1872 Yale Bulldogs football team
| 1872 Yale Bulldogs football | |
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Co-national champion (Davis) | |
| Conference | Independent |
| 1872 record | 1–0 |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | David Schley Schaff |
| Home stadium | Hamilton Park |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stevens | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1872 Yale Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Yale University in the 1872 college football season. The team finished with a 1–0 record and was retroactively named co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.[1] They played Columbia at Hamilton Park and won 3–0.[2] Each team had 20 players and the field was 400 feet long and 250 wide (134 by 83 yards). Tommy Sherman scored the first goal and Lew Irwin the other two.[3] The team's captain was David Schley Schaff, who attended the Rugby School in England where he learned to play football.[4]
Schedule[]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 16 | Columbia |
| W 3–0 |
See also[]
- List of the first college football game in each US state
References[]
- ^ "National Poll Champions" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2017. p. 110. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
- ^ "1872 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- ^ "Timeline of Yale Football". Yale University. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ "Football by Year" (PDF). Yale University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
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