1972 Yale
7–2 (5–2 Ivy League), coached by Carmen Cozza. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Brown 53–19Oct 14
By 34 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30 | vs UConn | W 28–7 | 84% |
| Oct 7 | vs Colgate | W 27–7 | 69% |
| Oct 14 | vs Brown | W 53–19 | 83% |
| Oct 21 | vs Columbia | W 28–14 | 65% |
| Oct 28 | at Cornell | L 13–24 | 40% |
| Nov 4 | vs Dartmouth | W 45–14 | 40% |
| Nov 11 | at Pennsylvania | L 30–48 | 62% |
| Nov 18 | vs Princeton | W 31–7 | 68% |
| Nov 25 | at Harvard | W 28–17 | 54% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Harvard 28–17; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Ivy League.
In program history: The 56th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 137 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 10: 20
Players on this team
Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1972.
- Record
- 7–2
- Conference
- 5–2 2nd in Ivy League
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 20
- Points
- 283–157
- Coach
- Carmen Cozza
- Elo
- 1586 +82 this season
- SP+ rating
- 14.1 No. 25 of 121; offense No. 11, defense No. 62
- SRS
- 4.6 No. 47 of 127 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1973
The 1973 draft| Rd 4 | Dick Jauron DB | Detroit Lions |
| Rd 6 | Bob Leyen OG | Dallas Cowboys |
1972 Ivy League standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dartmouth | 5–1–1 | 7–1–1 | |
 Yale | 5–2 | 7–2 | |
| Pennsylvania | 4–3 | 6–3 | |
| Cornell | 4–3 | 6–3 | |
| Harvard | 3–3–1 | 4–4–1 | |
| Princeton | 2–4–1 | 3–5–1 | |
| Columbia | 2–4–1 | 3–5–1 | |
| Brown | 1–6 | 1–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.