1980 Yale
8–2 (6–1 Ivy League), coached by Carmen Cozza. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Brown 45–17Sep 20
By 28 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20 | at Brown | W 45–17 | 48% |
| Sep 27 | vs UConn | W 20–10 | 90% |
| Oct 4 | vs Air Force | W 17–16 | 87% |
| Oct 11 | at Boston College | L 9–27 | 65% |
| Oct 18 | vs Columbia | W 30–10 | 87% |
| Oct 25 | at Pennsylvania | W 8–0 | 80% |
| Nov 1 | at Dartmouth | W 35–7 | 62% |
| Nov 8 | vs Cornell | L 6–24 | 83% |
| Nov 15 | vs Princeton | W 25–13 | 69% |
| Nov 22 | at Harvard | W 14–0 | 52% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Harvard 14–0; unranked in the final AP poll; Ivy League champions.
In program history: The 55th-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 1980.
Ivy League champions6–1 in the conference
- Record
- 8–2
- Conference
- 6–1 first in Ivy League
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 209–124
- Coach
- Carmen Cozza
- Elo
- 1587 +24 this season
- SP+ rating
- 4.6 No. 56 of 133; offense No. 90, defense No. 27
- SRS
- −6.5 No. 93 of 138 in Division I-A
- Recruiting class
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1980 Ivy League standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
 Yale | 6–1 | 8–2 | |
| Cornell | 5–2 | 5–5 | |
| Harvard | 4–3 | 7–3 | |
| Brown | 4–3 | 6–4 | |
| Princeton | 4–3 | 6–4 | |
| Dartmouth | 4–3 | 4–6 | |
| Pennsylvania | 1–6 | 1–9 | |
| Columbia | 0–7 | 1–9 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.