1979 Yale
8–1 (6–1 Ivy League), coached by Carmen Cozza. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Columbia 37–7Oct 20
By 30 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 | vs Brown | W 13–12 | 64% |
| Sep 29 | vs UConn | W 24–17 | 92% |
| Oct 6 | vs Colgate | W 27–0 | 81% |
| Oct 13 | vs Dartmouth | W 3–0 | 75% |
| Oct 20 | at Columbia | W 37–7 | 79% |
| Oct 27 | vs Pennsylvania | W 24–6 | 90% |
| Nov 3 | at Cornell | W 23–20 | 60% |
| Nov 10 | at Princeton | W 35–10 | 68% |
| Nov 17 | vs Harvard | L 7–22 | 87% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Harvard 22–7; unranked in the final AP poll; Ivy League champions.
In program history: The 53rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 137 on file).
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 1979.
Ivy League champions6–1 in the conference
- Record
- 8–1
- Conference
- 6–1 first in Ivy League
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 193–94
- Coach
- Carmen Cozza
- Elo
- 1595 +18 this season
- SP+ rating
- 5.3 No. 54 of 135; offense No. 90, defense No. 32
- SRS
- −12.6 No. 115 of 140 in Division I-A
- Recruiting class
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1979 Ivy League standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
 Yale | 6–1 | 8–1 | |
| Brown | 5–2 | 6–3 | |
| Princeton | 5–2 | 5–4 | |
| Cornell | 4–3 | 5–4 | |
| Dartmouth | 4–3 | 4–4–1 | |
| Harvard | 3–4 | 3–6 | |
| Columbia | 1–6 | 1–8 | |
| Pennsylvania | 0–7 | 0–9 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.