| 2008 Yale Bulldogs football | |
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| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 6–4 (4–3 Ivy) |
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| Home stadium | Yale Bowl |
| Seasons← 20072009 → | |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Harvard + | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown + | 6 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 5 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 2 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 2 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2008 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Tale averaged 11,070 fans per game. The Bulldogs were led by 12th-year head coach Jack Siedlecki, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished tied for first place in the Ivy League with a 4–3 record, 6–4 overall.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 20 | Georgetown* | W 47–7 | 12,771 | ||
| September 27 | at Cornell | L 14–17 | 13,142 | ||
| October 4 | Holy Cross* |
| W 31–28 | 14,512 | |
| October 11 | at Dartmouth | W 34–7 | 7,411 | ||
| October 18 | at Fordham* | L 10–12 | 6,873 | ||
| October 25 | Penn |
| L 7–9 | 10,490 | |
| November 1 | Columbia |
| W 27–12 | 11,870 | |
| November 8 | at Brown | W 13–3 | 9,010 | ||
| November 15 | Princeton |
| W 14–0 | 5,711 | |
| November 22 | at Harvard | L 0–10 | 31,398 | ||
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References
- "Football By Year" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2018. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
- "Pitch and Catch: Hart, Fodor Combine to Throw for Four TDs". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. Associated Press. September 21, 2008. pp. E6, E11 – via Newspapers.com.
- Thomas, Brandon (September 28, 2008). "Big Red Washes Out Yale". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
- Toland, Jennifer (October 5, 2008). "Another Heartbreaker for HC; Yale Wins on FG in Second Overtime". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C17 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Yale Delivers by Ground and by Air". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. October 12, 2008. pp. E7, E9 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Fordham Finally Breaks Yale with Late FG". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. October 19, 2008. p. E5 – via Newspapers.com.
- Tannenwald, Jonathan (October 26, 2008). "Samson Hits 3 Field Goals in 2d Half to Lift Penn to Win". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. E3 – via Newspapers.com.
- Spiegel, Jay (November 2, 2008). "Bulldogs Capitalize on Columbia's Slips". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E7 – via Newspapers.com.
- Fuller, Jim (November 9, 2008). "Bulldogs Show Hart, Keep Title Hopes Alive". New Haven Register. New Haven, Conn. p. D1 – via NewsBank.
- Spiegel, Jay (November 16, 2008). "A Twin Killing: Abare Brothers Set Up Yale TDs". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E7 – via Newspapers.com.
- Powers, John (November 23, 2008). "Chilled Bubbly: Harvard Can Toast a Victory Well Earned". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.