2012 Yale Bulldogs football team

2012 Yale Bulldogs football
2012 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	2–8 (1–6 Ivy)
Head coach	Tony Reno (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	Kevin Morris (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Rick Flanders (1st season)
Home stadium	Yale Bowl
	Seasons ← 2011 2013 →

2012 Ivy League football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Penn $	6	–	1	6	–	4
Harvard	5	–	2	8	–	2
Brown	4	–	3	7	–	3
Dartmouth	4	–	3	6	–	4
Princeton	4	–	3	5	–	5
Cornell	2	–	5	4	–	6
Columbia	2	–	5	3	–	7
Yale	1	–	6	2	–	8

$ – Conference champion

The 2012 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first year head coach Tony Reno and played their home games at the Yale Bowl. They are a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 2–8, 1–6 in Ivy League play to finish in last place. Yale averaged 12,453 fans per game.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 15	1:00 p.m.	at Multi-Sport Field Washington, DC		W 24–21	2,689
September 22	1:00 p.m.	at NBCSN	L 6–45	15,333
September 29	12:00 p.m.	Colgate*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT		L 24–47	5,860
October 6	12:00 p.m.	Dartmouth	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT		L 14–34	11,235
October 13	12:00 p.m.	MASN	L 10–20	9,118
October 20	12:00 p.m.	Penn	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	NBCSN	W 24–13	14,229
October 27	12:30 p.m.	at Columbia	Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY	YES	L 22–26	4,130
November 3	12:30 p.m.	at Brown Stadium Providence, RI	YES	L 0–20	6,512
November 10	12:00 p.m.	Princeton	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	YES	L 7–29	21,824
November 17	12:00 p.m.	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	NBCSN	L 24–34	31,123
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2012 Yale Bulldogs football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
OL	`67`	William Chism	So
OL	`57`	Roy Collins	Sr
TE	`86`	Adam Conklin	So
WR	`7`	Henry Furman	Jr
OL	`79`	Wes Gavin	Jr
WR	`80`	Allen Harris	Sr
TB	`35`	Tate Harshbarger	Jr
OL	`65`	Luke Hartwig	Sr
OL	`62`	Derrek Ross	Fr
OL	`72`	Dustin Ross	Fr
WR	`81`	John Runk	Sr
WR	`13`	Derek Russell	Sr
WR	`9`	Cameron Sandquist	Jr
TB	`30`	Tyler Varga	So
WR	`29`	Grant Wallace	So
QB	`8`	Eric Williams	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`22`	Charles Cook	So
NG	`97`	Nick Daffin	Sr
DE	`45`	Allen Davis	Sr
NG	`94`	Chris Dooley	Sr
LB	`99`	Dylan Drake	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Tony Reno

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster

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Venues	Hamilton Park (1872–1883) Yale Field (1884–1914, 1916) Yale Bowl (1914–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Harvard Princeton
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
Seasons	1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
National championship seasons in bold

Schedule

Roster

References