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 22Cornell
W 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 Penn
L 3–219,419[7]
October 27at Columbia
L 14–283,079[8]
November 3Brown
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 34–3717,184[9]
November 10at Princeton
L 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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