1968 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1968 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. The Bulldogs were led by fourth-year head coach Carmen Cozza, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished tied for first in the Ivy League season with a 6–0–1 record, 8–0–1 overall.^[1] The season is notable for the final game against rival Harvard, which ended in a tie and resulted in the famous newspaper headline "Harvard Beats Yale 29–29".

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	Connecticut*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 31–14	33,373	^[2]
October 5	Colgate*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 49–14	29,107	^[3]
October 12	Brown	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 35–13	29,511	^[4]
October 19	Columbia	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 29–7	17,724	^[5]
October 26	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 25–13	20,000	^[6]
November 2	Dartmouth	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 47–27	50,304	^[7]
November 9	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 30–13	28,839	^[8]
November 16	Princeton	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	W 42–17	52,510	^[9]
November 23	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (The Game)	T 29–29	40,280	^[10]
*Non-conference game

1968 Yale Bulldogs football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
HB	`44`	Nick Davidson
QB	`10`	Brian Dowling (C)	Sr
OT	`70`	Kyle Gee	Sr
RB	`30`	Calvin Hill	Sr
G	`60`	Brad Lee
FB	`41`	Bob Levin
WR	`88`	Pat Madden	Sr
TE	`91`	Del Marting
C	`50`	Fred Morris	Sr
TE	`89`	Bruce Weinstein	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`27`	Mike Bouscaren (C)	Sr
DE	`77`	Fran Gallagher
DE	`84`	Jim Gallagher	So
S	`12`	J. P. Goldsmith	Sr
DB	`40`	Ron Kell
MG	`61`	Mick Kleber
DB	`45`	Don Martin	So
DB	`24`	John Waldman
MG	`63`	Dick Williams

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`19`	Bayless

The following Bulldogs were selected in the National Football League draft following the season.^[11]


Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Team
1	24	Calvin Hill	RB	Dallas Cowboys
8	193	Bruce Weinstein	TE	Miami Dolphins
11	277	Brian Dowling	QB	Minnesota Vikings

^ "1968 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
^ Litsky, Frank (September 29, 1968). "UConns Defeated, 31-14". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Wallace, William N. (October 6, 1968). "Yale Trounces Colgate, 49 to 14, as Alert Defense Recovers 3 Fumbles". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S4.
^ Anderson, Dave (October 13, 1968). "Yale Wins, 35-13, from Brown; Dowling Paces Bulldogs". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Eskenazi, Gerald (October 20, 1968). "Yale Tops Columbia, 29-7, for 12th Triumph in Row". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ McGowen, Deane (October 27, 1968). "Yale Beats Cornell, 25-13; Elis Take 13th Straight". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Wallace, William N. (November 3, 1968). "Yale Vanquishes Dartmouth, 47-27". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Newell, Bill (November 10, 1968). "Yale Romps over Pennsylvania, 30-13". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
^ Wallace, William N. (November 17, 1968). "Elis Vanquish Princeton for 16th Straight, 42-17". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Cady, Steve (November 24, 1968). "Harvard Ties Yale, 29-29, on Last Play of the Game; Crimson Tallies Twice in 42 Seconds". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ "1969 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 10, 2025.

Yale Bulldogs football
Venues	Hamilton Park (1872–1883) Yale Field (1884–1914, 1916) Yale Bowl (1914–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Harvard Princeton Lehigh: Yank Townsend Trophy
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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