2001 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 2001 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by fifth-year head coach Jack Siedlecki, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished last in the Ivy League with a 1–6 record, 3–6 overall.[1]

2001 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Ivy League
2001 record	3–6 (1–6 Ivy)
Head coach	Jack Siedlecki (5th season)
Home stadium	Yale Bowl

2001 Ivy League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 19 Harvard $		7	–	0					9	–	0
No. 24 Penn		6	–	1					8	–	1
Brown		5	–	2					6	–	3
Princeton		3	–	4					3	–	6
Columbia		3	–	4					3	–	7
Cornell		2	–	5					2	–	7
Dartmouth		1	–	6					1	–	8
Yale		1	–	6					3	–	6
$ – Conference champion Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Like most of the Ivy League, Yale played nine games instead of the usual 10, after its September 15 season opener against Towson was canceled following the September 11 attacks.[2]

Half-time festivities during The Yale and Harvard Game at Yale Bowl, November 2001

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 15	at Towson*	Minnegan Stadium Towson, MD	Canceled		[2]
September 22	Cornell	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 40–13	20,269	[3]
September 29	at Holy Cross*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 23–22	8,547	[4]
October 7	Dartmouth	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 27–32	19,996	[5]
October 13	Fordham	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 36–27	18,580	[6]
October 20	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 3–21	9,419	[7]
October 27	at Columbia	Wien Stadium New York, NY	L 14–28	3,079	[8]
November 3	Brown	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 34–37	17,184	[9]
November 10	at Princeton	Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	L 14–28	20,129	[10]
November 17	Harvard	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (The Game)	L 23–35	51,634	[11]
*Non-conference game

References

1. "Football By Year" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2018. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
2. Blaudschun, Mark (September 14, 2001). "After Prodding, Correct Choice Finally Made". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. E6 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Hine, Tommy (September 23, 2001). "Yale Has Every Advantage". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E9 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Hine, Tommy (September 30, 2001). "Positively Stunning: Yale Rallies; Davis Kicks Winner". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E11 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Hine, Tommy (October 8, 2001). "Yale Falls Short". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. C11 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Hine, Tommy (October 14, 2001). "Big Day for the New-Name Offense". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E10 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Juliano, Joe (October 21, 2001). "Penn's Defense Smothers Yale". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C9 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Hine, Tommy (October 10, 2001). "Lots of Driving, but Yale Stalls". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E8, E10 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Hine, Tommy (November 4, 2001). "Brown's Big Plays Hurt Yale". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E7 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Hine, Tommy (November 11, 2001). "Picks Are Quick to Bury Yale". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E9 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Duffy, Bob (November 18, 2001). "Ending Is Just Perfect: Harvard (9-0) Beats Yale for First Unblemished Season Since 1913". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.