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FCS Playoffs: Yale 43, Youngstown State 42 – Improbable comeback sends Bulldogs to 2nd round

November 30, 2025

Image courtesy of Yale Athletics Improbable. Impossible. Chaotic. Unbelievable. Incredible. Whatever word you want to use to describe what Yale did on the road against No 15 Youngstown State in the first round of the FCS playoffs on Saturday, it fits. The Bulldogs trailed 35-7 at the half, 42-14 with a little over seven minutes left in the third and 42-22 heading to the fourth quarter. Somehow, Yale ripped off……

Yale 45, Harvard 28 – Bulldogs make history in 141st edition of The Game

November 23, 2025

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NEW HAVEN – The Game is one of the most historic and well-known college football matchups in the nation, but whoever won the 141st edition on Saturday between Harvard and Yale was going to live on forever. For the first time, the winner of The Game was also going to clinch the Ivy League’s first automatic FCS playoff berth, along with the outright title. In front of over 52,000 fans…

Harvard & Yale set for biggest ‘The Game’ in history

November 21, 2025

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Harvard Athletics For the 141st time, Harvard and Yale will play football on Saturday afternoon down in the Yale Bowl. There’s an argument to be made that it’s the most important meeting in the history of ‘The Game’ rivalry. Or, at least in the last 116 years. Only in 1890 and 1909 were the stakes higher than they are this weekend. A quick Google search shows that in 1890, Harvard…

Yale 34, Brown 22 – Bulldogs keep pace in Ivy League with win over Bears

November 8, 2025

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Image courtesy of Yale Athletics By Ryan Barry NEFJ Staff PROVIDENCE – Early morning rain gave way to a beautiful November afternoon in Providence for Yale to take down Brown 34-22 for a fourth straight win. The dominant offensive effort for the Bulldogs (6-2, 4-1) was led by senior offensive running back Josh Pitsenberger (27 car, 173-yds, 2 TDs; 3 rec, 25-yds) who had his third consecutive game with at…

Dartmouth 17, Yale 16 – Zalc boots Big Green to huge Ivy League win

October 11, 2025

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By Ryan Barry NEFJ Staff HANOVER – Another Ivy League classic found its way to Buddy Teevens Stadium on Saturday afternoon as the Dartmouth Big Green beat the Yale Bulldogs 17-16 on homecoming weekend. After the Bulldogs (2-2, 1-1) scored with 37 seconds left in the game to take a 16-14 lead, a crucial missed extra point opened the door for the Big Green (3-1, 1-1) to win. Dartmouth quarterback…

Yale 28, Holy Cross 10 – Bulldogs open season with impressive win over Crusaders

September 20, 2025

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By Rob Gullo NEFJ Correspondent NEW HAVEN — Yale waited, but patience paid off on Saturday. The Bulldogs opened the 2025 season with a 28-10 win over the visiting Holy Cross Crusaders inside the Yale Bowl. After leading just 7-0 at halftime and allowing a Holy Cross field goal in the second half’s opening drive, The Bulldogs exploded for 21 second-half points to earn a dominant home victory. Yale running…

Ivy League Media Day recap: Yale

August 11, 2025

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The Ivy League held its annual virtual Media Day on Monday with each school getting two representatives and head coach for roughly 15 minutes each. Here’s everything Tony Reno, Joshua Pitsenberger and Abu Kamara had to say: Reno opening statement “I’m really excited for this team and what they’ve done. Obviously, with our captain Joshua Pitsenberger and Abu Kamara, two guys who have been incredible leaders from, really from the…

New England well-represented with 10 preseason FCS Stats Perform All-Americans

July 15, 2025

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As the start of college training camps creeps closer and closer, lists and rankings are starting to trickle out ahead of the 2025 season. On Tuesday, FCS Stats Perform – secondary to the AFCA rankings and polls, but noteworthy nonetheless – released its preseason All-American teams. New England schools are well-represented with defending CAA champs URI and the local Ivy League schools making the biggest splash. First team offense: Marquis…

Yale 34, Havard 29 — Bulldogs play spoiler, beat Crimson in “The Game”

November 23, 2024

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By Ryan Barry NEFJ Staff CAMBRIDGE — There’s nothing like beating your rival to end the season. For the Yale Bulldogs (7-3), their 34-29 victory over the Harvard Crimson (9-2) wasn’t just an opportunity to win their third straight game over their oldest foes, it was a chance to ruin the Crimson’s shot at clinching the Ivy League title outright for the first time since 2014. Instead, a relentless Bulldogs……

Yale 56, Brown 34 – Jordan, Bulldogs take a bite out of the Bears

November 9, 2024

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By Evan Rodriguez NEFJ Contributor NEW HAVEN, CT – Following Yale football’s narrow three-point loss to Columbia last week, the urgency was real for the group to bounce back in a big way at the Yale Bowl in front of their home fans. That feeling was symbolized on the scoreboard on Saturday afternoon with a 56-34 blowout over Brown. The Bulldogs improved to 5-3 overall (2-3 in the Ivy League)…

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