2019 Yale Bulldogs football team

American college football season

2019 Yale Bulldogs football

Ivy League co-champion
Conference	Ivy League
Ranking
STATS	No. 25
FCS Coaches	No. 24
Record	9–1 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Tony Reno (8th season)
Offensive coordinator	Kevin Cahill (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Sean McGowan (3rd season)
Home stadium	Yale Bowl
Uniform

Seasons ← 2018 2021 →

2019 Ivy League football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 22 Dartmouth +	6	–	1	9	–	1
No. 25 Yale +	6	–	1	9	–	1
Princeton	5	–	2	8	–	2
Penn	3	–	4	5	–	5
Cornell	3	–	4	4	–	6
Harvard	2	–	5	4	–	6
Columbia	2	–	5	3	–	7
Brown	1	–	6	2	–	8

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2019 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The season marked the Bulldogs's 147th overall season. The team played its home games at the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut and were led by eighth-year head coach Tony Reno. They were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 9–1 overall and 6–1 in Ivy League play to share the Ivy League title with Dartmouth. Yale averaged 12,132 fans per game.

Preseason

Preseason media poll

The Ivy League released their preseason media poll on August 8, 2019. The Bulldogs were picked to finish in first place.^[1]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Yale	119 (9)
2	Dartmouth	111 (2)
3	Princeton	107 (4)
4	Harvard	93 (1)
5	Penn	67
6	Columbia	61 (1)
7	Cornell	29
8	Brown	24

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 21	1:00 p.m.	Holy Cross*		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	ESPN+	W 23–10	5,684
September 28	1:00 p.m.	Cornell		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	ESPN+	W 27–16	5,723
October 5	1:00 p.m.	Fordham*		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	ESPN+/NESN Plus	W 48–24	5,743
October 12	1:30 p.m.	at Dartmouth		Memorial Field Hanover, NH	ESPN+	L 10–42	6,796
October 19	6:00 p.m.	at Richmond*		E. Claiborne Robins Stadium Richmond, VA	FloSports	W 28–27	7,510
October 26	Noon	Penn		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	ESPN+/NESN	W 46–41	4,990
November 2	Noon	Columbia		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	ESPN+	W 45–10	5,667
November 9	12:30 p.m.	at Brown		Brown Stadium Providence, RI	ESPN+	W 59–35	2,876
November 16	1:00 p.m.	at No. 18 Princeton		Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 51–14	6,676
November 23	Noon	Harvard	No. 24	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	ESPNU	W 50–43 ^2OT	44,989
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

