2001 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIvy League
Record3–6 (1–6 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadiumYale Bowl
2001 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 19 Harvard $  7 0   9 0  
No. 24 Penn  6 1   8 1  
Brown  5 2   6 3  
Princeton  3 4   3 6  
Columbia  3 4   3 7  
Cornell  2 5   2 7  
Dartmouth  1 6   1 8  
Yale  1 6   3 6  
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2001 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by fifth-year head coach Jack Siedlecki, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished last in the Ivy League with a 1–6 record, 3–6 overall.[1]

Like most of the Ivy League, Yale played nine games instead of the usual 10, after its September 15 season opener against Towson was canceled following the September 11 attacks.[2] Yale averaged 25,533 fans per game.

Half-time festivities during The Yale and Harvard Game at Yale Bowl, November 2001

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 15at Towson* Canceled[2]
September 22CornellW 40–1320,269[3]
September 29at Holy Cross*W 23–228,547[4]
October 7Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 27–3219,996[5]
October 13Fordham
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 36–2718,580[6]
October 20at PennL 3–219,419[7]
October 27at ColumbiaL 14–283,079[8]
November 3Brown
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 34–3717,184[9]
November 10at PrincetonL 14–2820,129[10]
November 17Harvard
L 23–3551,634[11]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "Football By Year" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2018. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  2. 1 2 Blaudschun, Mark (September 14, 2001). "After Prodding, Correct Choice Finally Made". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. E6 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Hine, Tommy (September 23, 2001). "Yale Has Every Advantage". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E9 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Hine, Tommy (September 30, 2001). "Positively Stunning: Yale Rallies; Davis Kicks Winner". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E11 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Hine, Tommy (October 8, 2001). "Yale Falls Short". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. C11 via Newspapers.com.
  6. Hine, Tommy (October 14, 2001). "Big Day for the New-Name Offense". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E10 via Newspapers.com.
  7. Juliano, Joe (October 21, 2001). "Penn's Defense Smothers Yale". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C9 via Newspapers.com.
  8. Hine, Tommy (October 10, 2001). "Lots of Driving, but Yale Stalls". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E8, E10 via Newspapers.com.
  9. Hine, Tommy (November 4, 2001). "Brown's Big Plays Hurt Yale". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E7 via Newspapers.com.
  10. Hine, Tommy (November 11, 2001). "Picks Are Quick to Bury Yale". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E9 via Newspapers.com.
  11. Duffy, Bob (November 18, 2001). "Ending Is Just Perfect: Harvard (9-0) Beats Yale for First Unblemished Season Since 1913". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D1 via Newspapers.com.
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