American college football season
The 2009 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season . The Bulldogs were led by first-year head coach Tom Williams , played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished tied for sixth place in the Ivy League with a 2–5 record, 4–6 overall. Yale averaged 21,245 fans in attendance per home game.[ 1]
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 19 at Georgetown * W 31–102,941 [ 2]
September 26 Cornell L 12–1417,654 [ 3]
October 3 Lafayette * L 14–313,879 [ 4]
October 10 Dartmouth W 38–715,773 [ 5]
October 17 at Lehigh * W 7–05,847 [ 6]
October 24 at Penn L 0–97,290 [ 7]
October 31 at Columbia W 23–222,461 [ 8]
November 7 Brown L 21–3516,228 [ 9]
November 14 at Princeton L 21–249,483 [ 10]
November 21 Harvard L 10–1452,692 [ 11]
^ "Football By Year" (PDF) . Yale Bulldogs. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2018. Retrieved February 13, 2019 .
^ "Yale Unlocks Offense in Rout of Georgetown" . Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. September 20, 2009. p. C17 – via Newspapers.com . Attendance figure in "College Football Summaries". Record-Journal . Meriden, Conn. September 20, 2009. p. A10.
^ Anthony, Mike (September 27, 2009). "Bulldogs Just Can't Connect" . Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. p. E4 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Spiegel, Jay (October 4, 2009). "Run-Down Feeling: Leopards Roll over Bulldogs in Second Half" . Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. p. E7 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Hine, Tommy (October 11, 2009). "Hart Passes for 390 Yards" . Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. pp. E10, E11 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Groller, Keith (October 18, 2009). "Hawks Fall to Yale 7-0, First Shutout Since 1986" . The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. Sports 10 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Tatum, Kevin (October 25, 2009). "Quakers Scratch Out Win over Yale" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. E6 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Big 4th Quarter Saves Bulldogs" . Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. November 1, 2009. p. E4 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Hine, Tommy (November 8, 2009). "Usually Reliable Defense Baffled" . Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. pp. E5, E11 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Feldman, Ryan (November 15, 2009). "Tigers' D Steps It Up". The Trentonian . Trenton, N.J. p. 22 – via NewsBank .
^ Amore, Dom (November 22, 2009). "The Gamble: Fake Punt on 4th-and-22 Costs Yale" . Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. p. E10 – via Newspapers.com .
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