1976 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1976 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. The Bulldogs were led by 12th-year head coach Carmen Cozza, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished tied for first place in the Ivy League with a 6–1 record, 8–1 overall.^[1]

Schedule[edit]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 6–14	13,500	^[2]
September 25	Connecticut*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 21–10	21,860	^[3]
October 2	Lehigh*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 21–6	13,034	^[4]
October 9	Dartmouth	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 18–14	10,000	^[5]
October 16	Columbia	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 37–6	14,035	^[6]
October 23	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 21–7	15,101	^[7]
October 30	Cornell	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 14–6	22,519	^[8]
November 6	Princeton	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	W 39–7	33,218	^[9]
November 13	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (The Game)	W 21–7	42,000	^[10]
*Non-conference game

1976 Yale Bulldogs football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
OT	`79`	Pete McNamara	So
RB	`40`	John Pagliaro	Jr
QB	`16`	Stone Phillips	Sr
WR	`85`	John Spagnola	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DE	`92`	Pete White	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`5`	Randy Carter	Sr

^ "1976 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
^ Wallace, William N. (September 19, 1976). "Brown Defeats Yale; Bruins 14-6 Victors, Aided by Fumbles". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Cadigan, Barry (September 26, 1976). "Yale QB Takes Five Minutes to Defeat UConn, 21-10". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 98 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Apple, Ginny (October 3, 1976). "Yale's Pagliaro Powers 21-6 Win". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
^ Wallace, William N. (October 10, 1976). "Yale Ends Dartmouth Streak, 18-14". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S7.
^ "Yale Overruns Columbia, 37-6". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 17, 1976. p. 78 – via Newspapers.com.
^ McGowen, Deane (October 24, 1976). "Yale Wins, 21-7, as Ground Game Proves Too Powerful for Penn". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S10.
^ "Brown and Yale Triumph, Tie for Ivy Lead; Cornell Bids Halted by Eli in 14-6 Game". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 31, 1976. p. S1.
^ Wallace, William N. (November 7, 1976). "Brown and Yale Post Victories, Stay Deadlocked for Ivy Lead; Elis Rout Princeton". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Wallace, William N. (November 14, 1976). "Yale Beats Harvard, 21-7, and Shares Ivy Crown with Brown, 28-17 Winner; Pagliaro Gains 125 Yards to Pace Elis". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.

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