's Roars to Whimpers, 48-17". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. C12 – via Newspapers.com.
McIntyre, Mark D. (October 25, 1981). "Yale, Rogan Top Penn". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 86 – via Newspapers.com.
Concannon, Joe (November 1, 1981). "Rogan, Yale Dispose of Dartmouth". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 86 – via Newspapers.com.
Taussig, Pete (November 8, 1981). "Yale Gets Last Chance ... and Last Laugh". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 80 – via Newspapers.com.
"Yale Upset, 35-31". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 15, 1981. p. 71 – via Newspapers.com.
Concannon, Joe (November 22, 1981). "The Game, The Win Belong to Yale, 28-0". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 71 – via Newspapers.com.
Schedule

v t e Yale Bulldogs football
Venues	Hamilton Park (1872–1883) Yale Field (1884–1914, 1916) Yale Bowl (1914–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Harvard Princeton Lehigh: Yank Townsend Trophy
Culture & lore	1910 Vanderbilt game 1927 Georgia game 1968 Harvard game (Harvard Beats Yale 29–29) 2004 Harvard–Yale prank Handsome Dan "Boola Boola" Pigskin Parade Huddle
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Ivy League football champions
I-A/FBS	Yale (1956) Princeton (1957) Dartmouth (1958) Penn (1959) Yale (1960) Columbia & Harvard (1961) Dartmouth (1962) Dartmouth & Princeton (1963) Princeton (1964) Dartmouth (1965) Dartmouth, Harvard, & Princeton (1966) Yale (1967) Harvard & Yale (1968) Dartmouth, Yale, & Princeton (1969) Dartmouth (1970) Dartmouth & Cornell (1971) Dartmouth (1972) Dartmouth (1973) Yale (1974) Harvard (1975) Yale & Brown (1976) Yale (1977) Dartmouth (1978) Yale (1979) Yale (1980) Yale & Dartmouth (1981)
I-AA/FCS	Dartmouth, Harvard & Penn (1982) Harvard & Penn (1983) Penn (1984) Penn (1985) Penn (1986) Harvard (1987) Penn & Cornell (1988) Yale & Princeton (1989) Dartmouth & Cornell (1990) Dartmouth (1991) Dartmouth & Princeton (1992) Penn (1993) Penn (1994) Princeton (1995) Dartmouth (1996) Harvard (1997) Penn (1998) Brown & Yale (1999) Penn (2000) Harvard (2001) Penn (2002) Penn (2003) Harvard (2004) Brown (2005) Princeton & Yale (2006) Harvard (2007) Harvard & Brown (2008) Penn (2009) Penn (2010) Harvard (2011) Penn (2012) Harvard & Princeton (2013) Harvard (2014) Harvard, Dartmouth, & Penn (2015) Princeton & Penn (2016) Yale (2017) Princeton (2018) Dartmouth & Yale (2019) No season (2020) Dartmouth & Princeton (2021) Yale (2022) Dartmouth, Harvard, & Yale (2023) Columbia, Dartmouth, & Harvard (2024)

Ivy League football champions

I-A/FBS

Yale (1956)
Princeton (1957)
Dartmouth (1958)
Penn (1959)
Yale (1960)
Columbia & Harvard (1961)
Dartmouth (1962)
Dartmouth & Princeton (1963)
Princeton (1964)
Dartmouth (1965)
Dartmouth, Harvard, & Princeton (1966)
Yale (1967)
Harvard & Yale (1968)
Dartmouth, Yale, & Princeton (1969)
Dartmouth (1970)
Dartmouth & Cornell (1971)
Dartmouth (1972)
Dartmouth (1973)
Yale (1974)
Harvard (1975)
Yale & Brown (1976)
Yale (1977)
Dartmouth (1978)
Yale (1979)
Yale (1980)
Yale & Dartmouth (1981)

I-AA/FCS

Dartmouth, Harvard & Penn (1982)
Harvard & Penn (1983)
Penn (1984)
Penn (1985)
Penn (1986)
Harvard (1987)
Penn & Cornell (1988)
Yale & Princeton (1989)
Dartmouth & Cornell (1990)
Dartmouth (1991)
Dartmouth & Princeton (1992)
Penn (1993)
Penn (1994)
Princeton (1995)
Dartmouth (1996)
Harvard (1997)
Penn (1998)
Brown & Yale (1999)
Penn (2000)
Harvard (2001)
Penn (2002)
Penn (2003)
Harvard (2004)
Brown (2005)
Princeton & Yale (2006)
Harvard (2007)
Harvard & Brown (2008)
Penn (2009)
Penn (2010)
Harvard (2011)
Penn (2012)
Harvard & Princeton (2013)
Harvard (2014)
Harvard, Dartmouth, & Penn (2015)
Princeton & Penn (2016)
Yale (2017)
Princeton (2018)
Dartmouth & Yale (2019)
No season (2020)
Dartmouth & Princeton (2021)
Yale (2022)
Dartmouth, Harvard, & Yale (2023)
Columbia, Dartmouth, & Harvard (2024)

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