2002 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 2002 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by sixth-year head coach Jack Siedlecki, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished tied for third in the Ivy League with a 4–3 record, 6–4 overall.[1]

2002 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIvy League
Record6–4 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadiumYale Bowl
Seasons
← 2001
2003 →
2002 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 17 Penn $   7 0     9 1  
Harvard   6 1     7 3  
Princeton   4 3     6 4  
Yale   4 3     6 4  
Cornell   3 4     4 6  
Dartmouth   2 5     3 7  
Brown   2 5     2 8  
Columbia   0 7     1 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21San Diego*W 49–1415,199[2]
September 28at CornellW 50–2313,224[3]
October 5Holy Cross*
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 28–1915,026[4]
October 12at DartmouthL 17–207,112[5]
October 19at Lehigh*L 7–148,670[6]
October 26Penn
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 20–412,500[7]
November 2Columbia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 35–77,262[8]
November 9at BrownW 31–275,510[9]
November 16Princeton
W 7–37,638[10]
November 23at HarvardL 13–2030,323[11]
  • *Non-conference game

References

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  1. ^ "Football By Year" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  2. ^ Hine, Tommy (September 22, 2002). "Yale Quarterback Looks Like a Keeper". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E9 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Hine, Tommy (September 29, 2002). "Carr Steps Up for Yale". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E13 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Toland, Jennifer (October 6, 2002). "In the Long Run, Crusaders Defenseless". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C17 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Hine, Tommy (October 13, 2002). "Dartmouth Doesn't Have Far to Drive". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E11, E12 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Hine, Tommy (October 20, 2002). "For Yale, No Finishing Touch; Can't Take Advantage of Lehigh's Errors". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E11, E12 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Juliano, Joe (October 27, 2002). "Quakers Bombard Bulldogs". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D9 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Hine, Tommy (November 3, 2002). "Yale Turns it Around". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E13, E12 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Hine, Tommy (November 10, 2002). "Yale Victory Plumb Exciting; Brown Stopped on Final Drive". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E7, E14 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Hine, Tommy (November 17, 2002). "Yale Stings Princeton at Finish". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E9 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Hine, Tommy (November 24, 2002). "Harvard Scrambles for a Solution". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E1 – via Newspapers.com.