The Yale football team starts a new season Saturday — rivalry season. The two-week season within the season concludes with Harvard’s highly anticipated visit to the Yale Bowl for The Game next weekend, but begins this weekend with Yale’s away contest against the Bulldogs’ other archrival, Princeton.
R.J. Rico live-blogs the Yale football game against Brown, starting at 1 p.m. Saturday.
The Bulldogs return to the Yale Bowl Saturday after three straight road games. The Elis host Brown in a must-win game to stay in the Ivy League race.
NEW YORK — Money was everywhere Saturday afternoon at Robert K. Kraft Field. Cornerback Adam Money ’11 made a touchdown-saving tackle and forced a Columbia fumble late in the fourth quarter — two plays that made Yale’s improbable 23–22 comeback victory over Columbia possible.
NEW YORK — Yale football eked out a 23-22 win against the Lions, taking the lead with 0:58 to go. R.J. Rico live-blogged from the game.
The Yale football team is in the exact same position it was in last year. The question, then, is whether the Bulldogs (3–3, 1–2 Ivy) can respond with a three-game winning streak — as they did last year — starting with tomorrow’s game at Columbia (2–4, 1–2 Ivy).
SCORE FIRST, SCORE FAST Yale should try to prevent Columbia from scoring in the first quarter. The Lions have not scored in the second half in three out of their last four losses, which suggests they are not a great comeback team. Meanwhile, the Bulldogs cannot afford to start slowly like they have in previous games this season. In last week’s game against the Quakers,...
PHILADELPHIA — Defense may win ball games, but when the two toughest defenses in the Ivy League faced each other Saturday, the Bulldogs found they needed some semblance of an offense too.
Penn dealt the Bulldogs their first shut-out since last year's Harvard-Yale Game. R.J. Rico live-blogged from Philadelphia.
And now the real test begins. Last year, Yale and Penn — the Ivy League’s two toughest defenses — faced off in what, sure enough, was a defensive struggle. The Bulldogs were held to 15 rushing yards, while the Quakers never reached the endzone.
Saturday’s game will feature a showdown between the top two defenses in the Ivy League. Penn ranks second in the Football Championship Subdivision in total defense and tops the Ivy League in total defense, rushing defense, pass defense, sacks and tackles for loss.
After getting picked to win the Ivy League title before each of the last two seasons, the Yale football team will begin the Tom Williams era with lower expectations. Following the graduation of more than 30 seniors in May, the media has picked the Bulldogs to finish fourth in the conference.
