The 2016 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season.
This season marked the Bulldogs's 144th overall season and the team played its home games at Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut.
They were led by fifth-year head coach Tony Reno.
They finished the season 3–7 overall and 3–4 in Ivy League play to tie for fourth place.
Yale averaged 8,795 fans per game.