2019 Yale Bulldogs football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`1`	Trenton Charles	So
RB	`2`	Alan Lamar	Sr
WR	`3`	Garrett White	Sr
WR	`4`	Darrion Carrington	Jr
WR	`5`	Jaylan Sandifer	So
QB	`6`	Kurt Rawlings	Sr
QB	`8`	Patrick Conte	Jr
WR	`11`	Caden Herring	Sr
QB	`12`	Nolan Grooms	Fr
WR	`13`	Keith C. J. McCord II	Sr
WR	`14`	Reed Klubnik	Sr
QB	`16`	Griffin O'Connor	So
WR	`17`	Seun Omonije	So
RB	`18`	Josh Eboboko	Fr
QB	`19`	Jimmy Check	Jr
WR	`20`	Jack Biestek	So
RB	`22`	Elliott McElwain	So
WR	`23`	Noah Aaron	So
RB	`24`	Spencer Alston	So
RB	`32`	Joshua McKenzie	Fr
RB	`33`	Zane Dudek	Jr
TE	`44`	Sasha Hoban	Jr
OL	`53`	Ryan McCann	Fr
OL	`55`	Jacob Hinish	Jr
OL	`57`	Cubby Schuller	So
OL	`63`	Jonathon Durand	Fr
OL	`65`	Josh de St. Jean	So
OL	`66`	Nick Gargiulo	So
OL	`68`	Grant Neagli	Jr
OL	`69`	Jack Twyford	Fr
OL	`70`	Brandon Babcock	Fr
OL	`71`	Tyler Jost	Jr
OL	`72`	Dieter Eiselen	Sr
OL	`73`	Lucas Tribble	Sr
OL	`74`	Sterling Strother	Sr
OL	`75`	Cameron Warfield	Jr
OL	`76`	Jonathan Mendoza	Fr
OL	`77`	Jarrett Sexton	Sr
OL	`78`	Steven Cepalia	Sr
OL	`79`	Conor Smith	So
TE	`80`	J. J. Howland	Jr
WR	`81`	Aidan Maloney	Fr
WR	`82`	Mason Tipton	Fr
WR	`83`	Brayden Carey	Fr
TE	`84`	Garry Raymond	So
TE	`85`	Quinn Dawson	Sr
WR	`86`	Joey Felton	Fr
TE	`87`	Jackson Hawes	Fr
WR	`88`	J. P. Shohfi	Sr
TE	`89`	D. Major Roman	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`1`	Malcolm Dixon	Sr
DE	`2`	Reid Nickerson	So
DB	`4`	Jaylan Granberry	So
DB	`5`	Miles Oldacre	Sr
DB	`6`	Jaelin Alburg	Sr
DB,WR	`7`	Melvin Rouse II	Jr
LB	`8`	Brendan MacPhee	Sr
DL	`9`	Osorachukwu Ifesinachukwu	So
DB	`10`	Darnell Robinson	So
DB	`12`	Gerron Duhon	Fr
LB	`13`	Jack Westafer	Sr
LB	`15`	Jordan Carey	Jr
DB	`16`	Jaylan Granberry	So
DB	`17`	Kennedy Kosmalski	So
LB	`18`	Ryan Burke	Sr
LB	`19`	Brian Abraham	So
DB	`20`	Tosan Agbeyegbe	Sr
DB	`21`	Deonte Henson	Jr
DL	`24`	Josh Keeler	Sr
LB	`25`	Micah Awodiran	Jr
LB	`26`	Rodney Thomas II	Jr
LB	`27`	Shane Frommer	So
DL	`28`	Christian Sampleton	Jr
DB	`29`	Kyle Ellis	So
LB	`30`	Noah Pope	So
DB	`31`	Archie Russ III	Fr
DB	`32`	Henry Segel	Sr
DB	`33`	Trenton Johnson	Fr
DL	`34`	Brett Gerber	So
LB	`35`	Alexander Abelite	Sr
DB	`36`	Wande Owens	Fr
DB	`37`	Dathan Hickey	So
DB	`38`	Du'Shaunte Holloway	Fr
DB	`39`	Tyler Di Ienno	Fr
LB	`40`	Hamilton Moore	Fr
DL	`41`	A. J. Ryan	Jr
LB	`42`	Blake Hill	Jr
LB	`43`	John Dean	Jr
DB	`46`	Jermaine Baker	Fr
DB	`48`	Brandon Benn	Fr
DL	`50`	Spencer Matthaei	Sr
DL	`52`	Michael Chime	Jr
DL	`54`	Patrick Nauert	Fr
LB	`55`	Joseph Vaughn	Fr
LB	`56`	Michael Connor	Fr
DL,TE	`87`	Devin Moore	Sr
DL	`90`	Adam Raine	So
DL	`91`	Jailon Henry	Fr
DL	`92`	Charles Callender	Sr
DL	`93`	Marcus Mauney	Fr
DL	`94`	Sean Kissel	Sr
DL	`95`	Isaac Mitchell	Fr
DL	`96`	Sebastian Bruno	So
DL	`97`	Clay Patterson	Fr
DL	`99`	Tate Goodyear	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K,P	`45`	Jack Bosman	Fr
K	`49`	Sam Tuckerman	Sr
LS	`51`	Nick Tibbetts	So
K,P	`98`	Ajay Culhane	So

Head coach

Tony Reno

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries

Holy Cross

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crusaders	0	3	0	7	10
Bulldogs	6	0	7	10	23

Cornell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Big Red	0	3	7	6	16
Bulldogs	3	0	7	17	27

Fordham

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	7	3	0	14	24
Bulldogs	17	28	0	3	48

At Dartmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	3	0	7	10
Big Green	21	7	14	0	42

At Richmond

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	7	7	14	28
Spiders	3	17	7	0	27

Penn

	1	2	3	4	Total
Quakers	0	13	14	14	41
Bulldogs	7	6	13	20	46

Columbia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	0	3	0	7	10
Bulldogs	7	14	3	21	45

At Brown

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	17	7	18	17	59
Bears	0	21	7	7	35

At Princeton

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	3	27	7	14	51
No. 18 Tigers	0	7	7	0	14

Harvard

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
Crimson	3	12	14	7	7	0	43
No. 24 Bulldogs	3	0	16	17	7	7	50

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	25
Coaches	RV										RV	RV	25	24

References

^ "Yale Named League Favorite in 2019 Football Preseason Poll". ivyleague.com. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
^ Wilmer, Brian (April 3, 2019). "Yale releases 2019 football schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
^ "2019 Yale Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 9, 2019.

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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
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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