1999 Yale Bulldogs football team

American college football season

1999 Yale Bulldogs football

Ivy League co-champion

Conference| Ivy League
Record| 9–1 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach|

* Jack Siedlecki (3rd season)

Home stadium| Yale Bowl

Seasons

<- 1998

2000 ->

1999 Ivy League football standings

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
No. 25 Brown \+  |  | 6  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 1  |
Yale \+  |  | 6  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 1  |
Cornell |  | 5  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 3  |
Penn |  | 4  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  |
Harvard |  | 3  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  |
Dartmouth |  | 2  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 8  |
Columbia |  | 1  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 7  |
Princeton |  | 1  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 7  |

* \+ - Conference co-champions

Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1999 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by third-year head coach Jack Siedlecki, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished tied for first place in the Ivy League with a 6–1 record, 9–1 overall.[1]

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 18| Brown|

* Yale Bowl
* New Haven, CT

| L 24–25| 17,398| [2]
September 25| Valparaiso*|

* Yale Bowl
* New Haven, CT

| W 48–2| 16,153| [3]
October 2| at San Diego*|

* Torero Stadium
* San Diego, CA

| W 17–6| 4,000| [4]
October 9| Holy Cross*|

* Fitton Field
* Worcester, MA

| W 34–14| 4,276| [5]
October 16| Dartmouth|

* Yale Bowl
* New Haven, CT

| W 44–3| 28,795| [6]
October 23| at Columbia|

* Wien Stadium
* New York, NY

| W 49–29| 2,750| [7]
October 30| Penn|

* Yale Bowl
* New Haven, CT

| W 23–19| 20,762| [8]
November 6| at Cornell|

* Schoellkopf Field
* Ithaca, NY

| W 37–20| 16,071| [9]
November 13| at Princeton|

* Palmer Stadium
* Princeton, NJ (rivalry)

| W 23–21| 21,602| [10]
November 20| Harvard|

* Yale Bowl
* New Haven, CT (The Game)

| W 24–21| 52,484| [11]

* *Non-conference game

## Roster

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1999 Yale Bulldogs football team roster

Players  | Coaches
Offense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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WR | `21` | Eric Johnson | Jr
TE | `87` | Jeffrey Ditman | So
Defense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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Special teams | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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Head coach

* Jack Siedlecki

Coordinators/assistant coaches

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Legend

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

* Injured
* Redshirt

## References

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1. ^ "Football By Year" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2018. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
2. ^ Hine, Tommy (September 19, 1999). "From Block to Shock, Yale Loses". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E11 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ Hine, Tommy (September 26, 1999). "More Drama? Yale Passes". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E12 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Walland Sits Out, but Yale Defeats San Diego". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. October 4, 1999. pp. C2, C9 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ Hine, Tommy (October 10, 1999). "Nothing Is Wrong with Yale". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E10 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ Hine, Tommy (October 17, 1999). "Bulldogs Turn Up Pressure". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E10 - via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ Hine, Tommy (October 24, 1999). "Yale Breaks Out, Holds On". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E10, E11 - via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ Juliano, Joe (October 31, 1999). "Passing and Scrambling, QB Leads Yale Past Penn". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C10 - via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ Hine, Tommy (November 7, 1999). "Yale (7-1) Strikes Again: 30 Straight Points Put Away Cornell". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E8 - via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ Hine, Tommy (November 14, 1999). "Scrambling to Victory: Walland's Moves Keep Yale Going". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E10 - via Newspapers.com.
11. ^ Hine, Tommy (November 21, 1999). "Play of The Game: Walland Goes Out 42-for-67". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E1 - via Newspapers.com.

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Yale Bulldogs football

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

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National championship seasons in bold

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Ivy League football champions

I-A/FBS|

* Yale (1956)
* Princeton (1957)
* Dartmouth (1958)
* Penn (1959)
* Yale (1960)
* Columbia & Harvard (1961)
* Dartmouth (1962)
* Dartmouth & Princeton (1963)
* Princeton (1964)
* Dartmouth (1965)
* Dartmouth, Harvard, & Princeton (1966)
* Yale (1967)
* Harvard & Yale (1968)
* Dartmouth, Yale, & Princeton (1969)
* Dartmouth (1970)
* Dartmouth & Cornell (1971)
* Dartmouth (1972)
* Dartmouth (1973)
* Yale (1974)
* Harvard (1975)
* Yale & Brown (1976)
* Yale (1977)
* Dartmouth (1978)
* Yale (1979)
* Yale (1980)
* Yale & Dartmouth (1981)

I-AA/FCS|

* Dartmouth, Harvard & Penn (1982)
* Harvard & Penn (1983)
* Penn (1984)
* Penn (1985)
* Penn (1986)
* Harvard (1987)
* Penn & Cornell (1988)
* Yale & Princeton (1989)
* Dartmouth & Cornell (1990)
* Dartmouth (1991)
* Dartmouth & Princeton (1992)
* Penn (1993)
* Penn (1994)
* Princeton (1995)
* Dartmouth (1996)
* Harvard (1997)
* Penn (1998)
* Brown & Yale (1999)
* Penn (2000)
* Harvard (2001)
* Penn (2002)
* Penn (2003)
* Harvard (2004)
* Brown (2005)
* Princeton & Yale (2006)
* Harvard (2007)
* Harvard & Brown (2008)
* Penn (2009)
* Penn (2010)
* Harvard (2011)
* Penn (2012)
* Harvard & Princeton (2013)
* Harvard (2014)
* Harvard, Dartmouth, & Penn (2015)
* Princeton & Penn (2016)
* Yale (2017)
* Princeton (2018)
* Dartmouth & Yale (2019)
* No season (2020)
* Dartmouth & Princeton (2021)
* Yale (2022)
* Dartmouth, Harvard, & Yale (2023)

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