After going on the road and picking up the program's first-ever win against an opponent from the mighty Southern Conference, Cornell will face an even stiffer test when it meets Yale on Saturday, Sept. 24 at 2 p.m. at Schoellkopf Field. The Big Red's Homecoming opponent is the winningest program in the FCS and ranks seventh in all of college football with 912 wins. Cornell will attempt to reach a couple milestones with a win over the Bulldogs - the 650th victory in program history and its 450th in Ithaca over 134 seasons of Big Red football.

• Yale opened its 2022 campaign at No. 12 Holy Cross and suffered a 38-14 defeat.
• The Bulldogs surrendered 571 yards to a powerful Crusaders' offense, fell behind 38-7 midway through the fourth and dropped its season opener.
• The Bulldogs used a balanced offense (140 passing, 166 rushing) to pile up 306 yards and 19 first downs.
• Yale was picked fourth in the 2022 Ivy League preseason media poll. 
• The Bulldogs feature seven returning All-Ivy League players — defensive end Clay Patterson (first team), cornerback Wande Owens (second team), wide receiver Mason Tipton (second team), punter Jack Bosman (second team), offensive lineman Kiran Amegadjie (honorable mention), defensive end Reid Nickerson (honorable mention) and safety Miles Oldacre (honorable mention).
• Eleventh-year head coach Tony Reno has lifted Yale back to the top of the Ivy League, claiming the school's first outright conference title in 37 years in 2017 and claiming a share of the title in 2019.
• Reno is 52-39 overall and was the Division I football Coach of the Year in 2017 by the New England Football Writers and the Gridiron Club of Boston.
 

The Series

• Yale leads the all-time series 51-30-2 dating back to the first encounter in the 1889 season. 
• Cornell's longest win streak over Yale is four games (1990-93), while the Bulldogs claimed seven straight victories over the Big Red (1973-79). 
• The series has recently tilted toward the Bulldogs, who have won 15 of the past 20 meetings between the squads, though Cornell upset the 2008 preseason Ivy League favorites 17-14 at Schoellkopf Field.
• Yale leads 9-3 over the past 12 meetings, with the Big Red's last win a 27-13 victory in Ithaca in 2016.
 

2022 Yale Football Head Coach

Head Coach: Tony Reno (Worcester '97)
     Record at Yale: 52-39, 11th season
     Overall Record: 52-39, 11th season
 

2022 Yale Football Information

2022 Captain: Nick Gargiulo
2021 Record: 5-5
     Home/Away/Neutral: 3-2/2-3/0-0
2021 Ivy League Record/Finish: 4-3 (t-4th)
Starters Returning/Lost: 14/8
Offensive Starters Returning/Lost: 6/5
Defensive Starters Returning/Lost: 8/3
 

Yale Football Historical Information

First Year of Football: 1872
Overall All-Time Record: 921-386-55 (.696)
Overall Ivy League Record: 256-184-8 (.580)