1987 Yale Bulldogs football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1987
| team = Yale Bulldogs
| sport = football
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| conference = Ivy League
| short_conf = Ivy
| record = 7–3
| conf_record = 5–2
| head_coach = Carmen Cozza
| hc_year = 23rd
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| stadium = Yale Bowl
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{{1987 Ivy League football standings}}
The 1987 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by 23rd-year head coach Carmen Cozza, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished in third place in the Ivy League with a 5–2 record, 7–3 overall.{{cite web|url=http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-footbl/2017-18/files/YEAR_BY_YEAR_RESULTS_-as_of_1-31-2018-.pdf|title=Football By Year|publisher=Yale Bulldogs|access-date=May 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617193221/http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-footbl/2017-18/files/YEAR_BY_YEAR_RESULTS_-as_of_1-31-2018-.pdf|archive-date=June 17, 2018}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 19
| w/l = l
| opponent = Brown
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| score = 7–17
| attend = 11,658
| source = {{cite news |title=Brown Takes It Away; Turnovers Prove Costly as Yale Stumbles, 17-7 |first=Joe |last=Concannon |date=September 20, 1987 |page=60 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57357281/1987-brown-yale/ }}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 26
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Connecticut
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| score = 30–27
| attend = 34,068
| source = {{cite news |title=Yale Comes Back to Defeat UConn |first=Roy |last=Hasty |date=September 27, 1987 |page=E1 |newspaper=The Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Conn.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57360337/1987-yale-uconn/ }}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 3
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Hawaii
| site_stadium = Aloha Stadium
| site_cityst = Halawa, HI
| score = 10–62
| attend = 41,447
| source = {{cite news |title='Bows Flex Muscle to Rout Yale, 62-10 |first=Ferd |last=Lewis |date=October 4, 1987 |page=D-1 |newspaper=Sunday Star-Bulletin & Advertiser |location=Honolulu, Hawaii |via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57362498/1987-yale-hawaii/ }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 10
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = William & Mary
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| score = 40–34
| attend = 20,217
| source = {{cite news |title=Yale Tops W&M in Offensive Shootout, 40-34 |first=Charlie |last=Denn |date=October 11, 1987 |page=B1 |newspaper=Daily Press |location=Newport News, Va.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57363523/1987-yale-wm/ }}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 17
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Columbia
| site_stadium = Wien Stadium
| site_cityst = New York, NY
| score = 27–13
| attend = 7,750
| source = {{cite news |title=Yale Defeats Columbia, 27-13 |first=George |last=Smith |date=October 18, 1987 |page=E11 |newspaper=The Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Conn.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57364751/1987-columbia-yale/ }}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 24
| w/l = w
| opponent = Penn
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| score = 28–22
| attend = 23,151
| source = {{cite news |title=Yale Stuns Penn on Last-Minute TD |first=George |last=Smith |date=October 25, 1987 |page=E1 |newspaper=The Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Conn.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57365630/1987-penn-yale/ }}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 31
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Dartmouth
| site_stadium = Memorial Field
| site_cityst = Hanover, NH
| score = 17–7
| attend = 11,131
| source = {{cite news |title=Yale Comes Up Big over Dartmouth, 17-7 |first=Jack |last=Craig |date=November 1, 1987 |page=70 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57367260/1987-dartmouth-yale/ }}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 7
| w/l = w
| opponent = Cornell
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| score = 28–9
| attend = 20,188
| source = {{cite news |title=Ryan Hoists Yale Into Tie for Ivy League Lead |first=Ron |last=Borges |date=November 8, 1987 |page=70 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57367811/1987-cornell-yale/ }}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 14
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Princeton
| site_stadium = Palmer Stadium
| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 34–19
| attend = 26,029
| source = {{cite news |title=Yale Romps over Princeton, 34-19 |first=David Jr. |last=Grumhaus |date=November 15, 1987 |page=11-D |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57368832/1987-princeton-yale/ }}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 21
| w/l = l
| opponent = Harvard
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| gamename = The Game
| score = 10–14
| attend = 66,548
| source = {{cite news |title=Harvard Wins The Title, 14-10 |first=George |last=Smith |date=November 22, 1987 |page=E1 |newspaper=The Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Conn.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57369952/1987-harvard-yale/ }}
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