1989 Yale Bulldogs football team

American college football season

1989 Yale Bulldogs football
Ivy League co-champion
Conference	Ivy League
Record	8–2 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Carmen Cozza (25th season)
Defensive coordinator	Don Brown (3rd season)
Home stadium	Yale Bowl
Seasons ← 1988 1990 →

1989 Ivy League football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Yale +	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Princeton +	6	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	1
Harvard	5	–	2	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Dartmouth	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Cornell	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Penn	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Brown	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Columbia	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions

The 1989 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by 25th-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, 8–2 overall.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 16	Brown	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 12–3	11,252	^[2]
September 23	Lehigh*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 33–17	9,907	^[3]
September 30	Connecticut*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 20–31	21,319	^[4]
October 7	Colgate*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 36–15	20,540	^[5]
October 14	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 24–19	15,431	^[6]
October 21	at Columbia	Wien Stadium New York, NY	W 23–0	8,125	^[7]
October 28	Penn	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 23–22	18,745	^[8]
November 4	Cornell	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 34–19	15,638	^[9]
November 11	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 14–7	37,762	^[10]
November 18	Harvard	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (The Game)	L 20–37	59,263	^[11]
*Non-conference game

References

^ "Football By Year" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2018. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
^ Smith, George (October 10, 1989). "Yale Takes Charge; Dominates Brown, 12-3". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E16, E17 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Smith, George (September 24, 1989). "Kehler (3 TDs) Shines in the Mud as Yale Tips Lehigh". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. D15 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Reinert, Bob (October 1, 1989). "UConn Is Too Tough for Yale". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 63 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Rieber, Anthony (October 8, 1989). "Yale Throws a Block at Colgate, 36-15". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 64 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Lessels, Allen (October 15, 1989). "Yale Holds Off Dartmouth". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 62 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Smith, George (October 22, 1989). "Yale Fumbles Its Way Past Winless Columbia, 23-0". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E9, E14 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Smith, George (October 29, 1989). "Yale Wins with 10 Seconds Left; Perks' 28-Yard Kick Tops Penn". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. C17 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Smith, George (November 5, 1989). "Reese, Kehler Lead Yale Past Cornell". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E13, E15 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Goodman, Brett (November 12, 1989). "Yale Edges Princeton, 14-7, to Clinch Tie for Title". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 13-E – via Newspapers.com.
^ Concannon, Joe (November 19, 1989). "Harvard Beats Yale in The Upset; Elis Forced to Share Ivy Title". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 49 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e Yale Bulldogs football
Venues	Hamilton Park (1872–1883) Yale Field (1884–1914, 1916) Yale Bowl (1914–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Harvard Princeton
Culture & lore	1910 Vanderbilt game 1927 Georgia game 1968 Harvard game (Harvard Beats Yale 29–29) 2004 Harvard–Yale prank Handsome Dan "Boola Boola" Pigskin Parade Huddle
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Ivy League football champions
I-A/FBS	Yale (1956) Princeton (1957) Dartmouth (1958) Penn (1959) Yale (1960) Columbia & Harvard (1961) Dartmouth (1962) Dartmouth & Princeton (1963) Princeton (1964) Dartmouth (1965) Dartmouth, Harvard, & Princeton (1966) Yale (1967) Harvard & Yale (1968) Dartmouth, Yale, & Princeton (1969) Dartmouth (1970) Dartmouth & Cornell (1971) Dartmouth (1972) Dartmouth (1973) Yale (1974) Harvard (1975) Yale & Brown (1976) Yale (1977) Dartmouth (1978) Yale (1979) Yale (1980) Yale & Dartmouth (1981)
I-AA/FCS	Dartmouth, Harvard & Penn (1982) Harvard & Penn (1983) Penn (1984) Penn (1985) Penn (1986) Harvard (1987) Penn & Cornell (1988) Yale & Princeton (1989) Dartmouth & Cornell (1990) Dartmouth (1991) Dartmouth & Princeton (1992) Penn (1993) Penn (1994) Princeton (1995) Dartmouth (1996) Harvard (1997) Penn (1998) Brown & Yale (1999) Penn (2000) Harvard (2001) Penn (2002) Penn (2003) Harvard (2004) Brown (2005) Princeton & Yale (2006) Harvard (2007) Harvard & Brown (2008) Penn (2009) Penn (2010) Harvard (2011) Penn (2012) Harvard & Princeton (2013) Harvard (2014) Harvard, Dartmouth, & Penn (2015) Princeton & Penn (2016) Yale (2017) Princeton (2018) Dartmouth & Yale (2019) No season (2020) Dartmouth & Princeton (2021) Yale (2022) Dartmouth, Harvard, & Yale (2023)

Ivy League football champions

I-A/FBS